NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- ANN INC., the
parent Company of Ann Taylor and LOFT, raised a record-breaking
$5.6 million in 2014 for St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital®, bringing the Company's total
commitment since 2007 to more than $26
million.
To achieve these groundbreaking efforts, ANN INC. activated the
sale of LOFT Cares Cards in the spring at LOFT and LOFT Outlet and
supported the 11th annual St. Jude Thanks and
Giving® campaign during the holiday season companywide. The
steadfast passion and commitment of associates and clients
propelled incredible levels of giving. During the holiday season,
at all points within ANN INC. -- spanning the Company's Ann Taylor,
Ann Taylor Factory, LOFT and LOFT Outlet stores, to its corporate
offices -- associates and clients engaged with one another to fuel
donations and support for children battling cancer and other
life-threatening diseases.
"Caring about families and children is core to ANN INC.'s
commitment to support the causes that matter most to women," said
Kay Krill, president and CEO of ANN
INC. "The St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign is especially
inspiring to our clients and associates, as demonstrated by their
astounding efforts at all levels, year over year. As a Company, we
are dedicated to supporting the critical work St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital is doing to treat and defeat childhood
cancer."
In addition to the point-of-sale fundraising campaign, the Ann
Taylor brand created a limited edition collection of elephant
jewelry for the St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign,
including a necklace, pendant, bracelet, and ring set, with 50
percent of the purchase price donated to St. Jude. The collection
quickly became very popular with clients, emphasizing the
overwhelming support of the hospital's life-saving mission.
"It's because of partners like ANN INC. that we're able to keep
my father's founding promise that no family ever pays St. Jude for
anything -- not for treatment, travel, housing or food," said
Marlo Thomas. "We are enormously
thankful to ANN INC. and its customers for their unwavering
generosity and commitment to the St. Jude mission of finding cures
and saving children." Ms. Thomas is the National Outreach Director
for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and the co-creator of
the St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign.
About ANN INC.
ANN INC. is the parent Company of Ann
Taylor and LOFT, two of the leading women's specialty retail
fashion brands in North America.
As of November 1, 2014, the Company
operated 1,050 Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor Factory, LOFT, LOFT Outlet
and Lou & Grey stores in 47 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada. Our Ann Taylor and LOFT brands are
also available online in more than 100 countries worldwide at
AnnTaylor.com and LOFT.com or at our LOFT franchise stores in
Mexico. Visit ANNINC.com for more
information (NYSE: ANN).
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. St. Jude has the world's best
survival rates for some of the most aggressive childhood cancers,
and treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the
overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80
percent since we opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is
working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to
90 percent in the next decade. St. Jude freely shares the
breakthroughs we make, and every child saved at St. Jude means
doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save
thousands more children. Families never receive a bill from
St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food -- because all
a family should worry about is helping their child live. Join the
St. Jude mission or follow St. Jude
on Facebook and Twitter.
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