Winter Garden, Fla., February 2, 2006/ - Amscot Financial, a leading provider of convenient, consumer-oriented financial services, is proud to announce the grand opening of its new location in Winter Garden on Saturday, February 4, 2006 from 2 to 4 pm.  At the grand opening, Amscot Financial will present a $1,000 contribution to the Central Florida Children’s Home.

Greg Suarez gets the local youth involved with his outstanding magic tricks!

The grand opening event will be held at 1049 S Dillard Street in Winter Garden.  Entertainment will be provided for the community by magician Greg Suarez.  Radio station WJHM - 101.9 FM will broadcast live from Amscot’s parking lot and give away prizes.  Free refreshments will also be provided.

	From left to right, Deveron Gibbons – VP of Public Affairs, Amscot Financial; John Jensen - Director of Development Central Florida Children’s Home; Florida State Senator Daniel Webster; Taina Parilla - Morning Co-Host, 102 JAMZ radio station and Bill Worling - Senior District Manager, Amscot Financial.

The Central Florida Children’s Home, Inc., was founded in 1973 by Eastland Baptist Church, but presently operates under its own Charter and Board of Directors.  Their mission is to care for children whose parents either cannot or will not provide for them due to family difficulties.  Individual and entire families of children live at the Central Florida Children’s Home, thus keeping siblings from being separated.  An emphasis is placed on academic achievement to ensure that the children are well prepared for higher academic studies or vocational training for the job market. The children are also assigned chores and responsibilities to help develop character and discipline.  Amscot Financial’s contribution will help purchase day-to-day items needed to take care of the children.

CPEA representative fingerprints a local child.

At the Amscot grand opening, the Child Protection Education of America, Inc. (CPEA), a national nonprofit organization for missing children based in Tampa, will also be available on-site to provide free fingerprinting for children through their “ID ME NOW” program. The program produces a state-of-the-art, specially designed card for parents to keep.  The card contains a set of the child’s digital fingerprints, a black and white photo, a dental chart, and instructions on how to do a simple DNA collection.  Safety brochures are provided with the fingerprint card, as well as an envelope containing further information on how to complete the child safety kit.  This information can assist parents and law enforcement officers involved with a missing child case. 

An interactive child safety CD-ROM can also be purchased for $5 at the event with profits going to the CPEA for creating the CD-ROM. 

	Radio Station 102 JAMZ broadcast live from Amscot’s parking lot.

Employment Open House
Amscot is growing rapidly, and is seeking talented, ambitious individuals to join our team. Anyone interested in employment with Amscot should bring along their resume. An Amscot recruiter will be on hand to talk about the many exciting career opportunities with Amscot.

Headquartered in Tampa, Fla., Amscot Financial is a leading provider of income tax preparation and electronic filing services, refund anticipation loans, check cashing services, cash advance services, money transfer services and money orders through its wholly owned division, Amscot International Money Order Company. Amscot Financial currently operates 109 tax preparation offices and 112 retail financial service centers throughout Florida and employs more than 1,500 people. For additional information, please visit the company's website at www.amscotfinancial.com.