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Katy,
TX – April 2025 / NewsmakerAlert: Academy
Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (“Academy”) (Nasdaq: ASO) (“Academy”) announces
the donation of more than $550,000 to St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. The donation is the result
of a collaboration between the two organizations on holiday-inspired t-shirts
and lounge pants featuring St. Jude patient art-inspired designs. A portion
of the proceeds from sales of the products were donated to St. Jude.
“Academy
Sports + Outdoors is proud to continue our work to support the young patients
and their families at St. Jude and we’re excited to see the program’s growth
this year,” said Matt
McCabe, Executive Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer. “It
is a privilege to carry the St. Jude holiday apparel collection and support
the hospital’s mission of advancing cures and means of prevention for pediatric
diseases.”
Since
2020, Academy has donated more than $2.7 million in support of St. Jude’s
mission: Finding cures. Saving children®.
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“We
are so grateful for the creativity of our partners at Academy Sports +
Outdoors who give customers an opportunity to help others while celebrating
beautiful artwork by the kids of St. Jude,” said Steve
Froehlich, Chief Revenue Officer of ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness
organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “It has been an
incredible five years of partnership and we look forward to many more as
we work together to help make cures possible for kids with cancer.”
The
men’s and women’s t-shirts and lounge pants were all exclusively available
during the holiday season at all
Academy stores and online at www.Academy.com.
About
Academy Sports + Outdoors
Academy
is a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation retailer in
the United States. Originally founded in 1938 as a family business in Texas,
Academy has grown to more than 300 stores across 21 states and counting.
Academy’s mission is to provide “Fun for All” and Academy fulfills this
mission with a localized merchandising strategy and value proposition that
strongly connects with a broad range of consumers. Academy’s product assortment
focuses on key categories of outdoor, apparel, sports & recreation
and footwear through both leading national brands and a portfolio of private
label brands. For more information, visit www.Academy.com.
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.
Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is
the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
devoted solely to children. When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer
was largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push
the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and it won’t stop
until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes
to help doctors and researchers at local hospitals and cancer centers around
the world improve the quality of treatment and care for even more children.
Because of generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude
for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their
child live. Visit St. Jude
Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories of hope, strength, love
and kindness. Support the St. Jude mission by donating at STJude.org,
liking St. Jude on Facebook,
following St. Jude on X, Instagram,
LinkedIn
and TikTok, and subscribing
to its YouTube channel.
Media
Contact:
Shane
Carlisle
Public
Relations Manager
Academy
Sports + Outdoors
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