COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Lots
announced today the launch of its annual fall point-of-sale
campaign that will benefit Nationwide Children's Hospital. Now
through Sunday, October 25, customers
can donate $1, $2, $5, or more at
checkout. One hundred percent of the dollars raised go toward
making sure every community in America has access to free
educational resources for parents and families to promote mental
wellness and break stigmas.
"Big Lots is proud to partner with Nationwide Children's
Hospital to lead the way with the On Our Sleeves movement to
transform children's mental health," said Bruce Thorn, Big Lots president and CEO. "Over
the past five years, our customers and associates have helped us
raise nearly $23 million to support
the behavioral health care and research taking place at Nationwide
Children's Hospital."
As part of their donation, Big Lots customers will have an
opportunity to sign a note of support for all who are living with a
mental and/or behavioral health condition. These brief letters of
kindness will decorate Big Lots stores throughout the campaign,
including World Mental Health Day on Saturday, October 10.
New to Big Lots' annual service to Nationwide Children's, this
year's efforts will also engage customers with the On Our
Sleeves® movement. On Our Sleeves is the movement to
transform children's mental health and aims to provide every
community in America with free resources to break the stigma
surrounding child mental health. Launched on October 10, 2018, all materials provided by On
Our Sleeves are created by behavioral health professionals at
Nationwide Children's, home to the nation's largest mental health
treatment and research program.
"For several years, Big Lots has been an unwavering partner to
Nationwide Children's Hospital as we continue to strive for best
outcomes in pediatric mental health care and research," said
Steve Testa, president, Nationwide
Children's Hospital Foundation. "We are grateful and excited that
Big Lots and its customers have joined us on this journey to break
the stigma and elevate the conversation surrounding child mental
health and wellness."
Big Lots and the Big Lots Foundation have been strong advocates
of the hospital's mission to be the leader in pediatric mental and
behavioral health wellness, care, and research. In 2016, Big Lots
and its foundation committed $50
million to support the building of the Big Lots Behavioral
Health Pavilion, which celebrated its opening this past March. The
Pavilion is the largest freestanding facility fully dedicated to
children and adolescents with behavioral health conditions on a
pediatric medical campus in the country.
Big Lots also is partnering with Nationwide Children's and On
Our Sleeves for the Butterfly Run, a family fitness event
created to help bring awareness to childhood behavioral and mental
health. Due to COVID-19, this year's event is going virtual. Learn
more and get involved at butterflyrun.org.
To learn more about the campaign or to make a donation online,
visit give.nationwidechildrens.org/biglots.
About Big Lots, Inc.
Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) is
a neighborhood discount retailer operating 1,409 stores in 47
states, as well as a best-in-class ecommerce platform with expanded
capabilities via BOPIS, curbside pickup, Instacart and, now, PICKUP
with same day delivery. The company's product assortment is focused
on home essentials: Furniture, Seasonal, Soft Home, Food,
Consumables, Hard Home, and Electronics, Toys & Accessories.
Big Lots' mission is to help people Live BIG and Save Lots. The
company strives to be the BIG difference for a better life by
delivering unmatched value to customers through surprise and
delight, being a "best place to work" culture for associates,
rewarding shareholders with consistent growth and top-tier returns,
as well as doing good in local communities. For more
information about the company, visit www.biglots.com.
About Nationwide Children's Hospital
Named to the Top
10 Honor Roll on U.S. News &
World Report's 2020-21 list of "Best
Children's Hospitals," Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of
America's largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric health care
systems providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and
rehabilitative care for infants, children and adolescents, as well
as adult patients with congenital disease. Nationwide Children's
has a staff of more than 13,000 providing state-of-the-art
pediatric care during more than 1.6 million patient visits
annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The
Ohio State University College of
Medicine, Nationwide Children's physicians train the next
generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail
Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital is one
of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding
pediatric research facilities. More information is available
at NationwideChildrens.org.
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