Target & St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® Celebrate 20 years of Working Together to End Childhood Cancer, Other Life...
December 05 2016 - 9:35AM
Business Wire
Target has been proud to support the mission of
St. Jude since 1996
This month, Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) and St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospital® are celebrating 20 years of
partnership in helping save the lives of children battling cancer
and other life-threatening diseases. Target’s dedication to
children and families at St. Jude began in 1996 with a commitment
to design and build Target House, the hospital’s long-term housing
facility that gives patients and families a home-away-from-home
while undergoing treatment. Since opening in 1999, Target House has
hosted more than 4,500 families from 45 states and 47 countries and
territories. While accommodating up to 98 families at a time, each
apartment is fully furnished with products donated by Target and
vendor partners. Staying true to the mission of St. Jude, none of
these families ever receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing
or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their
child live.
Beyond Target House, Target has donated millions of dollars
throughout the years to help fuel groundbreaking research at St.
Jude, giving the world new insights into some of the most
aggressive childhood cancers and helping St. Jude to improve the
quality of life for survivors. Treatments invented at St. Jude have
helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20
percent to more than 80 percent since it opened more than 50 years
ago.
“Target has been an incredible part of the St. Jude family,
showing unwavering dedication to our lifesaving mission for two
decades,” said Richard Shadyac Jr., president and CEO of ALSAC, the
fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital. “Target’s generosity means St. Jude patients and
families can maintain a sense of normalcy during treatment, because
Target has provided an amazing home-away-from-home through Target
House as well as unique opportunities for patients to just be kids.
The magical moments and unforgettable experiences Target has
created help our patients and families escape the realities of
their treatments and enjoy childhood. We are incredibly grateful to
Target for its 20-year partnership and look forward to many more
years to come.”
In addition, over the course of the 20-year partnership,
Target’s support has included:
- Target House Events: Target has
thrown more than 100 St. Jude Target House events and other
fun-filled carnivals, parties and more for the patients and
families of St. Jude.
- Sponsorships: Target sponsors
events such as the National Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer, Fall
Festival of Hope and Red Carpet for Hope. Since 2009, there have
been 25 Target-sponsored events.
- St. Jude Thanks &
Giving® Campaign: From 2004–2013, Target and key
vendors supported the St. Jude Thanks & Giving® campaign
through an in-store cause program benefitting St. Jude and Target
House.
- St. Jude School: In 2010, Target
sponsored and helped fully renovate the St. Jude School, a space
that houses programs that continue patients’ educational growth
while at St. Jude and ensure they can celebrate important
milestones, such as kindergarten graduation. Through 2015, Target’s
support helped continue to expand the space and update furnishing
and technology.
- Target Team Member Volunteers:
Thousands of Target team members around the country have gotten
involved with St. Jude over the years, volunteering their time and
energy to help further the St. Jude mission.
“We’re proud of Target’s longtime partnership with St. Jude and
are honored to have helped the incredible patients and families at
St. Jude over the past 20 years,” said Laysha Ward, chief corporate
social responsibility officer, Target. “I visit Target House every
year – the families that I’ve met and the hope and resilience I see
in these children is awe-inspiring. On behalf of Target, I want to
extend a huge thank you to the St. Jude team and all of the Target
partners and volunteers across the country who have dedicated
countless hours and financial resources to help St. Jude achieve
their mission of saving lives and finding cures.”
The 20-year sponsorship celebration culminated last week with
Target’s holiday Bullseye Bash, which was attended by Target’s
Chairman and CEO, Brian Cornell, and other Target leaders. Hundreds
of patients and their families had a chance to enjoy a variety of
holiday-themed activities, including Nutcracker-inspired
performances featuring a cast of fun characters. They also had an
opportunity to meet Target’s dog mascot, Bullseye. For more on
Target’s Bullseye Bash visit:
https://corporate.target.com/article/2016/12/st-jude-holiday-bash.
About Target
Minneapolis-based Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) serves guests
at 1,803 stores and at Target.com. Since 1946, Target has given 5
percent of its profit to communities, which today equals more than
$4 million a week. For more information, visit
Target.com/Pressroom. For a behind-the-scenes look at Target, visit
Target.com/abullseyeview or follow @TargetNews on Twitter.
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. It is the only National Cancer
Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to
children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the
overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80
percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude
is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer
to 90 percent, and we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.
St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, 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, liking St.
Jude on Facebook (facebook.com/stjude) and following us on Twitter
(@stjude).
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