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Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. Donates Half a Million Dollars to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
National Chain Gives Kids the Gift of Growing up this Holiday Season HARRISBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. (Ollie’s), one of
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNational Chain Gives Kids the Gift of Growing up this Holiday Season\n\n HARRISBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nOllie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc. (Ollie’s), one of America’s largest chains of discount retail stores, in partnership with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals), raised more than $500,000 nationwide from October 25 - November 14. As both organizations focus on the importance of healthy communities and children, funds raised at Ollie’s locations will stay local and benefit more than 78 local CMN Hospitals.\n\n“We are thrilled to donate these funds to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals so that families with critically ill children can get the financial and emotional support they need right now,” said John Swygert, President and CEO of Ollie’s, “We have a long history of giving back at Ollie’s and these charitable partnerships are only made possible by the generosity of both our store associates and the customers we serve. We are so proud of our generous customers for donating at our registers to help support kids in our communities.”\n\nCMN Hospitals has raised more than $7 billion in unrestricted funds for 170 children’s hospitals across the United States and Canada. Dollars raised stay local and support each hospital’s most urgent needs, whether that’s providing care to children without insurance, investing in research that discovers life-saving treatments and cures, training the next generation of doctors and nurses, or offering families comfort and peace of mind during the most trying moments of their lives. Changing the health of even one child or family creates a ripple effect felt by communities for years to come. When we change kid’s health, we change the future – for all of us.\n\nAbout Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc.\n\nOllie’s Bargain Outlet, Inc., founded in 1982, is one of America’s largest retailers of closeouts and excess inventory, offering real brands at real bargain prices. Famous for its signature catch-phrase Good Stuff Cheap, Ollie’s has a huge variety of famous brand-name merchandise in every department – food, books, housewares, toys, electronics, domestics, clothing, furniture, health and beauty, flooring, seasonal items and so much more – at up to 70 percent off the fancy stores’ prices. You never know what you’ll find at one of Ollie’s 389 “semi-lovely” stores and growing in Alabama, Ar...