Coinstar Makes Cents for Spirit of 12 Partners

BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Coinstar, a leader in money services, today announced that consumers may donate coins to the Seattle Seahawks Spirit of 12 Partners at select Coinstar^® kiosks in Washington state through December 29, 2014. This is an extension of the partnership between the Seattle Seahawks and Outerwall Inc. (Nasdaq: OUTR) supporting Seattle youth services. Outerwall, together with its consumer brands: Redbox^® entertainment, Coinstar, and ecoATM^® electronics recycling kiosks, are donating up to $100,000 to the program's community-based nonprofits.

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The Spirit of 12 Partners for 2014 include Boys & Girls Clubs Washington State Association, Camp Fire Snohomish, Girl Scouts of Western Washington, Treehouse and YMCA of Greater Seattle.

"The Seattle Seahawks have some of the greatest fans in football, and we are thrilled to make it easy for them to support the Spirit of 12 partners," said Jim Gaherity, President of Coinstar. "If every Seahawks fan attending a home game this season donates 12 cents, that would provide another $60,000 to support community services provided by the Spirit of 12 nonprofit organizations."

"We hope the "12s" will take advantage of this convenient opportunity to support local, community-based nonprofits that directly impact youth in our region," said Seahawks Vice President of Community Relations Mike Flood.

Each of these five non-profit partners has a designated timeframe for consumers to make donations to their favorite organization. Consumers can locate Coinstar kiosks accepting donations to the Spirit of 12 by visiting http://www.coinstar.com/charitypartners/Spiritof12.

About Spirit of 12 Partners

In the fall of 2004, the Seattle Seahawks Charitable Foundation unveiled the Spirit of 12 Partners program, a collaboration among Seattle youth service organizations, the Seahawks, CenturyLink and The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Under this program, community-based nonprofits sell the Seahawks game day program during the team's home games. Each partner keeps 100% of the proceeds, which is matched by The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. In 2013, more than $365,000 was raised in the program and more than $2.70 million in total funds since 2004.

About Coinstar

Coinstar, part of the Outerwall Inc. (Nasdaq: OUTR) family, is a leader in money services. It owns and operates the only multi-national, fully automated network of self-service coin-counting kiosks and now also operates Coinstar Exchange, a new network of gift card-exchange kiosks. The company has approximately 20,300 coin-counting locations in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Coinstar kiosks process more than $3 billion in coins annually.  Coinstar makes it simple to convert coins to cash or consumers can receive no-fee coin-counting when choosing a gift card or eCertificate. For more information on Coinstar and Coinstar Exchange please visit www.coinstar.com and for information on Outerwall Inc., please visit www.outerwall.com.

About Outerwall Inc.

Outerwall Inc. (Nasdaq: OUTR) has more than 20 years of experience creating some of the most profitable spaces for their retail partners. The company mission is to create a better everyday by delivering breakthrough kiosk experiences that delight consumers and generate revenue for retailers. As the company that brought consumers Redbox^® entertainment, Coinstar^® money services, and ecoATM^® electronics recycling kiosks, Outerwall is leading the next generation of automated retail and paving the way for inventive, scalable businesses. Outerwall™ kiosks are in neighborhood grocery stores, drug stores, mass merchants, malls, and other retail locations in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Learn more at www.outerwall.com.

SOURCE Coinstar