COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Lots
announced today the launch of its Fall point-of-sale campaign,
"Serve Families. Give Big." in support of Nationwide Children's
Hospital. Now through October 28th,
Big Lots customers have the opportunity to donate $1, $2,
$5 or more at checkout with 100
percent of the dollars raised benefiting Nationwide Children's.
"Our relationship with Nationwide Children's Hospital and the
life-saving work they do every day is grounded in our dedication to
kids everywhere and their physical, mental and emotional health. In
just three short years, our customers and our stores teams have
raised nearly $14 million dollars and
we look forward to another successful campaign to support our
partners at Nationwide Children's." stated Tim Johnson, EVP Chief Administrative Officer
and Chief Financial Officer.
In addition to its overall impact on the hospital, Big Lots has
been instrumental in the hospital's efforts to address childhood
mental illness and behavioral health care. In 2016, Big Lots and
Big Lots Foundation announced a $50
million transformational gift to Nationwide Children's to
construct the Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion. Scheduled to
open in Spring 2020, the Pavilion will be a freestanding facility
fully dedicated to children and adolescents with behavioral health
conditions and will be the largest behavioral health treatment and
research center on a pediatric medical campus in the United
States.
In addition to its financial commitments and support, the
Butterfly Run presented by Big Lots benefiting Nationwide
Children's Hospital occurred in Columbus in August
2018. The goal of this family-fitness event was to reduce
the stigma often associated with behavioral health conditions and
mental illnesses, as well as raise funds for much-needed child and
adolescent behavioral health research. Two additional Butterfly Run
events will take place later this year in Charlotte, North Carolina and Phoenix, Arizona.
"We are excited to join Big Lots for another opportunity to
support the families we serve," said Steve
Testa, president, Nationwide Children's Hospital Foundation.
"We care for families from all 50 states and nearly 50 countries
and it is the generosity from community partners like Big Lots that
allow us to make every effort to deliver the best health care to
each and every child."
To learn more about the Give Big for Kids campaign or to make a
donation online, visit biglots.com/give4kids.
About Big Lots, Inc.
Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) is
a community retailer operating more than 1,400 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 2018-19 list of "Best Children's Hospitals," Nationwide
Children's Hospital is one of America's largest not-for-profit
freestanding pediatric health care systems 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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