The Ace Hardware Foundation Pledges $10 million to Lurie Children’s

Earlier this month, The Ace Hardware Foundation announced a $10 million pledge to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. The generous gift, focused on fostering Lurie Children’s campaign for every child, is one of the largest corporate donations in the hospital’s history. The gift will help fund projects in patient care, research and advocacy. In addition, the gift will help support Lurie Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorder by funding critical research and specialized fellowship positions in hematology, oncology, neuro-oncology and stem cell transplant. In recognition of this gift, Lurie Children’s will dedicate a newly-developed space on the 17th floor as the Ace Hardware Inpatient Unit at the Lurie Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.

“Our mission to be the ‘Helpful Place’ means much more to us than merely serving customers, it means making a commitment to help support children and families in our local Ace communities,” said Kane Calamari, President of the Ace Hardware Foundation. “Together with our Chicago area retailers, customers, vendors and corporate employees, Ace Hardware is pledging its support for Lurie Children’s campaign for every child and we hope others in the Chicago business community will join us.”

Ace Hardware has been a national partner for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals for the last 27 years, raising over $93 million during that time. In 2017 alone, Ace raised $11 million for CMN Hospitals across the country.