Charities

American Eagle works with three different charities: Jumpstart, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Student Conservation Association. During the holidays, AE sold scarves for these charities. A portion of each scarf bought went towards the charity. Each scarf was a different color to represent the different charity.

Jumpstart is a program that helps kids to learn since the day they begin school. It is based in Boston. They take trained college students and pair them up with pre-schoolers who need assistance. In the 2006-2007 year, Jumpstart helped nearly 12,000 children.

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a youth mentoring program. This program has been around for 104 years helping kids across the nation. They serve 5,000 communities across the United States in mentoring kids of all ages.

The Student Conservation Association is a national conservation program. With the help of high school and college students, the SCA helps to keeps parks and the environment clean now and for a long time. Over the course of one year, it is not uncommon for the SCA to put in 1.5 million hours of service to help the environment.

All three of these charities are helpful and I'm glad that American Eagle has taken a part in each and everyone of them. It's good to see that AE can help give back to the community.