GameStop and its family of retail brands sets new record for
in-store donations, while helping advance research and treatment of
childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases
GRAPEVINE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2016--
GameStop (NYSE: GME), a family of specialty retail brands that makes the
most popular technologies affordable and simple, announced today that it
collected $2.8 million as part of its support of the annual St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital® Thanks and Giving®
campaign to help advance research and treatment of childhood cancer and
other life-threatening diseases.
During November and December, GameStop along with its Spring Mobile
AT&T, Simply Mac, ThinkGeek, Kongregate and Game Informer brands,
invited customers and associates to donate to this important cause
through its annual in-store and online donation program. Collectively,
GameStop and its family of brands far exceeded its $1 million 2015 fund
raising goal for the children of St. Jude.
“Our customers are truly amazing,” said Matt Hodges, vice president of
Public and Investor Relations for GameStop. “Thanks to each customer
that donated. Because of their generosity and the incredible support of
our associates, we collected $2.8 million for St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital. Together we are all making a difference in helping
the patients and families of St. Jude.”
Since first joining the annual holiday fundraising event in 2013,
GameStop and its family of specialty retail brands has raised a combined
total of more than $4.2 million thanks to the donations and support of
its customers and associates. These funds are crucial given that no
family ever receives a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing
or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child
live.
“The support of our amazing corporate partners, like GameStop, allows
our doctors and scientists to continue our lifesaving work,” said Marlo
Thomas, National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital. “Their unwavering commitment to St. Jude also helps us to keep
my father’s founding promise that no family ever pays St. Jude for
anything. At St. Jude, we will never stop searching for the cures that
will save the lives of children everywhere.”
Created by Marlo, Terre and Tony Thomas – children of St. Jude founder
Danny Thomas – the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign asks
people to "Give thanks for the healthy kids in your life, and give to
those who are not” in order to help St. Jude continue its mission of
finding cures and saving children. To learn more about the St. Jude Thanks
and Giving campaign or to make a donation, visit www.stjude.org
or call 1-800-4STJUDE.
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. It is the only National Cancer
Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to
children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall
childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent since the
hospital opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the
overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent, and we won’t
stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude freely shares the
discoveries it makes, 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 by visiting stjude.org,
liking St. Jude on Facebook (facebook.com/stjude)
and following us on Twitter (@stjude).
About GameStop
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company
headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, is a global, multichannel video game,
consumer electronics and wireless services retailer. GameStop operates
more than 6,900 stores across 14 countries. The company’s consumer
product network also includes www.gamestop.com;
www.Kongregate.com,
a leading browser-based game site; Game Informer® magazine, the
world’s leading print and digital video game publication; and ThinkGeek, www.thinkgeek.com,
the premier retailer for the global geek community featuring exclusive
and unique video game and pop culture products. In addition, our
Technology Brands segment includes Simply Mac and Spring Mobile stores.
Simply Mac, www.simplymac.com,
operates 76 stores, selling the full line of Apple products, including
laptops, tablets, and smartphones and offering Apple certified warranty
and repair services. Spring Mobile, http://springmobile.com,
sells post-paid AT&T services and wireless products through its 857 AT&T
branded stores and offers pre-paid wireless services, devices and
related accessories through its 71 Cricket branded stores in select
markets in the U.S.
General information about GameStop Corp. can be obtained at the
company's corporate website. Follow GameStop on Twitter @ www.twitter.com/GameStop
and find GameStop on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/GameStop.
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Source: GameStop Corp.
Martha Sotelo
GameStop Corp.
817-722-7950
marthamartinez-sotelo@gamestop.com
