Ross Stores partners with Boys and Girls Club for annual fundraiser
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Ross Stores partners with Boys and Girls Club for annual fundraiser. 12th annual Help Local Kids Succeed in School campaign supports homework help program. Published: Feb. 12, 2026 at 9:32 AM PST ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - The 12th annual Help Local Kids Succeed in School fundraiser is underway through a partnership between Ross Stores and the Boys and Girls Club to support academic success for local children. For the past 12 years, Ross Stores across the country have teamed up with the Boys and Girls Club to raise money for the organization's "Power Hour" program, their homework help initiative. "Ross Stores and Boys and Girls Clubs are working together during this campaign for our Power Hour program, which is our homework help program. So it helps kids with their homework to enable them to have academic success in the classroom," said Eddie McBride of the Boys and Girls Club of Albany. The program provides qualified adults to help students with assignments, college applications, and career readiness, setting them up for long-term success in the classroom and beyond. "The money raised helps us provide qualified adults to help these kids with their homework," McBride said. "As much as $5 can help with a half hour of homework for a kid, $10 can help kids, an adult help kids with their college applications or any kind of career applications." Last year, the Albany club...
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