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Tampa, FL – (October 2, 2018) – 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 20th in 18 Florida counties where the company operates branch locations.

The helmets are available in three sizes: small, medium and large, and are being targeted towards 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 16th 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.

“Not every family can afford the added expense of a bicycle helmet,” says Ian MacKechnie, founder and CEO of Amscot Financial. “But in our eyes, every kid should have one. That’s why we started this free program years ago and it’s why we plan to continue it.”

FREE Bike Helmets will be available at these Amscot branches:

County Amscot Branch City Brevard 1515 Palm Bay Rd. Suite 100

2711 Clearlake Road Melbourne

Cocoa Broward 5521 W Oakland Park Blvd.

297 S Pompano Pkwy.

13668 W SR 84

352 S Flamingo Rd.

5041 N SR 7 Lauderhill

Pompano Beach

Davie

Pembroke Pines

Tamarac Flagler 1276 & 1278 Palm Coast Pkwy SW Palm Coast Hardee 1530 US Highway 17 Wauchula Hernando 19422 Cortez Blvd. Brooksville Highlands 32319 Broadway St.

830 US HWY 27 Sebring

Avon Park Hillsborough 105 W. Alexander St.

7731 Palm River Rd.

8231 W. Hillsborough Ave.

2204 E 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

Eustis 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.

27105 S. Dixie Hwy.

19839 NW 2nd Ave.

6788 SW 40th St.

10780 W Flagler St. Cutler Bay

Hialeah

Homestead

Naranja

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.

Kissimmee

Kissimmee

Kissimmee Pasco 3416 US Hwy. 19 N.

11932 US Hwy 19 N

36640 SR 54

21621 Village Lakes Shopping Center Dr. Holiday

Port Richey

Zephyrhills

Land O Lakes Pinellas 2551 34th Street S.

6596 Park Blvd.

1300A 34th Street N.

911 62nd Ave. S St. Petersburg

Pinellas Park

St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg Polk 111 Cypress Gardens Blvd.

1413 US Hwy 98 S.

35938 US 27 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. 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.