Domino’s® Announces Historic Goal to Raise $300 Million to Benefit the Lifesaving Mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
2024年5月9日 - 9:50PM
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Domino’s provides customers simple ways to give
charitably while ordering the pizza they love
Domino’s®, the largest pizza company in the world, together with
its franchisees, announced the largest corporate or private
financial commitment to a children’s hospital, Wednesday: a pledge
to bring its fundraising total to $300 million by 2034 to benefit
the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital®.
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Russell Weiner, Chief Executive Officer
of Domino’s, the largest pizza company in the world, joins more
than 9000 franchisees and their team members May 8, 2024, for the
2024 Domino's World Wide Rally in Las Vegas. Weiner announced an
historic goal to bring Domino's fundraising total to $300 million
by 2034 to benefit the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital. (Photo: Business Wire)
This record announcement was delivered by Domino’s CEO Russell
Weiner to over 9,000 Domino’s franchisees and their team members
during the company’s 2024 Worldwide Rally in Las Vegas. This
commitment will help ensure families never receive a bill from St.
Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – so they can focus on
helping their child live.
“Our new Hungry for More growth strategy means more stores and
more sales, providing even more opportunities for customers to
donate to St. Jude,” said Russell Weiner, chief executive officer
of Domino’s. “Since 2004 we’ve made it possible for millions of
customers to simply donate a dollar or two, or round up their
change, to help the children of St. Jude and their families, for
which I am so grateful. Over the past twenty years those dollars
and pennies have totaled over $126 million and by 2034 we believe
we can get to $300 million raised by our customers for St.
Jude.”
St. Jude founder Danny Thomas famously said, “I’d rather have a
million people give me a dollar than one give me a million. Then
you’ve got a million people involved.” Domino’s embraces this
concept in its fundraising, by participating in the annual St. Jude
Thanks and Giving® campaign, where customers can add a small
donation to their order. Domino’s also supports St. Jude year-round
by providing customers the ability to round up their change to
advance ongoing work by St. Jude to accelerate research and
treatment of childhood cancer and other life-threatening
diseases.
“We are incredibly grateful for this momentous and historic $300
million pledge from our compassionate and purpose-driven friends at
Domino’s,” said Richard C. Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC,
the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital. “This record-setting commitment is yet another
step in the longstanding partnership from Domino’s that supports us
in so many ways — all which help advance treatments and research by
St. Jude to raise survival rates for children around the world with
cancer and other life-threatening diseases. By giving customers the
opportunity to donate at checkout, Domino's enables them to live
charitably – to make small acts for good that, collectively, will
make a difference for families all across the globe.”
This commitment comes on the heels of the Sept. 27, 2023 opening
of The Domino’s Village, a multi-million dollar, six-story, 307,000
square foot housing facility for patients and their families with
140 furnished apartments and communal recreation spaces. The
facility was funded by Domino’s as part of a 10-year, $100 million
commitment to St. Jude announced in 2020. In addition, Domino's
continues to have a prominent presence on the St. Jude campus with
the Assessment and Triage Clinic Delivered by Domino’s and the
Domino’s Event Center.
About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the
world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other
life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures.
Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer
Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to
children. When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was
largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push
the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and it won't
stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude shares the
breakthroughs it makes to help doctors and researchers at local
hospitals and cancer centers around the world improve the quality
of treatment and care for even more children. Because of generous
donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment,
travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child
live. Visit St. Jude Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories
of hope, strength, love and kindness. Support the St. Jude mission
by donating at stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following
St. Jude on X, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok, and subscribing to
its YouTube channel.
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Kurt Rossler 901.297.3512 Kurt.Rossler@alsac.stjude.org