HomeTown Lenders (HTL) on Thursday announced a major partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital that will strive to generate $1 million this year to support the hospital’s mission of finding cures and ultimately saving children’s lives.
In a press release, HTL outlined that it has set a goal of donating at least $1 million to St. Jude in 2021 alone. Many of HTL’s ninety-one branches across the country will participate in the ambitious effort.
Participating branches this year will donate a minimum of $50 for every loan closed to the hospital, where no family receives a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
HTL, which is headquartered in Huntsville and has six additional branches around the Yellowhammer State, views the new St. Jude partnership as an avenue to serve others while implementing the company motto: “People Over Profits.”
“Our customers and staff always jump at a challenge, and we have intentionally set a bold goal – one that underscores our motto, People over Profits,” stated Billy Taylor, CEO of HomeTown Lenders.
“Throughout 2021, we will strive to raise our community outreach standard and give back to the local communities in which we live and work by donating hard-earned revenue to a tremendously worthwhile cause,” he continued. “Childhood cancer is a disease that affects so many, and we are eager to join the fight to end it. The St. Jude team in Memphis does a remarkable job of researching effective treatments and potential cures for our most valuable resources: our young people. I could not be prouder of our team for taking the bull by the horns and raising the bar this year.”
As 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% to 80% since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago. And St. Jude has pledged not to stop until no child dies from cancer.
Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
