COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Lots
announced today the launch of its spring point-of-sale campaign,
"Serve Families. Give Big." that will benefit Nationwide Children's
Hospital. Now through April
21st, Big Lots customers can donate $1, $2,
$5 or more at checkout. One hundred
percent of the dollars raised supports lifesaving research and care
at the hospital.
Last fall, Big Lots completed its sixth point-of-sale
fundraising campaign on behalf of the hospital in all 1,416 Big
Lots stores and more than 35,000 associates helped collect over
$3.2 million in customer donations.
In all, Big Lots and their customers have raised more than
$17 million for Nationwide Children's
through the Give Big Campaign.
"Our relationship with Nationwide Children's Hospital and the
life-saving work they do every day is grounded in our dedication to
kids everywhere and their physical, mental and emotional health. In
just four short years, our customers and our stores teams have
raised over $17 million dollars and
we look forward to another successful campaign to support our
partners at Nationwide Children's." stated Tim Johnson, Executive Vice President Chief
Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
In 2016, Big Lots and the Big Lots Foundation joined Nationwide
Children's in addressing childhood behavioral health and mental
illness when they announced a $50
million transformational gift to the hospital to construct
the Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion at Nationwide Children's
Hospital. Scheduled to open in early 2020, the Pavilion will be a
freestanding facility fully dedicated to children and adolescents
with behavioral health conditions. It will be the largest
behavioral health treatment and research center dedicated to
children and adolescents on a pediatric medical campus in the
U.S.
"On behalf of the patients, families and staff at Nationwide
Children's Hospital, we express our sincere gratitude to Big Lots,
the Big Lots Foundation and their many associates who rally to
support our vision of creating best outcomes for children
everywhere," said Steve Testa,
president, Nationwide Children's Hospital Foundation. "Our hope is
that the work our incredible staff of clinicians and scientists are
doing in the behavioral health space will impact children
throughout the country."
Additionally, for the past two years, the Big Lots Foundation
has supported the hospital's Butterfly Run, a family fitness event
that takes place at various locations throughout the country. The
goal of the Butterfly Run is to grow awareness, break stigmas and
raise funds for lifesaving pediatric behavioral health research and
care.
To learn more about the "Serve Families. Give Big." campaign or
to make a donation online, visit biglots.com/give4kids.
About Big Lots, Inc.
Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) is
a community retailer operating more than 1,400 BIG LOTS stores in
47 states, dedicated to friendly service, trustworthy value, and
affordable solutions in every season and category – furniture,
food, décor, and more. We exist to serve everyone like family,
providing a better shopping experience for our customers, valuing
and developing our associates, and creating growth for our
shareholders. Big Lots supports the communities it serves through
the Big Lots Foundation, a charitable organization focused on four
areas of need: hunger, housing, healthcare, and education. For more
information about the Company, visit www.biglots.com.
About Nationwide Children's Hospital
Named to the Top
10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World
Report's 2018-19 list of "Best Children's Hospitals,"
Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of America's largest
not-for-profit freestanding pediatric health care systems
providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and
rehabilitative care for infants, children and adolescents, as well
as adult patients with congenital disease. Nationwide Children's
has a staff of more than 13,000 providing state-of-the-art
pediatric care during more than 1.4 million patient visits
annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The
Ohio State University College of
Medicine, Nationwide Children's physicians train the next
generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail
Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital is one
of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding
pediatric research facilities. More information is available
at NationwideChildrens.org.
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