Chico's Charities

Thank you Chico's for your 25 years of service to our community, and for ongoing support of WGCU Public Media.

Chico's and WGCU enjoy a very special public media-underwriter relationship-from sponsoring Power Hours during our pledge drives on WGCU 90.1 FM and WMKO 91.7 FM Public Radio to being one of the lead sponsors in WGCU's new Connect! Multi-media programming initiative.

The Chico's family was built on kind spirits, customer care, and community support. They understand that our communities have made Chico's successful and they are privileged to give back to both their associates and our communities. They support our communities in various ways with a predominant focus on women, children, health, education, and the environment.

Over the last several years, Chico's has contributed to organizations with focuses on women, children, health, education and the environment. For example, Chico's has given to the Scholarship Program at Florida Gulf Coast University, Local Women's Shelters, Step Up for Students scholarship program, the Lee County Education Foundation, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the American Cancer Society, and the Lee County United Way, just to name a few. In 2005, Chico's donated over $250,000 for hurricane victims.

Chico's has also developed other ways to help the community too. Chico's seeks to build better days in our community by creating the Community Service Day program. This program allows all associates to take one paid day off each year to volunteer at a non-profit agency and still be paid for the day of work. Chico's also assists the community by providing volunteers for events and fundraisers throughout the Southwest Florida Area.

WGCU Public Media appreciates Chico's commitment to helping WGCU Public Television and WGCU Public Radio to become one of the top ranked Public television stations in America in Prime time public television audience ratings.