ACE Cash Express Raises Over $16,000 to Support Feed My Starving Children

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Sep 30, 2025, 12:05 ET

DALLAS, Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- During its annual fundraising event, the Give A Little Campaign, ACE Cash Express (ACE), a Populus Financial Group, Inc. brand, raised over $16,000 for Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), which provided 57,564 nutritious meals for children experiencing hunger.

ACE employees not only raised money for FMSC, but also volunteered their time. During the packing session, our volunteers packed MannaPack® meals that consisted of vitamins, rice, veggies, and protein. After two hours, volunteers packed 28,296 meals, enough to feed 77 children every day for a year.

ACE Cash Express employees packed meals at Feed My Starving Children’s packing facility in Richardson, TX

"We are incredibly proud of our employees' dedication and our customers' generosity supporting Feed My Starving Children," said Sally Aiello, Vice President of Government Relations at Populus. "Raising over $16,000, which provides 57,564 nutritious meals, underscores our commitment to combating child hunger and malnutrition."

FMSC is a non-profit organization fighting child hunger. Last year, FMSC provided over 375 million meals to children in need. The meals were developed by food science and nutrition professionals to supplement nutritional needs and reduce problems with malnutrition. Nutrition allows children to grow, thrive, and develop to their full potential. Each meal costs less than 30 cents to make, and 88 percent of every dollar goes directly toward feeding children.

"We at FMSC are very grateful that ACE heard the call to feed kids," said Hillary Coyle, Development Advisor at FMSC. "It is a joy to see Populus in the packing room and know how hard they're working to pack meals AND raise funds to feed even more kids."

Nationally, the 2025 Give A Little Campaign raised more than $179,000 for charities across the country, including AdoptAClassroom.org, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, Autism Speaks, and Feed My Starving Children. This fundraiser is part of the ACE Community Fund, ACE's charitable-giving program, which has donated more than $20 million since its inception in 2004 to organizations in communities where ACE operates.

About Populus Financial Group

Populus Financial Group^® provides financial services through its family of brands including ACE Cash Express^®, ACE Elite^® Visa^® Prepaid Debit Card, Flare Account^® and Porte^®. Populus Financial Group delivers a broad range of financial products and services including short-term consumer loans, card services, check cashing, money transfers, bill payments and money orders. Visit PopulusFinancial.com for more information.

About Feed My Starving Children

Feeding kids. Feeding spirits. Empowering communities.

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) believes hope starts with food. As a Christian nonprofit, FMSC is dedicated to seeing every child whole in body and spirit. FMSC meals are packed primarily by volunteers, then sent to a network of partner organizations that stay with communities for the long haul, empowering them to move from relief to development. FMSC MarketPlace™ supports local artisans, paying a fair wage for handcrafted goods and using the retail profits to fund more meals for kids around the world. Since our founding in 1987, FMSC has shipped over 3 billion meals to more than 100 countries. Learn more at fmsc.org.

SOURCE Populus Financial Group, Inc.