PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Five Below, Inc. (NASDAQ: FIVE) – the trend-right, extreme-value model for tweens, teenagers and past – introduced that the Company has raised greater than $1.7 million throughout its current fundraising marketing campaign to profit the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®.
The marketing campaign ran from March 21 via April 18, and Five Below clients could be proud figuring out that 100% of donations assist groundbreaking analysis and therapy of childhood most cancers and different life-threatening ailments. Thanks to the assist of this program and others prefer it, households by no means obtain a invoice from St. Jude for therapy, journey, housing or meals, to allow them to deal with serving to their baby reside.
“We continue to be amazed by the generosity of our incredible customers and the efforts of our staff, the Wow Crew, that ultimately contribute to the success of our fundraising campaigns supporting the important work that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital does, and this recent donation drive is no different,” mentioned Michael Romanko, Chief Merchandising Officer of Five Below. “As a brand that is all about kids, tweens and teens, St. Jude holds an extra special place in the hearts of our team at Five Below. We look forward to continuing to support St. Jude and all they do for children and families faced with the difficult task of overcoming pediatric cancer.”
Five Below’s assist of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a part of the retailer’s ongoing dedication to supporting philanthropic organizations devoted to bettering the lives of youngsters, teenagers and households. Thanks to the generosity of the corporate’s unimaginable clients, Five Below has raised greater than $8.9 million for St. Jude for the reason that partnership started in 2008.
“We are grateful for our partnership with Five Below and the enthusiasm of the Wow Crew and generous customers across the country who commit to helping St. Jude kids in so many ways, such as the company’s recent participation and contributions to our St. Jude PLAY LIVE campaign and the donations raised in-store and online during select times of year,” mentioned Richard C. Shadyac Jr., president and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and consciousness group for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “This recent team effort is a true gift to St. Jude kids and because of partnerships like this, St. Jude can advance its six-year, $11.5 billion strategic plan that includes tripling its global investment to help more of the 400,000 kids around the world with cancer each year.”
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About Five Below
Five Below is a number one high-growth worth retailer providing trend-right, high-quality merchandise liked by tweens, teenagers and past. We imagine life is best when clients are free to “let go & have fun” in an incredible expertise crammed with limitless potentialities. With most objects priced between $1 and $5 and a few excessive worth objects priced past $5, Five Below makes it straightforward to say YES! to the latest, coolest stuff throughout eight superior Five Below worlds: Style, Room, Sports, Tech, Create, Party, Candy, and Now. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Five Below right now has over 1,200 shops in 40 states. For extra data, please go to www.fivebelow.com or discover Five Below on Instagram, TikTookay, Twitter and Facebook @FiveBelow.
About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is main the way in which the world understands, treats and defeats childhood most cancers and different life-threatening ailments. Its goal is evident: Finding cures. Saving youngsters.® It is the one National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to youngsters. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the general childhood most cancers survival price from 20% to greater than 80% for the reason that hospital opened in 1962. St. Jude gained’t cease till no baby dies from most cancers. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes, and each baby saved at St. Jude means medical doctors and scientists worldwide can use that data to save hundreds extra youngsters. Because of beneficiant donors, households by no means obtain a invoice from St. Jude for therapy, journey, housing or meals, to allow them to deal with serving to their baby reside. Visit St. Jude Inspire to uncover highly effective St. Jude tales of hope, power, love and kindness. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTookay, and subscribing to its YouTube channel.
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