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Charitable Foundation Updates
For the Week of November 17, 2024
To the Rescue In Action
Since its debut in 2019, Ocean State Job Lot’s To The Rescue program has supported over 350 different animal welfare organizations, including municipal shelters, local rescues, rehabilitation farms and wildlife centers. The success of our most recent To The Rescue program was not only realized by the amount of money and products donated, but by the individual efforts of our own associates. Store Team Leader David »
Mark Your Calendar and Save During Educator Deal Days
Are you an educator gearing up for the new school year? Get ready to save as you prepare your classroom! Ocean State Job Lot is showing our appreciation for educators in our communities by offering an incredible promotion during their Educator Deal Days. From Thursday, August 17, 2023, through Wednesday, August 23, 2023, all teachers, school management, school support personnel, and documented homeschoolers can take advantage »
Buy-Give-Get Backpacks
Children In Need During Back-to-School Back-to-school season is just around the corner, and many families in our communities are struggling to afford new school supplies. This is especially true for young students who need a variety of supplies to succeed in school. A new backpack, a set of crayons, a few notebooks, and some pencils may seem like small things, but they can make a big »
Ocean State Job Lot Customer Story – Osaki Massage Chair
Customer Stories - Osaki Massage Chair “I had been seriously contemplating the purchase of a massage chair for quite some time, and thanks to Ocean State Job Lot, the perfect opportunity came along. I am involved with a personal finance group on Facebook, and in December 2022, a member in the group posted asking if anyone had bought a massage chair. And if they did, did »
Earth Day Celebration at Ocean State Job Lot
In celebration of Earth Day this year at Ocean State Job Lot’s headquarters in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, corporate and distribution center associates welcomed multiple green-initiative local businesses to learn more about what each is doing in the community to support the environment. Those companies included representatives from: Atlas Pallets Ecogy Energy Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources Rhode Island Blood »
Revolutionizing a Rooftop in Richmond
Ocean State Job Lot and Ecogy Energy have completed a 250kW solar array on the rooftop of Job Lot’s store in Richmond, Rhode Island. This marks the third installation of its kind for the company, which is part of its ongoing plan to have the largest rooftop solar portfolio in Rhode Island, hosted atop its stores from Westerly to Woonsocket. The solar portfolio is part of »