ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Domino's
Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) is gearing up to raise "dough" for St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital® during the 11th
annual St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign. The
recognized world leader in pizza delivery's campaign began
Nov. 3, 2014, and runs through
Jan. 4, 2015.
This year, Domino's participation in the annual campaign begins
with its newest commitment to raise $35
million in eight years – the second long-term commitment to
St. Jude since becoming a national partner in 2004. The new gift
will be used to develop the Domino's Event Center at St. Jude
Children's Research Hospital, a flexible event space on the
hospital campus that can be used for fundraising, patient and
family activities, and entertainment.
The funds raised during the 2014 St. Jude Thanks and
Giving campaign will complete the three-year commitment of
$10 million made for the hospital in
2012. Any additional funds raised will apply to the event center.
Last year, Domino's raised more than $4
million toward the $10 million
goal.
"The past involvement of our customers and team members in St.
Jude Thanks and Giving have made it possible to make another
commitment for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital," said
Patrick Doyle, Domino's Pizza
president and chief executive officer. "We have a real opportunity
to make a significant impact on the children of St. Jude during the
holiday season by connecting St. Jude with our customers and
neighborhoods."
Domino's customers can donate to St. Jude by ordering the St.
Jude Meal Deal – a bundle that includes a medium one-topping pizza,
a one-topping Handmade Pan Pizza, a 16-piece order of Parmesan
Bread Bites, a two-liter bottle of Coca-Cola® and a
$1 donation to St. Jude – for
$19.99. Donations also can be made
when ordering over the phone, in stores or online at
www.dominos.com.
This year, Domino's is proud to be matching dollar-for-dollar
all customer contributions up to a total of $250,000 – making each dollar raised from
customers even more impactful.
"We are blessed to have the support from Domino's and its
customers," said Marlo Thomas, St.
Jude national outreach director. "Its dedication to the St. Jude
Thanks and Giving campaign will help raise awareness and
funds that support the research that leads to life-saving
treatments for children across the country and around the world.
Domino's support will also help us stay true to my father's promise
that no family pays St. Jude for anything. I am so grateful for its
loyal friendship to the children of St. Jude."
The St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign, created in 2004
by Thomas and her siblings Terre and Tony, children of St. Jude
founder Danny Thomas, 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. St. Jude is leading the way the
world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other
life-threatening diseases. Treatments invented at St. Jude have
helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20
percent to more than 80 percent since it opened 50 years ago, and
St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for
childhood cancer to 90 percent in the next decade.
About Domino's Pizza®
Founded in 1960, Domino's Pizza is the recognized world leader
in pizza delivery, with a significant business in carryout pizza.
It ranks among the world's top public restaurant brands with its
global enterprise of more than 11,250 stores in over 75
international markets. Domino's had global retail sales of over
$8.0 billion in 2013, comprised of
nearly $3.8 billion in the U.S. and
over $4.2 billion internationally. In
the third quarter of 2014, Domino's had global retail sales of over
$2.0 billion, comprised of
$0.9 billion in the U.S. and
$1.1 billion internationally. Its
system is made up of franchise owners who accounted for nearly 97%
of Domino's stores as of the third quarter of 2014. The emphasis on
technology innovation helped Domino's generate approximately 40% of
U.S. sales from its digital channels in 2013, as well as reach an
estimated $3 billion annually in
global digital sales. Domino's recently launched its ordering app
for iPad®, adding to an existing ordering app lineup
that covers nearly 95% of the smartphone market. In June 2014, Domino's debuted voice ordering for
its iPhone® and Android™ apps, a true
technology first within both traditional and e-commerce retail.
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