Currency Exchanges and YMCA Partner to Provide Back 2 School Supplies to Needy Children

Currency Exchanges and YMCA Partner to Provide Back 2 School Supplies to Needy
Children

CHICAGO, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Community Currency Exchange Association
of Illinois and its 525 Chicagoland Currency Exchanges today launched its
fifth annual Back 2 School program in partnership with the YMCA of
Metropolitan Chicago. Now through August 31st, donations will be accepted
online at www.mycurrencyexchange.com. Funds collected will help to ensure
needy YMCA children and their families have all the necessary supplies to
start the school year on the right foot. In 2008, the Back 2 School drive
benefited more than 1,800 YMCA children and their families.

"With the difficult economy and budgets of both families and school districts
strapped to the limits, the Back 2 School campaign has taken on even greater
importance. The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago has always made education a
priority. We are fortunate to have partnered with the Chicagoland Currency
Exchanges to build a program that continues to have a very real and positive
effect and gives students the tools they need to go back to school each year,"
said Steve Dahlin, Chief Operating Officer of the YMCA of Metropolitan
Chicago.

"We've set an ambitious goal for ourselves - to double the number of students
and families we help this year. We recognize that we have a responsibility to
contribute to communities everywhere in which we serve. We understand that at
this critical time in our state's history, now more than ever, we must
actively work to help out those that desperately need it," said John Iberl,
president of the Community Currency Exchange Association.

The commitment to helping Illinois residents in their pursuit of education is
nothing new to Currency Exchanges. For the past 20 years they have
participated in a scholarship program run by the Financial Service Centers of
America (FISCA), the national Association that represents the 7500
neighborhood check cashing and financial service centers throughout the
country. Currency Exchanges also have a long history of supporting fire safety
education in communities across Illinois.

Legoland Discovery Center and ICE prepaid debit cards have joined returning
sponsors Kits for Kidz and Western Union to support this year's Back 2 School
campaign.

To learn more about the Back 2 School campaign or to make a donation, visit
www.mycurrencyexchange.com.

The Community Currency Exchange Association of Illinois was formed in 1937.
The Association oversees the marketing, advertising and community outreach
programs for the state's 535 Currency Exchanges. Through the years, the
Association has worked to provide a variety of business, government and
financial services to the citizens of Illinois.

Through its 65 locations and more than 100 extension sites, the YMCA helps
children learn and grow, teaches young people to lead, brings families closer,
and encourages individual health and well-being. The fourth largest non-profit
in Chicago and one of the largest human services organizations in the nation,
YMCA programs impact hundreds of thousands of lives annually, helping to
strengthen neighborhoods and respond to community needs across Chicagoland. To
learn more about the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, visit www.ymcachgo.org.

SOURCE Community Currency Exchange Association of Illinois

Matthew Kurtzman, +1-312-848-5551, for Community Currency Exchange Association
of Illinois