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Washington Area Shows Its Generosity By Supporting Red Nose Day
Red Nose Sales in the National Capital Region outpacing sales in larger metro areas; Red Nose Day is May 24
The nation's capital continues to sparkle in the latest rankings for Every One Counts Hometown Challenge in Red Nose Day fundraising activity, outpacing metro areas such as Chicago that have larger populations.
The challenge features 10 U.S. markets – deemed Walgreens ‘Red Rally Markets’ for their integral role in helping to rally their communities to help end child poverty – going nose-to-nose in a challenge to raise the most money for the Red Nose Day cause during the eight-week campaign Following Red Nose Day, which takes place May 24 with a special night of programming on NBC, Walgreens will announce the winner of the challenge with a formal proclamation to the victorious city, designated as “Red Nose Day Hometown Hero” for the next 12 months.
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Week four rankings of the Every One Counts Hometown Challenge are:
Hometown Challenge Progress Report (week of 04/30/18)
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- Atlanta, Ga.
- Miami, Fla.
- Washington, D.C.
- Chicago
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- Los Angeles
- Seattle, Wash.
- Philadelphia, Penn.
- Newark, N.J./New York City
- Houston, Texas
The weekly rankings are compiled using store-level data for combined Red Nose Day sales (Red Noses and Red Nose Day related merchandise) across Walgreens store locations in designated Red Rally markets. Data for the progress report is analyzed at a geographic market level to measure total store performance of Red Nose Day sales.
Red Nose Day USA is a fundraising campaign run by the non-profit organization Comic Relief USA, also known as Comic Relief Inc., a registered U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity. Red Nose Day started in the U.K., built on the foundation that the power of entertainment can drive positive change, and has raised over $1 billion since the campaign’s founding in 1988. Since launching in the U.S. in 2015, Red Nose Day has raised over $100 million, which has positively impacted more than 8.3 million children, both in America and abroad. Money raised by Red Nose Day USA supports programs that keep children in need safe, healthy and educated. Red Nose Day USA has received generous support from millions of Americans, hundreds of celebrities and many outstanding partners, including Walgreens, NBC, Mars, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For more information about Red Nose Day and its impact, visit rednoseday.org. Follow @RedNoseDayUSA on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
