7-ELEVEN®, SPEEDWAY® AND STRIPES® CUSTOMERS INVITED TO SUPPORT CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS®
Supporting Youth at the Heart of 7-Eleven, Inc.’s Commitment to Building Thriving Communities
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (October 29, 2024) – Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) and 7-Eleven, Inc. today announced the launch of an in-store fundraising campaign at participating 7-Eleven®, Speedway®, and Stripes® stores. Beginning October 30, 2024 through January 7, 2025, 7-Eleven and Stripes customers are invited to round up their purchase at checkout or donate $1 to help support their local member children’s hospital. Speedway stores will continue to offer their year-round in-store fundraising campaign benefiting local member hospitals. Customers can also donate directly to their local member hospital by visiting this donation page.
“At 7-Eleven, Inc., we’re deeply committed to building thriving communities. For us, supporting youth is at the heart of that commitment,” said Marissa Jarratt, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing & Sustainability Officer for 7-Eleven, Inc. “We’re excited to once again invite our customers to join us in our support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. By simply donating at the register, they will be making an impact in their community, with funds raised going directly to their local children’s hospital. Together, we can help ensure that children across our local communities are provided the best possible care so they can reach their full potential.”
Funds raised through the campaign will help advance pediatric healthcare by providing critical lifesaving equipment and much-needed resources at more than 112 member hospitals across the country, enhancing their ability to treat children like eight-year-old Adeline of Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina. As a newborn, she began experiencing frequent heart arrhythmias, and her physician sent Adeline and her family to Duke Children’s, their local member hospital. There, she was diagnosed with a rare, potentially life-threatening and incurable condition called Long QT Syndrome (LQTS). At just seven days old, she underwent open heart surgery for a pacemaker implant.
Today, thanks to a strict medical regimen that has helped manage her LQTS, Adeline is a happy, energetic second grader who recently started musical theater studies and is looking forward to her upcoming performances! Those talents also serve her well in her role as a 2024 CMN Hospitals U.S. National Champion as she and her family attend special events throughout the country, meeting with corporate partners and sharing her inspiring story. Adeline represents just one of millions of pediatric patients receiving best-in-class care from member children’s hospitals thanks to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals fundraising partners like 7-Eleven, Inc.
“The heart of our mission at Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is to bring people together to raise money for children’s healthcare in local communities. Thanks to amazing partners like 7-Eleven, Inc., we’re making that happen,” said Aimee J. Daily, Ph.D., President & CEO of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. “The passion shown by 7-Eleven employees, Franchisees and customers is truly inspiring. Their generosity empowers our member children’s hospitals to provide critical care, opening a world of possibility for kids.”
Since 1991, the company has raised more than $190 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals through events like the Miracle Tournament and Celebration Dinner, as well as through in-store fundraising campaigns at participating 7-Eleven®, Speedway® and Stripes® stores.
About 7-ELEVEN, Inc.:
7-Eleven, Inc. is the premier name in the U.S. convenience-retailing industry. Based in Irving, Texas, 7-Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to 7-Eleven® stores, 7-Eleven, Inc. operates and franchises Speedway®, Stripes®, Laredo Taco Company® and Raise the Roost® Chicken and Biscuits locations. Known for its iconic brands such as Slurpee®, Big Bite® and Big Gulp®, 7-Eleven has expanded into high-quality sandwiches, salads, side dishes, cut fruit and protein boxes, as well as pizza, chicken wings and mini beef tacos. 7-Eleven offers customers industry-leading private brand products at an outstanding value. Customers can earn and redeem points on various items in stores nationwide through its 7Rewards® and Speedy Rewards® loyalty programs with more than 80 million members, place an order in the 7NOW® delivery app in over 95% of the convenience retailer’s footprint, or rely on 7-Eleven for other convenient services. Find out more online at www.7-eleven.com.
About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals:
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals was founded more than 40 years ago with the vision to Change Kids’ Health, Change the Future. We’ve raised over $9 billion for 170 children’s hospitals by empowering and engaging with local communities and businesses – and we’re not done yet. All donations benefit local member hospitals to fund what’s needed most, like critical life-saving treatments and healthcare services, innovative research, vital pediatric medical equipment, child life services that put kids’ and families’ minds at ease during difficult hospital stays, and financial assistance for families who could not otherwise afford these health services.
Together, we can change kids’ health. Together, we can change the future. To learn about Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and your local member children’s hospital, visit cmnhospitals.org.