Tampa, FL – (October 4, 2019) – Amscot Financial, a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented financial services, will donate and distribute more than 12,000 free bike helmets on Saturday, October 19th in 18 Florida counties, where the company operates branch locations.
The helmets will be available in three sizes: small, medium and large, and will be specifically designated for children in pre-school and elementary school. They will be distributed from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. by Amscot Financial managers and by law enforcement personnel in the parking lots of the locations listed below. This marks the 17th year that Amscot Financial has donated and distributed free bike helmets in counties where it does business.
According to www.helmets.org, using a helmet can provide a 66% to 88% reduction in the risk of head, brain and severe brain injury for all ages of bicyclists. The website, www.consumer.healthday.com reports that nearly 350,000 children under the age of 15 are rushed to hospital emergency rooms each year with injuries from bicycle wrecks -- many of them head injuries that can cause brain damage and life-long disabilities.
“We want to continue to help protect the children that live in our communities,” says Ian MacKechnie, founder and CEO of Amscot Financial. “By providing free, properly fitting, bike helmets, we can play a small, but vital part in doing just that.”
FREE Bike Helmets will be available at these Amscot branches on Saturday, October 19th from 11a.m. to 2 p.m.
| County |
Amscot Branch |
City |
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Brevard
|
1515 Palm Bay Rd. Suite 100
2711 Clearlake Road
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Melbourne
Cocoa
|
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Broward
|
5521 W Oakland Park Blvd.
297 S Pompano Pkwy.
13668 W SR 84
352 S Flamingo Rd.
|
Lauderhill
Pompano Beach
Davie
Pembroke Pines
|
|
Flagler
|
1276 & 1278 Palm Coast Parkway SW
|
Palm Coast
|
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Hardee
|
1530 US Highway 17
|
Wauchula
|
|
Hernando
|
19422 Cortez Blvd.
|
Brooksville
|
|
Highlands
|
830 US HWY 27
32319 Broadway St.
|
Avon Park
Sebring
|
|
Hillsborough
|
105 W. Alexander St.
7731 Palm River Rd.
2204 E Hillsborough Ave.
8231 W Hillsborough Ave.
5002 E Busch Blvd.
1502 E Fletcher Ave.
|
Plant City
Tampa
Tampa
Tampa
Tampa
Tampa
|
| Lake |
1100 W. North Blvd.
17195 US Hwy 441
|
Leesburg
Mount Dora |
| Manatee |
3611 1st Street E.
737 8th Ave. W.
|
Bradenton
Palmetto |
| Miami-Dade |
19355 S. Dixie Hwy.
885 W 49th St.
891 NE 8th St.
1455 NE 163rd St.
27105 S. Dixie Hwy.
19839 NW 2nd Ave.
6788 SW 40th St.
10780 W Flagler St.
|
Cutler Bay
Hialeah
Homestead
North Miami Beach
Homestead
Miami Gardens
Miami
Miami |
| Orange |
501 W Orange Blossom Trail
4304 Clarcona Ocoee Rd.
2033 Americana Blvd.
769 N Apopka Vineland Rd.
|
Apopka
Orlando
Orlando
Orlando |
| Osceola |
1084 Cypress Parkway
1120 W. Vine St.
1021 Buenaventura Blvd.
|
Poinciana
Kissimmee
Kissimmee |
| Pasco |
3416 US Hwy. 19 N
11932 US Hwy 19 N
36640 SR 54
21621 Village Lakes
|
Holiday
Port Richey
Zephyrhills
Land O Lakes |
| Pinellas |
2551 34th Street S.
6596 Park Blvd.
1300A 34th Street N.
|
St. Petersburg
Pinellas Park
St. Petersburg |
| Polk |
2121 8th Street NW
1413 US Hwy 98 S.
35938 US 27
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Winter Haven
Lakeland
Haines City |
| Sarasota |
4206 Bee Ridge Road
|
Sarasota |
| Seminole |
2430 French Avenue
|
Sanford |
| Volusia |
2618 Enterprise Rd.
979 W Int'l Speedway Blvd.
2177 Howland Blvd.
1697-D N Woodland Blvd.
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Orange City
Daytona Beach
Deltona
Deland |
Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, Amscot Financial is a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented financial services, including cash advances, check cashing, bill payment, money transfers, prepaid access cards and money orders. Amscot Financial currently operates 237 retail financial service centers throughout Florida and employs close to 2,000 associates.