COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Lots
announced today the conclusion of the company's seventh
point-of-sale fundraising campaign that benefits Nationwide
Children's Hospital. The "Serve Families. Give Big" campaign raised
a total of $2.6 million
dollars in more than 1,400 stores with over 35,000 Big Lots
associates advocating for the lifesaving research and care at
Nationwide Children's. During the campaign, Big Lots
customers had an opportunity to donate $1, $2,
$5 or more at checkout, with
100 percent of the dollars raised
supporting the hospital.
"Our team of dedicated associates and Big Lots' customers from
all over the country responded generously with donations to make a
difference in the lives of families and children nationwide. In
just under four years, our teams have raised nearly $20
million dollars through our point of sale campaigns
with 100% of all dollars raised
going directly to benefit Nationwide Children's Hospital," stated Tim Johnson, Chief Administrative Officer and
Chief Financial Officer of Big Lots.
In 2016, Big Lots and the Big Lots Foundation joined Nationwide
Children's in addressing childhood behavioral health and mental
illness when they announced a $50
million transformational gift to the hospital to construct
the Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion at Nationwide Children's
Hospital. Scheduled to open in early 2020, the Pavilion will be a
freestanding facility fully dedicated to children and adolescents
with behavioral health conditions. It will be the largest
behavioral health treatment and research center dedicated to
children and adolescents on a pediatric medical campus in the
U.S.
"Each and every campaign, Big Lots and its generous customers
and the Big Lots Foundation continue to set the highest of
standards for community philanthropy," said Steve Testa, president, Nationwide Children's
Hospital Foundation. "Their support has helped pave the way for
Nationwide Children's to continue to provide unparalleled
healthcare to our patient families."
To learn more about the fundraising campaign, please visit
biglots.com/give4kids.
About Big Lots, Inc.
Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) is
a discount retailer operating approximately 1,400 stores in 47
states with product assortments in the merchandise categories of
Furniture, Seasonal, Soft Home, Food, Consumables, Hard Home, and
Electronics, Toys & Accessories. Our mission is to help people
Live BIG and Save Lots. We strive to be the BIG difference for a
better life by delivering unmatched value to our customers through
surprise and delight, being a "best places to work" culture for our
associates, rewarding our shareholders with consistent growth and
top tier returns, and doing good in our communities as we do well.
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 Abigail
Wexner 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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