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11/09/2009
Chili’s completes another successful Create-A-Pepper campaign

Chili’s® Grill & Bar raised $4.6 million during the sixth annual Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer campaign for St. Jude. To date, Chili's has raised more than $30 million as part of a 10-year, $50 million pledge to the hospital. Once completed, the donation will be the largest donation from a single partner campaign in St. Jude history.

 
 
10/13/2009
St. Jude, Procter and Gamble invite Target customers to help fight childhood cancer

From October 18 – 24, Target guests can help St. Jude in its fight to find cures and save children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases by purchasing participating Procter and Gamble (P&G) brands including Tide, Pampers, Charmin and Pantene as well as other manufacturers’ brands at Target stores nationwide.

 
 
06/11/2009
Jewelers’ support for St. Jude shines

Jewelers for Children celebrated the lives of children around the world on May 31 during the organization’s 11th annual Facets of Hope Dinner at the Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 
 
05/11/2009
Dollar General: A St. Jude partner

Dollar General joined the Thanks and Giving program for the 2006 campaign and has embraced the mission of St. Jude company-wide. Dollar General runs a $1 add-on campaign and has raised more than $3.1 million for the hospital.

 
 
05/10/2009
Thanks for making St. Jude No. 1 in Target's Bullseye Gives campaign

Thanks to all of the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital supporters who took time to vote in Target's Bullseye campaign on Facebook®. Your votes helped make St. Jude the No. 1 charity in the campaign.

 
 
04/21/2009
Benihana celebrates Japanese Children's Day by supporting St. Jude

Benihana restaurants will celebrate Kodomo no Hi, or Children’s Day on May 5 by donating 100 percent of the proceeds of all children’s meals served that day to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The one-day benefit is part of the famed teppanyaki restaurant company’s “Children Helping Children” program.

 
 
04/15/2009
AOL donates mobile computer lab to St. Jude

On April 7, Senior Vice President of AOL Technologies David Cole and 15 AOL team members presented 20 mobile laptop carts to St. Jude, which will be known as the AOL Connections Lab. The mobile carts will fit conveniently over hospital beds and wheelchairs, and provide an easy and convenient way for children and their families to stay in touch with family and friends while inpatient at St. Jude.

 
 
03/10/2009
Zurich funds hope with 'A Time for Giving'

As part of their A Time For Giving program, Zurich has been a partner of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for six years. Zurich executives, impressed with their employees’ dedication to St. Jude, recently made a trip to the hospital to explore opportunities. “I was moved by many elements of my visit," said Jillian Walsh, manager of employee programs and community relations for Zurich in North America.

 
 
02/09/2009
The Melting Pot goes all out for patients

In 2008, The Melting Pot's 140 locations raised an astounding $905,158 for St. Jude during the Thanks and Giving® campaign, an increase of more than 76 percent over their 2007 Thanks and Giving total. "Our relationship with St. Jude has united our nearly 5,000 team members across the country as we rally around this cause," says Bob Johnston, COO.

 
 
01/27/2009
Thanks for supporting ‘Thanks and Giving'®

The 2008 Thanks and Giving campaign demonstrated that even in tough economic times, the compassion and caring of the American public is still without bounds. More than 50 corporate partners and retail outlets offered ways for customers to support or donate to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

 
 
01/08/2009
Holiday shoppers give thanks and donations

This holiday season saw the successful launch of the fifth annual Thanks and Giving® campaign, with new partners joining the fight against catastrophic childhood diseases.

 
 
12/19/2008
Target employee gives thanks for St. Jude

Debbie knew her company, Target, supported the work of St. Jude. In August, she learned that support would help her son fight a brain tumor.

 
 
11/05/2008
Give a gift to St. Jude patients through the Target Wish List program

You can help make the holiday season brighter for the children of St. Jude through Target store's annual Wish List Program. The special program lets visitors to the Target Web site purchase gifts for St. Jude patients from TargetLists.

 
 
11/03/2008
2008 Thanks and Giving® campaign launches

This holiday season, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, along with celebrity friends, join Marlo Thomas for the fifth annual Thanks and Giving campaign encouraging shoppers across the country to "give thanks for the healthy kids in their lives, and give to those who are not."

 
 
10/07/2008
Chili’s Create-A-Pepper marks a successful 2008 campaign

Chili’s Grill & Bar® has announced it has raised more than $6 million dollars during the fifth annual, award-winning Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer campaign for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s premier pediatric cancer research centers. To date, Chili’s has raised more than $25 million as part of a 10-year, $50 million pledge to raise funds for the hospital.

 
 
10/02/2008
Chili's completes fifth annual Create-A-Pepper campaign

In September, Chili’s Grill & Bar® completed the company’s fifth annual Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer campaign. Chili’s generous guests once again rose to the creative and compassionate challenge, with their drawings adorning Chili’s restaurants across the country and, for the first time, in Puerto Rico.

As of early October the campaign, which marks National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, had raised more than six million dollars for St. Jude.

 
 
09/02/2008
St. Jude, Chili’s kick-off fifth annual Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer Campaign

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Chili’s Grill & Bar® announced the kick-off of their fifth annual Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer campaign. Now through September 30, Chili’s restaurants around the country and, for the first time, in Puerto Rico, are marking National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month by inviting people to get creative and raise funds to help St. Jude find cures and save children with cancer and other catastrophic childhood diseases.

 
 
08/25/2008
Target offers a new way to support St. Jude

Through Target's Take Charge of Education® school fundraising initiative, families and community members have an easy way to benefit the St. Jude school program through purchases at Target and Target.com.

 
 
06/30/2008
New Kay Kafe shines bright

When Danny Thomas opened St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, he believed that the cafeteria should be the heart of the hospital—a place where the St. Jude community would interact, a place where parents and patients would eat side by side with doctors and researchers.

 
 
06/19/2008
St. Jude receives Halo award

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital recently received one of the top awards in the cause marketing industry. Golden Halo Awards are given annually by the Cause Marketing Forum to both a business and a nonprofit organization in recognition of their outstanding programs. St. Jude was selected as the 2008 nonprofit recipient of the award, and McDonald’s was the 2008 business recipient.

 
 
06/18/2008
Williams-Sonoma Day recognizes partners contributions

On May 21, top executives and general managers from Williams-Sonoma, Inc. visited St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to celebrate Williams-Sonoma Day at the hospital.

 
 
06/01/2008
New Kay Kafe shines bright for St. Jude

When Danny Thomas opened St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, he hoped the cafeteria would become the heart of the hospital—a place where the St. Jude community would interact, a place where parents and children would eat side by side with doctors and scientists. Now, Sterling Jewelers Inc., parent company of Kay Jewelers, Jared The Galleria of Jewelry and various regional brands, has reinvigorated Danny’s dream, creating a new cafeteria for the 21st Century St. Jude community.

 
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