HSNi Cares Celebrates Ten Year Anniversary Of Supporting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®

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Nov 03, 2014, 01:51 ET

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Nov. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- HSNi Cares, the philanthropic arm for parent company HSN, Inc. (Nasdaq:HSNI), announced today that it is partnering with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for the 10^th consecutive year. HSNi Cares has raised nearly $9 million for St. Jude since 2005 and has set a goal to reach $10 million in cumulative giving upon the tenth anniversary of the partnership.

As part of the HSNi Cares' national campaign, customers of Ballard Designs, Chasing Fireflies, Frontgate, HSN, Garnet Hill, Grandin Road, Improvements and TravelSmith will be able to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital^® by calling our customer service teams or donating online from November through December.

"We are honored to support the St. Jude Thanks and Giving^® campaign for the 10^th year," said Mindy Grossman, CEO of HSN, Inc."This year, with the generous support of our customers, we will reach our cumulative goal of $10 million to help ensure that the children and families in St. Jude's care never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food."

HSNi customers will also be able to help St. Jude provide cutting-edge treatment and pursue visionary research in the ongoing battle to end childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases through a number of ways, including:

Purchasing a Designer Ornament: HSN's 5th Annual HSN Cares 2014 heART Designer Ornament Collection will include over 55 exclusive ornaments personally designed by some of HSN's favorite personalities, including Deborah Lippman, Fern Mallis, Giuliana Rancic, Hal Rubenstein, India Hicks, Iris Apfel, RJ Graziano, and Vince Camuto. In addition, all HSNi brands have an ornament in this collection and customers can purchase the ornaments online. 100 percent of the profits will be donated to St. Jude through January 31, 2015.

HSN Credit Card Donation on Giving Tuesday: HSN is proud to participate in #GivingTuesday, a day defined by generosity. When customers make a purchase with their HSN Credit Card on Tuesday, December 2, HSN will donate 5 percent of the purchase price to St. Jude, up to $125,000. Chef Miles McMath, Director of Culinary Operations at St. Jude, will appear live on HSN Today on Giving Tuesday to share how he incorporates his experiences for the benefit of the patients, families and employees at St. Jude.

HSN Arcade: Starting on November 26, HSN will donate $5,000 to St. Jude when 10 million HSN Arcade tickets are redeemed at HSN.com/Rewards through December 25, 2014.

Spendable HSN Cash Promotion: When HSN customers donate $10 or more to St. Jude on December 10, they will receive $10 in "HSN Cash" to spend between January 1 – January 10, 2015.

HSNi Cares is dedicated to empowering women and helping families in times of need. Together with trusted organizations and volunteers, the program is able to make a difference with hope, love and support. In addition to local giving, the program provides national support to the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity International and U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

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. St. Jude has the world's best survival rates for the most aggressive childhood cancers, and treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent since we opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent in the next decade. St. Jude freely shares the breakthroughs we make, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting us online or following St. Jude on Facebook and Twitter.

About HSN, Inc.
HSN, Inc. (Nasdaq:HSNI) is a $3.4 billion interactive multichannel retailer with strong direct-to-consumer expertise among its two operating segments, HSN and Cornerstone. HSNi offers innovative, differentiated retail experiences on TV, online, via mobile devices, in catalogs, and in brick and mortar stores. HSN, a leading interactive multichannel retailer which offers a curated assortment of exclusive products combined with top brand names, now reaches 95 million homes (24 hours a day, seven days a week, live 364 days a year). HSN.com offers a differentiated digital experience by leveraging content, community and commerce. In addition to its existing media platforms, HSN is the industry leader in transactional innovation, including services such as HSN Shop by Remote^®, the only service of its kind in the U.S., the HSN Shopping App for mobile handheld devices and HSN on Demand^®. Cornerstone comprises leading home and apparel lifestyle brands including Ballard Designs^®, Chasing Fireflies^®, Frontgate^®, Garnet Hill^®, Grandin Road^®, Improvements^® and TravelSmith^®. Cornerstone distributes approximately 320 million catalogs annually, operates eight separate digital sales sites and operates 10 retail and outlet stores.