Since 2004, Rent-A-Center has awarded more than $850,000 in scholarships to college students. Through the Random Acts of Caring initiative, which was launched in 2008, RAC has donated merchandise and funding to charitable organizations located in communities where Rent-A-Center maintains retail locations. Ninety-eight Random Acts of Caring have taken place since 2008, totaling $531,300 in contributions. Since 2007, the company has contributed over $600,000 in grants to Junior Achievement and, in addition, Rent-A-Center employees volunteer annually to teach financial literacy to students in Dallas-area schools. Rent-A-Center recognizes that food insecurity serves as a barrier to other opportunities, so it supports hunger relief efforts across the country. Since 2003, Rent-A-Center has provided monetary and product contributions totaling nearly $1.2 million to date to the North Texas Food Bank. Employees in the Field Support Center have also volunteered over 1,000 hours to Dallas-area food banks during the annual North Texas Food Bank campaign. Rent-A-Center has also donated more than $1.25 million to 11 other food banks across the country since 2009. This is in addition to the grassroots hunger-relief campaign staged across Rent-A-Center's 3,000-plus U.S. stores throughout the month of September. Originally dubbed “Soup to Nuts,” now “Fill the Fridge,” this effort supports Hunger Action Month. This virtual food drive leverages Rent-A-Center's stores as collection points for cash donations. The donated funds are distributed to food banks across the U.S. and Puerto Rico at the conclusion of the month-long campaign. Rent-A-Center’s charitable giving also extends to supporting disaster relief efforts. Since 2017, RAC has donated over $100,000 to the American Red Cross, to help them deliver their lifesaving mission nationwide. Over the years, Rent-A-Center has supported our military through various efforts that aid soldiers and their families. An initiative begun in 2010 is Rent-A-Center's "Operation: Just Like Home," in which merchandise with a wholesale value of $175,000 is delivered to select installations across four military service branches, including the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Contributions have been allocated to Family & Morale Welfare and Recreation operations that provide community and family services, such as the Soldier and Family Assistance Centers that in turn serve wounded, ill and injured soldiers and their families.