GRAPEVINE, TX -- (Marketwired) -- 05/24/16 --
GameStop, a family of specialty retail brands that makes the most popular technologies affordable and simple, announced today that beginning Memorial Day weekend, GameStop and ThinkGeek guests can donate at the point-of-purchase for the kids of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®.
"As a company we believe in the mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and our associates and guests are very passionate about giving for the kids who are fighting big battles with cancer," said Matt Hodges, vice president of public and investor relations. "We are eager to partner with St. Jude for the fourth consecutive year in this fundraising event throughout our stores nationwide and online."
From May 27 through June 30, guests can donate at any GameStop or at www.gamestop.com. As a 'thank you' to guests who donate $1 or more, GameStop is offering triple PowerUp Rewards points on the donation amount. Guests also can donate at any ThinkGeek retail store, including the newly opened ThinkGeek store located at Herald Square at 33rd and Broadway, in New York City. A limited-edition T-shirt benefitting St. Jude will be available for purchase on www.ThinkGeek.com. GameStop's mobile gaming division, www.Kongregate.com, and the world's largest gaming magazine, Game Informer, also will support St. Jude through an online awareness campaign, "Give for the Kids of St. Jude."
Since first partnering with St. Jude, the company has helped raise more than $4.3 million thanks to the donations and support of its customers and associates. These funds ensure 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.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 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 more than 50 years ago, and they won't stop until no child dies from cancer. The hospital freely shares the breakthroughs it makes, so every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.
To find your local GameStop or ThinkGeek store, visit www.gamestop.com or www.thinkgeek.com.
To learn more about St. Jude or to make a donation, visit 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 Corp.
GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Grapevine, Texas, is a global, multichannel video game, consumer electronics and wireless services retailer. GameStop operates more than 7,100 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 890 AT&T branded stores and offers pre-paid wireless services, devices and related accessories through its 70 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 at www.twitter.com/GameStop and find GameStop on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GameStop.
Media contact:
Martha Sotelo
GameStop Corp.
817-722-7950
Marthamartinez-sotelo@GameStop.com
Source: GameStop Corporation and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
