Connect And Join & A.C. Moore Partner to Reach Military Families
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Connect And Join, a family support and education services publishing
company, has partnered with A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACMR)
to launch a number of initiatives that support members of the military
and their families. The programs will be offered in A.C. Moore’s
stores and online.
A.C. Moore will offer a military family discount program.
Connect And Join publications and products will be featured in A.C.
Moore stores.
A.C. Moore will serve as the official retail chain sponsor of Connect
And Join’s Quilts for Warriors program, a
national effort to create 10,000 quilts for Warriors in Transition,
soldiers wounded in the theater who are healing in one of 32
Installations in the U.S. and abroad. To learn more about this
program, please visit www.quiltsforwarriors.com.
A.C. Moore will serve as a National Sponsor of Month of the Military
Child in April 2008. This event will be promoted in A.C. Moore’s
stores and online through www.monthofthemilitarychild.com
and www.miltaryarchivers.com.
Rick A. Lepley, A.C. Moore’s Chief Executive
officer, said, "We are delighted to have this
relationship with Connect And Join. Many of us are members of military
families, too. The son of our VP of Store Operations was recently
wounded by an IED in Baghdad and evacuated to Walter Reed. One of our
store managers has both a son and a daughter in the Marine Corps. My own
son is at Ft. Bragg, so being able to support and interact with military
families is important to us, and we are personally interested in
furthering the aims of organizations like Connect And Join and events
like Month of the Military Child.”
Connect And Join Founder Linda Dennis added, "Connect
And Join is dedicated to helping military families, especially during
separation due to deployment. We believe that the family at home, and
especially the children benefit greatly from having activities that are
positive and engaging, such as arts and crafts. We are looking forward
to connecting A.C. Moore stores with these military families, and thank
A.C. Moore for offering these families a discount and a place to meet
and to make a craft. These families deserve to have moments of fun, and
crafting is fun — guaranteed to bring a smile
to a child’s face.” About Connect And Join
Connect And Join is a family support and education services publishing
company that produces a series of multimedia products, primarily a
Web-based subscription communication portal that enables separated
families to stay in touch. With volunteer support from the professional
and educational community, Connect And Join was developed by Linda
Dennis publisher and has completed a successful pilot and interviews
with military families in the development of the portal. Version 2,
Connect And Join is presently underway with chief architect Murray
Gordon, a West Point graduate in computer science/engineering and
published author on Microsoft Sharepoint technologies. For more
information, visit www.connectandjoin.com.
About A.C. Moore
A.C. Moore provides a vast assortment of traditional and contemporary
arts and crafts merchandise for a wide range of customers. The Company
serves customers through its 133 stores located in the Eastern United
States from Maine to Florida and nationally via its ecommerce sites, www.acmoore.com
and www.militaryarchivers.com.
For more information about A.C. Moore, visit our website at www.acmoore.com.
