COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Lots announced
today the completion of the company's fourth Give Big for Kids
point-of-sale fundraising campaign benefiting Nationwide Children's
Hospital. The four-and-a-half-week campaign collected donations in
all 1,426 Big Lots stores, raising an impressive $3.1 million dollars.
"Raising more than 3 million
dollars during our fall campaign shows just how much our
customers and associates care about helping kids all over the
country," said David Campisi,
President and CEO of Big Lots. "One hundred percent of those
dollars go directly to important research and life-saving
care."
Nationwide Children's is America's largest not-for-profit
freestanding pediatric healthcare system, delivering world-class
care for more than 1.4 million patient visits each year. The
hospital treats children all over the world and from across the
nation, providing more than $114
million in charity care and community benefit services each
year. Doctors and researchers are revolutionizing children's
healthcare and research at Nationwide Children's.
"Big Lots, the Big Lots Foundation and their customers and
associates continue to show their immense generosity and compassion
for the patients and families we treat and on behalf of everyone at
Nationwide Children's Hospital, we could not be more grateful,"
said Steve Allen, MD, CEO of
Nationwide Children's. "Big Lots is helping us fulfill our vision
of delivering the best healthcare for children, as well as having a
lasting impact on the long-term health of the children we treat
across the globe."
In addition to spearheading the Give Big for Kids campaign, on
August 31, 2016, Big Lots together
with the Big Lots Foundation announced a $50
million transformational gift to Nationwide Children's
Hospital to construct the largest behavioral health treatment and
research center of it's kind dedicated to children and adolescents
on a pediatric medical campus in the U.S. This specific type of
commitment by Big Lots represents the single largest corporate
financial gift to support pediatric behavioral health. Slated to
open in 2020, the Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion will be a
386,000 square-foot treatment and research pavilion that will care
for children and teens with mental illness and behavioral health
challenges. It will also house behavioral health researchers and
will foster collaboration between community partners.
To learn more about Nationwide Children's Hospital, visit
Nationwidchildrens.org.
About Big Lots, Inc.
Headquartered in Columbus,
Ohio, Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) is a community retailer
operating 1,426 BIG LOTS stores in 47 states, dedicated to friendly
service, trustworthy value, and affordable solutions in every
season and category – furniture, food, décor, and more. We exist to
serve everyone like family, providing a better shopping experience
for our customers, valuing and developing our associates, and
creating growth for our shareholders. Big Lots supports the
communities it serves through the Big Lots Foundation, a charitable
organization focused on four areas of need: hunger, housing,
healthcare, and education. For more information about the Company,
visit www.biglots.com.
About Nationwide Children's Hospital
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World
Report's 2017-18 list of "America's Best Children's Hospitals,"
Nationwide Children's Hospital is America's largest not-for-profit
freestanding pediatric healthcare system providing wellness,
preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for
infants, children and adolescents, as well as adult patients with
congenital disease. Nationwide Children's has a staff of more than
13,000 providing state-of-the-art pediatric care during more than
1.4 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of
Pediatrics of the Ohio State University
College of Medicine, Nationwide Children's physicians train the
next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The
Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of the
Top 10 National Institutes of Health–funded freestanding pediatric
research facilities. More information is available at
NationwideChildrens.org.
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