Target Corporation

Target's partnership highlights
Target House
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Target House®, made possible by a multi-million dollar gift from Target, opened its doors in 1999 and added another building in 2002.
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An innovative approach, Target House gives St. Jude patients and their families a warm home-away-from-home during long-term treatment.
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Target House provides a magnificent community of 98 fully-equipped, two-bedroom apartments in a beautiful setting just minutes from St. Jude.
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This unique facility is free-of-charge and enhances the quality of life for St. Jude patients, providing a haven where the St. Jude children and their families derive compassion, comfort and strength.
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Target House turned “double-digits” this year. To commemorate 10 years of providing a home-away-from-home for St. Jude patients and their families, Target House celebrated this milestone with renovations throughout the facility and a star-studded event involving celebrities who have helped contribute to the house over the years. Celebrity friends, including Shaun White, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Scott Hamilton, Amy Grant, Sean Conway and Tony Thomas, joined former and current Target House residents to celebrate 10 years with a big top birthday party.
St. Jude
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Thanks to generous contributions of Target and its vendors and celebrity partners, Target has raised millions of dollars for St. Jude.
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Target has a continued presence at St. Jude throughout the year by hosting quarterly carnivals, art parties and dinner events for St. Jude patients and their families.
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Target has aligned its corporate commitment to funding education and school programs with the St. Jude School program, raising funds for the school program through Target’s Take Charge of Education® program. Target reinforced their commitment to education and to enhancing the lives of St. Jude patients through a corporate donation that will support renovations to the St. Jude School classrooms.
Thanks and Giving ®
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Target has participated in the Thanks and Giving® campaign since its inaugural year in 2004.
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In 2008,Target raised funds and awareness to support the mission of St. Jude through customer purchases of Target’s elephant GiftCard holders, Choxie chocolates, American Greetings cards and wrapping paper, “hope” ornaments, photo lab holiday cards and the support of gracious vendors, whom each donated 5 percent of product sales throughout an entire week in October.