{"id":43667,"date":"2015-11-24T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/aarons-and-despierta-america-surprise-maria-sahagun-winner-of-the-wake-up-in-your-new-home-contest-with-home-full-of-furniture\/"},"modified":"2015-11-24T11:58:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T15:58:04","slug":"aarons-y-despierta-america-sorprenden-a-maria-sahagun-ganadora-del-concurso-despierta-en-tu-nuevo-hogar-con-un-paquete-para-llenar-de-muebles-el-hogar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/aarons-y-despierta-america-sorprenden-a-maria-sahagun-ganadora-del-concurso-despierta-en-tu-nuevo-hogar-con-un-paquete-para-llenar-de-muebles-el-hogar\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron&#8217;s and &#8220;Despierta America&#8221; Surprise Maria Sahagun, Winner of the &#8220;Wake Up in Your New Home&#8221; Contest, with Home Full of Furniture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ATLANTA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 24, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Aaron&#8217;s, Inc., (NYSE: AAN), a leader in the sales and lease ownership and specialty retailing of furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories, in partnership with Univision Network&#8217;s &#8220;Despierta America,&#8221; surprised <span class=\"xn-person\">Maria Sahagun<\/span>, a resident of <span class=\"xn-location\">Rialto, California<\/span>, with new furniture, a prize package valued at more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$24,000<\/span>, which will fill her entire home as a part of the first &#8220;Despierta En Tu Nuevo Hogar&#8221; (Wake Up in Your New Home) contest. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg71faleftMSAsset552526\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\" hostedurl=\"https:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20151123\/290628\" assettitle=\"Aarons Inc - Despierta En Tu Nuevo Hogar\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg71faleftMSAsset552526\" title=\"Maria Sahagun hugs her son with excitement as Aaron's, Inc. associates deliver furniture to fill her entire home on Friday, November 20, 2015, in Rialto, California. Aaron's, Inc., a leader in the sales and lease ownership and specialty retailing of furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories, in partnership with Univision Network's &quot;Despierta America,&quot; surprised Sahagun with new furniture, a prize package valued at more than $24,000, as a part of the first &quot;Despierta En Tu Nuevo Hogar&quot; (Wake Up in Your New Home) contest.\" style=\"HEIGHT: 382px; WIDTH: 400px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Maria Sahagun hugs her son with excitement as Aaron's, Inc. associates deliver furniture to fill her entire home on Friday, November 20, 2015, in Rialto, California. Aaron's, Inc., a leader in the sales and lease ownership and specialty retailing of furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories, in partnership with Univision Network's &quot;Despierta America,&quot; surprised Sahagun with new furniture, a prize package valued at more than $24,000, as a part of the first &quot;Despierta En Tu Nuevo Hogar&quot; (Wake Up in Your New Home) contest.\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20151123\/290628\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Sahagun is a single mother of three children, a 17-year-old, a 13-year-old and a 7-year-old who has autism and other conditions. Sahagun has worked hard to provide a home for her children but had only loaned furniture in the home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a single mother, Maria has worked very hard to provide for her family with special needs. Her children deserve to have a safe and comfortable home environment,&#8221; said\u00a0Andrea Freeman,\u00a0Aaron&#8217;s\u00a0Vice President of Marketing. &#8220;We have been so excited about our first Univision &#8216;Despierta America&#8217; contest and received an overwhelming response from viewers. We were so proud to be able to help four winners and their families own the life they want.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the Grand Prize Winner of the &#8220;Wake Up in Your New Home&#8221; contest, the <span class=\"xn-location\">California<\/span> resident can now create lasting memories in her new home with her children for years to come. The prize package includes furniture to fill three bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, and electronics and appliances for her home. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Amada Castillo<\/span> from <span class=\"xn-location\">Van Nuys, California<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Evis Alvarenga<\/span> from <span class=\"xn-location\">Gaithersburg, Maryland<\/span> <span class=\"xn-person\">and Maria Velasquez<\/span> from <span class=\"xn-location\">Charlotte, North Carolina<\/span> were the three contest finalists who received a <span class=\"xn-money\">$1,000<\/span> Aaron&#8217;s shopping spree. Viewers had the opportunity to enter to win by submitting their contest entry online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.despiertaamerica.com\/nuevohogar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.DespiertaAmerica.com\/nuevohogar<\/a> through <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sunday, October 11<\/span>, 2015.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Sahagun was chosen out of more than 15,400 families who entered the contest.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Aaron&#8217;s, join the conversation by &#8220;liking&#8221; Aaron&#8217;s on Facebook (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aaronsinc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.facebook.com\/aaronsinc<\/a>) and following Aaron&#8217;s on Twitter (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/aaronsInc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.twitter.com\/aaronsinc<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><b>About Aaron&#8217;s, Inc.<br \/><\/b>Aaron&#8217;s, Inc. (NYSE: AAN), a leader in the sales and lease ownership and specialty retailing of furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories, has more than 2,000 Company-operated and franchised stores in 48 states, the <span class=\"xn-location\">District of Columbia<\/span>, and Canada.\u00a0 Aaron&#8217;s was founded in 1955, is headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Atlanta<\/span>, and has been publicly traded since 1982.\u00a0 Progressive, a leading virtual lease-to-own company and a wholly-owned subsidiary, provides lease-purchase solutions through more than 16,000 retail locations in 46 states.\u00a0 Aaron&#8217;s, Inc. includes the Aarons.com, ShopHomeSmart.com, and ProgLeasing.com brands.\u00a0 For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.aarons.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20151123\/290628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20151123\/290628<\/a><br \/>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20130826\/CL69318LOGO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20130826\/CL69318LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ATLANTA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 24, 2015<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Aaron&#8217;s, Inc., (NYSE: AAN), a leader in the sales and lease ownership and specialty retailing of furniture, consumer electronics, home appliances and accessories, in partnership with Univision Network&#8217;s &#8220;Despierta America,&#8221; surprised <span class=\"xn-person\">Maria Sahagun<\/span>, a resident of <span class=\"xn-location\">Rialto, California<\/span>, with new furniture, a prize package valued at more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$24,000<\/span>, which&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}