Building features 140 fully furnished
apartments for childhood cancer patients and their families
ANN
ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 28,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Domino's Pizza Inc.
(NYSE: DPZ), the largest pizza company in the world, is
proud to announce the grand opening of The Domino's Village: the
newest St. Jude Children's Research Hospital housing facility,
located on its campus in Memphis,
Tennessee.
Domino's is proud to announce the grand
opening of The Domino's Village: the newest St. Jude housing
facility.
"We could not be any more excited to celebrate St. Jude's newest
housing facility for patient families," said Russell Weiner, Domino's CEO. "This has been in
the works for more than three years now, as Domino's first
announced its commitment to raise $100
million to help open this housing facility back in 2020.
Thanks to our stores' fundraising efforts and the generous
donations of Domino's customers, The Domino's Village has come to
life, providing a place of comfort and rest to families who have
children who are undergoing treatment for cancer and other
catastrophic diseases. We're grateful to be able to have played one
small part in providing a home away from home for these families at
a time when they need it the most."
Key Features of The Domino's Village
- The facility is six stories tall, with more than 307,000 square
feet.
- It features 140 fully furnished apartments.
- The apartments range in size from one, two and three bedrooms,
and will accommodate patient families of all sizes with different
lengths of stay.
- Common areas in The Domino's Village include:
- Arts and Craft Room – where children can paint, draw and
create
- Community Kitchen – a place families can cook a meal or prepare
a feast with other families
- Dining Room – The Domino's Village is the first St. Jude
patient housing facility to have a dining facility operated by St.
Jude Food Services, and it also features a drop-down movie
screen.
- Outdoor Activity Space – features accessible play equipment,
outdoor grills, patio tables, a large LED movie screen and a
walking path
- Rec Room – includes foosball, a
pool table and gaming stations
- Toddler Room – a beach-themed play space designed just for the
little ones, with a walk-in lighthouse and colorful mural with sea
creatures, sailboats, and beach umbrellas
- Medical Clinic – featuring three exam rooms where patients can
get medicine or pre-clinical work before a procedure at the
hospital
- Fitness Room – offers fitness equipment, a space for yoga and
other group fitness classes
- Sky Bridge – an elevated walkway
over North Third Street, providing safe, easy access to other
buildings on St. Jude's campus
- Nondenominational Prayer Room – a place to gather for
meditation, reflection and prayer
"Thanks to this historic act of generosity by Domino's, which
was the largest corporate commitment we had ever received, The
Domino's Village will be a home away from home for St. Jude
families who come for treatment from all 50 states and around the
world," said Richard Shadyac Jr.,
president and CEO of ALSAC – the fundraising and awareness
organization for St. Jude. "Today, we celebrate our most ambitious
and comprehensive addition to St. Jude patient family housing, a
step made possible by our dedicated partner and friends at
Domino's."
The Domino's Village is one of four housing facilities available
to St. Jude patients and it is the first to accommodate both short-
and long-term stays. It will welcome its first St. Jude patients
and families in October 2023. St.
Jude provides free housing to any patient who needs treatment
requiring an overnight stay and whose family must travel 35 miles
or more to campus. St. Jude has treated patients from across
the United States and around the
world, making housing for patients and their families a critical
need. 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%. Thanks to support
from Domino's stores and customers, St. Jude will not stop until no
child dies from cancer.
About Domino's Pizza®
Founded in 1960,
Domino's Pizza is the largest pizza company in the world, with a
significant business in both delivery and carryout pizza. It ranks
among the world's top public restaurant brands with a global
enterprise of more than 20,000 stores in over 90 markets. Domino's
had global retail sales of over $17.5
billion in 2022, with over $8.7
billion in the U.S. and nearly $8.8
billion internationally. In the second quarter of 2023,
Domino's had global retail sales of over $4.2 billion, with nearly $2.1 billion in the U.S. and over $2.1 billion internationally. Its system is
comprised of independent franchise owners who accounted for 99% of
Domino's stores as of the end of the second quarter of 2023.
Emphasis on technology innovation helped Domino's achieve
approximately two-thirds of all global retail sales in 2022 from
digital channels. In the U.S., Domino's generated more than 80% of
U.S. retail sales in 2022 via digital channels and has developed
several innovative ordering platforms, including those for Apple
CarPlay, Amazon Alexa, text-to-order and more. In 2023, Domino's
launched Pinpoint Delivery, a new technology that allows customers
to receive a delivery nearly anywhere, including places like parks,
baseball fields and beaches.
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