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Best Buy Finishes as Top Fundraising Partner for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® Thanks and Giving® CampaignThanks to its generous customers and supportive employees, Best Buy (News - Alert) is proud to have presented more than $18.2 million to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® and to have finished as the largest St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign donor this holiday season. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170222005314/en/ A group of Best Buy employees showed patients new technology during a recent visit to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, to present $18.2 million raised during the Thanks and Giving holiday campaign. Best Buy was the campaign's top fundraising partner. (Photo: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) "We are deeply grateful to Best Buy, its dedicated employees and the customers who demonstrated a tremendous commitment to our lifesaving mission by raising an astounding $18.2 million during the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign," said Richard Shadyac Jr., President and CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. "Thanks to this support, St. Jude will continue to lead the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases." Best Buy's contribution increased by nearly 80 percent over a year ago. Since welcoming the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign into our stores and online four years ago, Best Buy has helped raise nearly $40 million. "Our customers and employees care deeply about supporting research and treatment for childhod cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Thanks to them, we are humbled to be able to present more than $18.2 million to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital," said Paula Baker, Best Buy's chief human resources officer. "We're grateful for the generosity and passion of our customers and employees during the holiday season." This year's Best Buy contribution makes a difference. The $18.2 million can run the hospital for more than a week. It can also be used for 12,000 days of chemotherapy, or 3,600 days of intensive care costs. Every dollar donated by customers and employees helps St. Jude remain a leader in the global effort to research, treat and defeat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. "Best Buy's support is nothing short of extraordinary and allows our doctors and scientists to continue our lifesaving work," said Marlo Thomas, National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. "Funds raised as a result of Best Buy's commitment and participation in the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign help ensure no family ever receives a bill from St. Jude for anything - not for treatment, travel, housing or food, because all a family should worry about is helping their child live."
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