FedEx Donates $1 Million to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
June 10 2015 - 1:30PM
Business Wire
FedEx Express Cessna Aircraft Named in Honor of
St. Jude Patient at Purple Eagle ceremony
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced today that it will donate $1
million to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® to support the
hospital’s lifesaving mission of finding cures and saving children.
FedEx will make the $1 million cash contribution to St. Jude in the
name of 2014 FedExCup Champion Billy Horschel. This donation is the
first of a three year commitment in which FedEx will donate $1
million each year on behalf of the reigning FedExCup champion.
In addition to the check presentation, FedEx Express joined St.
Jude in dedicating a FedEx Cessna aircraft to 9-year-old Tyler
West. The Cessna cargo plane, one of more than 670 aircraft in the
Express fleet, now features Tyler’s name along with the iconic St.
Jude logo and will be on display near the driving range throughout
the FedEx St. Jude Classic.
“We are proud to support the groundbreaking research being done
at St. Jude, which impacts the local community and the 30,000 FedEx
team members based in Memphis, as well as thousands of children and
families throughout the world,” said Patrick Fitzgerald, senior
vice president of Marketing and Communications, FedEx Services.
Tyler, son of FedEx Services Security Planning and Engineering
manager Sean West, is the fourth recipient of the Purple Eagle
dedication, an annual program that honors a St. Jude patient who is
the child of a FedEx team member. Awareness gained through this
program will help ensure St. Jude continues to freely share the
breakthroughs it makes. Every child saved at St. Jude means that
doctors and scientists around the world can use that knowledge to
save thousands more children.
“Given the spirit behind the annual FedEx St. Jude Classic, the
Purple Eagle dedication was created to shed much deserved light on
the phenomenal work being done by the research hospital, and in
particular, to celebrate a current patient, who happens to be the
son or daughter of a FedEx employee,” said Bill West, vice
president of Supplemental Air Operations for FedEx Express. “As
such, FedEx Express is proud to fly the Purple Eagle in our network
with Tyler’s name and St. Jude’s logo proudly displayed, and we’re
happy to report the program is gaining momentum each year.”
Tyler was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in
2013 and is in his second year of treatment at St. Jude. He is a
hero to his family, friends, FedEx and St. Jude. His name will
travel throughout the Pacific Northwest as a permanent fixture on
the FedEx Cessna Caravan 208 when it returns to service at the
conclusion of the FedEx St. Jude Classic.
“With everything that Ty has gone through during his treatment,
it makes me proud to know that FedEx supports St Jude, and they are
helping kids like Tyler by bringing awareness and raising money to
support the cause,” said Sean West. “FedEx has helped our family
during Tyler’s treatment by supporting us when he needs to go to
the hospital for appointments and treatments. FedEx and St. Jude
are now a part of our extended family.”
FedEx first became the title sponsor of the FedEx St. Jude
Classic in 1986 and recently announced the extension of its title
sponsorship through 2017. The tournament has raised more than $30
million for St. Jude since 1970, when the hospital became the sole
beneficiary.
In 2007 FedEx aligned with the PGA TOUR to introduce the
FedExCup, an exciting season-long points competition culminating
with the PGA Tour’s first-ever playoff system. The FedExCup has
been an effective way for FedEx to reach its customers and engage
in the community and has allowed the company to support national
and local charities, such as St. Jude, in a hands-on manner.
“Tyler is so deserving of this recognition; his courage, spirit
and zeal for life represent the many patients at St. Jude
undergoing treatment and we are honored to have Tyler represent
them,” said Richard Shadyac Jr., president and CEO of ALSAC/St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “FedEx is an amazing partner,
and their generous $1 million donation is a testament to the
company’s continuing commitment to helping St. Jude save the lives
of kids around the world.”
About FedEx Corp.
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses
worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and
business services. With annual revenues of $47 billion, the company
offers integrated business applications through operating companies
competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the
respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world’s most
admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 325,000
team members to remain “absolutely, positively” focused on safety,
the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of
their customers and communities. For more information, visit
news.fedex.com.
About FedEx Express
FedEx Express is the world’s largest express transportation
company, providing fast and reliable delivery to more than 220
countries and territories. FedEx Express uses a global
air-and-ground network to speed delivery of time-sensitive
shipments, by a definite time and date with a money-back
guarantee.
About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the
world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other
life-threatening diseases. St. Jude has the world’s best survival
rates for some of the most aggressive childhood cancers, and
treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall
childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent since
we opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the
overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent in the
next decade. St. Jude freely shares the breakthroughs we make, and
every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists
worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.
Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel,
housing or food—because all a family should worry about is helping
their child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org
or following St. Jude on facebook.com/stjude and
twitter.com/stjude.
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FedEx Corp.Media Relations:Tim Miller,
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