KOHL’S DEPARTMENT STORES AWARDS TEN CHICAGO-AREA YOUTHS $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE

Nearly 200 youth volunteers awarded $1,000 scholarships and qualify for $10,000 in total scholarships through the Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., July 10, 2013 – The Kohl’s Department Stores’ (NYSE: KSS) Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship Program honors nearly 200 deserving volunteers with $1,000 scholarships toward higher education. Ten children from the Chicago-area were chosen from more than 35,000 nominees nationwide for making a positive impact in their local communities. Through the Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program, Kohl's is encouraging promising youth to further their education at a time when college costs continue to rise and parents are relying heavily on federal and private student loans to fund higher education.* Local recipients of $1,000 scholarships are:

• Claudia Beard, 17, Hinsdale – In 2012, Claudia traveled to Guatemala on a Medical Mission Trip where she helped provide medical service to more than 2,100 individuals in the country, utilized her Spanish language skills to translate between the American doctors and the Guatemalan people, and distributed toothbrushes, toothpaste and toys she had collected back home to the citizens of Guatemala.
• Alex Caraynoff, 15, Minooka – Since 2011, Alex has been planning and hosting “Pop Tab Dump Days” events that have raised more than $12,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities through the collection of nearly six tons of recyclable tabs from aluminum cans.   
• Daniella Cohen, 14, Highland Park – After developing a friendship with a girl in India through a writing project, Daniella created GIVE, an organization dedicated to cross-cultural, global friendships and education. Through GIVE, Daniella sends books and flip-flops signed with messages of hope to children in India and Uganda.
• Nicholas Curley, 8, Chicago – In honor of his cousin who has epilepsy,Nicholas ice skated 100 miles and raised $40,000 for the Danny Did Foundation. The Foundation is using the money to purchase monitoring devices that sound an alarm when someone with epilepsy suffers a seizure while sleeping. 
• Sarah Dynia, 16, Oak Lawn – Sarah founded the organization Stuffed Love, creating hand-stitched pillows that are donated to a variety of groups in the Chicago community, including several local hospitals, a grief counseling support group and a center for the developmentally disabled. 
• Emily Graves, 10, La Porte – Emily started the Cookies for Soldiers organization, dedicated to sending boxes of Girl Scout cookies to American soldiers. With the help of local Girl Scout troops, Emily has collected, packaged and sent 5,400 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to soldiers overseas.
• Acey Longley, 9, Plainfield – To honor his father - a musician - who passed away, Acey created B.E.A.T.S. (Bringing Everyone A Tremendous Smile), collecting drum sticks, drum pads or iTunes gift cards to donate to children at Edward Hospital in the hopes of raising their spirits. In addition to B.E.A.T.S., Acey also runs the Illinois chapter of Legos for Leukemia.
• Eliza Peters, 12, Geneva – As an athlete who uses hearing aids to hear her coaches, teammates and fans, Eliza created the Hear the Cheers organization and raised more than $18,000 in three weeks to purchase hearing aids for local children unable to afford hearing aids.
• Jen Rubino, 18, Park Ridge – Jen created “Cards for Hospitalized Kids” to distribute handmade cards to more than 20,000 hospitalized kids in more than 200 hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses nationwide. Jen has also recruited the help of celebrities including Olympian Aly Raisman, actress Lucy Hale, and singer Jesse McCartney to sign autographs to send to kids, along with the cards.
• Jessica Streepy, 12, Palatine – Jessica devotes her time to advocating for the organization One Day’s Wages and has raised more than $20,000, including profits from the sale of homemade hair and hat clips and scarves from her business B-U-Barrettes, to help alleviate extreme global poverty.