MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This GivingTuesday, Dec. 3, celebrities, influencers and leading brands are calling on communities nationwide to “Join Our St. Jude Family” by supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® in its efforts to research and treat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
“We are deeply grateful to everyone who chooses to support the lifesaving mission of St. Jude on Giving Tuesday and throughout the holiday season,” said Richard C. Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “There are many worthy causes deserving of support this season and year-round, and we are honored when people choose to extend their compassion to the kids and families of St. Jude. Their commitment helps St. Jude provide customized care for some of the world’s sickest children regardless of their race, ethnicity, beliefs or ability to pay.”
Ways to support St. Jude this GivingTuesday:
- Donate to St. Jude and 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.
- Join Domino’s on Instagram and TikTok as it raises awareness and encourages customers to support to St. Jude while ordering in-store, online, over the phone and through the Domino's app, by adding a donation or rounding up their total change.
- KAY Jewelers will kick off its Moments Made Possible series on Instagram and Facebook, celebrating and telling the stories of St. Jude patients and will be selling its St. Jude plushes in store throughout the holiday season.
- Shake things up with the new limited edition snow globe collection available in-store at HomeGoods® and HomeSense, which is donating 50% of the proceeds to St. Jude.
- Williams-Sonoma, Inc. will match customer donations up to $400,000 and is encouraging shoppers to give back while purchasing their favorite kitchenware, appliances, and home decor.
- HSN will match customer donations, up to $100,000, through a corporate match challenge and encourage viewers to give generously through the HSN website and call centers.
- ZiMAD will feature two of its premier puzzle packs that direct 50% of proceeds to St. Jude from Dec. 3, 2024-Jan. 7, 2025.
- Celebrate with Carnival Cruise Line as it hosts its first GivingTuesday event – The Big Bear Auction, with all proceeds benefiting St. Jude.
- Join famous families and celebrities like Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, Halle Berry, Jessie James Decker, Tan France, Meghan Trainor and Shawn Johnson, as they share heartfelt content across their social channels showing their commitment to St. Jude.
- Check out the content takeovers by YouTube content creators Zach King (@ZachKing) and Michelle Khare (@MichelleKhare) expressing their support of St. Jude families.
- Join us in a Family Fun Night, as 35 influencers and creators will share the holiday joy with their followers through an unboxing of family-oriented gifts.
Since 2012, GivingTuesday has become a global fundraising movement inspiring millions of people to give to worthy causes. Get involved with St. Jude this GivingTuesday and be part of a movement to make a difference for children everywhere.
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.
