Now in its twelfth year, the St. Jude Thanks and Giving r campaign has transformed the holiday season into a time of giving thanks by raising awareness and funds to end childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The campaign unites celebrities, media, retail and corporate partners in asking consumers to donate while they shop and support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®.
The holiday-focused fundraising effort by St. Jude has become an annual tradition, raising more than $588 million to help St. Jude continue its lifesaving mission.
“We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support we receive year after year during the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign,” said Marlo Thomas, National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “Throughout the holiday season people open their hearts to the children of St. Jude and as a result, our doctors and scientists can continue their groundbreaking research and pioneering procedures that help us achieve our landmark survival rates. And, we are able to continue to ensure that no family pays St. Jude for anything – not for treatment, travel, housing or food – because we believe all a family should worry about is helping their child live.”
Through the end of December, consumers can support St. Jude while shopping at businesses representing a cross-section of premier brands. Top returning partners include Kmart; Best Buy; ANN INC.; Kay ® Jewelers; Domino’s; Williams-Sonoma, Inc.; and HomeGoods.
“During one of the busiest times of the year, our partners make supporting the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital an integral part of their holiday strategy,” said Richard Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “Throughout the campaign, we ask people to ‘Give Thanks,’ and we are truly thankful for our partners, their employees, customers and St. Jude supporters, who enable us to continue working until no child dies from cancer.”
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. They freely share their discoveries, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since opening in 1962. St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent, and they won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. Because the majority of St. Jude funding comes from individual contributors, St. Jude has the freedom to focus on what matters most – saving kids regardless of their financial situation.
To help St. Jude continue its mission, donate or learn more at stjude.org.
