Sleep Number Honored with American Cancer Society’s 2022 Corporate Partner of the Year Award
February 02 2023 - 9:26AM
Business Wire
The wellness technology leader has supported
ACS’s mission through joint research, funding and support of its
Hope Lodges
The company will encourage cancer screenings
and donate to ACS during Super Bowl LVII in Arizona
In advance of World Cancer Day on February 4, Sleep Number
Corporation (Nasdaq: SNBR) today announces it is the proud
recipient of the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) 2022 Corporate
Partner of the Year Award. The national honor recognizes Sleep
Number as a leading supporter in the fight against cancer and its
meaningful impact to ACS’s mission.
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In advance of World Cancer Day, Sleep
Number today announces it is the proud recipient of the American
Cancer Society’s (ACS) 2022 Corporate Partner of the Year Award.
The national honor recognizes Sleep Number as a leading supporter
in the fight against cancer and its meaningful impact to ACS’s
mission.
Sleep Number and ACS announced a landmark partnership on World
Cancer Day 2022 to conduct joint research with the goal of
developing the first-ever sleep guidelines for cancer patients and
survivors. Over the next five years, ACS will leverage Sleep
Number’s proprietary sleep data and sleep expertise in its research
to identify the impact of quality sleep on cancer prevention and
recovery. Additionally, Sleep Number supports ACS’s Hope Lodges,
providing Sleep Number® smart beds and other sleep innovations to
support patients and caregivers when they need to stay away from
home during treatment.
According to Dave Benson, ACS Executive Vice President, North
Region, “Sleep Number exemplified what ACS hopes to find in
partners. We honor partners that go above and beyond and use every
facet of their influence to help support our mission. Working with
Sleep Number to develop new data and advance science to be used in
the fight against cancer is incredible. We’re extremely grateful
for Sleep Number’s partnership.”
“We are honored to partner with the American Cancer Society, and
to help end cancer as we know it, for everyone,” said Shelly Ibach,
Chair, President and CEO, Sleep Number. “Prior ACS research and
guidelines – like those on diet and tobacco – have made an
indelible impact on all of our health. Our joint research on sleep
and cancer will add to that remarkable body of evidence. If sleep
can play even a small part in cancer prevention – or, importantly,
enhance the quality of life for a patient, caregiver or survivor –
we have truly lived our purpose to improve the health and wellbeing
of society.”
“Sleep Number’s commitment to our mission directly helps
patients and their caregivers by strengthening their emotional,
mental and physical health, leading to an improved quality of
life,” said Dr. Karen E. Knudsen, Chief Executive Officer, American
Cancer Society. "Together, our teams are developing a deeper
understanding of quality sleep’s impact on cancer prevention and
recovery. We share a passion for improving lives and have built a
terrific foundation for what comes next: improving sleep outcomes
for cancer patients and survivors.”
In addition to their research partnership, Sleep Number
collaborates with ACS on various initiatives to further their
commitment to the Society’s mission, including:
- In partnership with NFL Crucial Catch and ACS, Sleep Number
will host ACS’s “Defender,” a digital cancer risk assessment tool,
inside its content studio at the media center at Super Bowl LVII.
Defender uses a simple quiz to promote cancer screenings and
prevention, and will be available for media, players and radio row
guests to check their risk for cancers. For every complete Defender
assessment between February 6-20, Sleep Number will match with a
donation of $100, up to $50,000, to ACS. Participants have a chance
to win a Sleep Number 360® p5 smart bed or autographed jerseys by
Justin Jefferson, Dak Prescott and Micah Parsons.
- Today, Sleep Number will also donate 360® smart beds, including
the new Climate360™ smart bed, and bedding to the Charleston, SC
Hope Lodge – ACS’s first-ever Hope Lodge and the first facility of
its kind in the country for cancer patients and caregivers.
- Sleep Number provides ongoing support for the Champions of Hope
gala, an annual event benefitting ACS. In 2022, the event raised
more than $500,000 to support the mission and work of ACS,
including operational costs of the Minnesota Hope Lodges in
Minneapolis and Rochester.
- A passionate advocate for ACS’s mission, Shelly Ibach serves as
the chairperson for the Society’s CEOs Against Cancer Minnesota
chapter, rallying the business community to improve the lives of
people with cancer and their families through research and patient
and caregiver support and advocacy.
About the American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is a leading cancer-fighting
organization with a vision to end cancer as we know it, for
everyone. For more than 100 years, we have been improving the lives
of people with cancer and their families as the only organization
combating cancer through advocacy, research, and patient support.
We are committed to ensuring everyone has an opportunity to
prevent, detect, treat, and survive cancer. To learn more, visit
cancer.org or call our 24/7 helpline at 1-800-227-2345. Connect
with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
About Sleep Number Corporation
Sleep Number is a leader in sleep and wellness technology. Our
360 smart bed platform connects the physical and digital worlds,
creating an immersive, adaptive, and individualized sleep health
experience. Quality sleep is vital for physical, mental, and
emotional wellbeing; our smart beds deliver exceptional sleep by
automatically sensing and effortlessly adjusting to the needs of
each sleeper. Through partnerships with the world’s leading health
and research institutions, we are advancing sleep science with our
18 billion hours of highly accurate, longitudinal sleep data from
millions of sleepers in our Smart SleeperSM community.
Sleep Number is a company with purpose, with over 5,000
mission-driven team members who are dedicated to improving the
health and wellbeing of society through higher quality sleep. We
have improved more than 14 million lives and are committed to
lifelong relationships with our smart sleepers.
For life-changing sleep, visit SleepNumber.com or one of our
almost 675 Sleep Number® stores. More information is available on
our newsroom and investor relations sites.
Forward-looking Statements
Statements used in this news release relating to future plans,
such as statements about our joint research, are forward-looking
statements subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Additional
information concerning these, and other risks and uncertainties, is
contained in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), including the Annual Report on Form 10-K, and
other periodic reports filed with the SEC. The company has no
obligation to publicly update or revise any of the forward-looking
statements in this news release.
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