Stripes Stores

A: Stripes stores has announced its in-store charitable fundraising campaign benefiting Driscoll Children’s Hospital to raise money for the children and youth of South Texas. From April 22 through May 19, Stripes stores in South Texas are giving customers the opportunity to donate $1 to raise funds for Driscoll Children’s Hospital, which serves patients from all over South Texas and beyond. These funds will also benefit DCH specialty clinics in Victoria, Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, Eagle Pass and Del Rio. In return for Stripes customers’ generosity, each donor will receive one Driscoll Children’s Hospital “I Donated” mobile icon with a $1 off coupon for a 1-liter bottle of DASANI® water.  

A: April 22 through May 19, 2019

A: This year celebrates the 10-year anniversary of Stripes’ commitment to the Driscoll Child Life Specialists program and its renaming to the Stripes Child Life Program at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. The program assists Child Life Specialists’ trained professionals to help decrease stress and anxiety that may be felt by some patients and their families during their hospital experience.

Child Life Specialists often use play as a coping strategy to assist patients. The 11 Child Life Specialists serve numerous departments in the hospital, on both the main campus and in some specialty areas in South Texas.

A: For every 1 dollar donated, each donor will receive ONE Driscoll Children’s Hospital “I Donated” mobile icon with a $1 off coupon for a 1-liter bottle of DASANI® water, per each $1 donated.

A: Stripes stores in South Texas are giving customers the opportunity to donate $1 to raise funds for Driscoll Children’s Hospital, which serves patients from all over South Texas and beyond. Every donation helps to fund vital medical care, equipment and therapy programs that save and improve the lives of sick and injured children. These funds will also benefit DCH specialty clinics in Victoria, Rio Grande Valley, Laredo, Eagle Pass and Del Rio. Your donation stays in your local community.

A: To give online go to www.driscollchildrens.org/giving . In order to receive a DASANI® Coupon from Stripes, donations must be made at the store.

A: Driscoll Children’s Hospital is a 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center with more than 30 medical and surgical specialties offering care throughout South Texas, including Corpus Christi, the Rio Grande Valley, Victoria, and Laredo. Through the vision and generosity of its founder, Clara Driscoll, Driscoll Children’s Hospital opened in 1953, becoming the first, and remains the only, free-standing children’s hospital in South Texas. In 2018, Driscoll had more than 143,000 patient visits, including more than 31,000 patients seen at South Texas’ first emergency room created exclusively for children.

Stripes is known for their commitment to children and youth’s health and education programs in the communities where they operate. Stripes has been an outstanding collaborator and donor to Driscoll Children’s Hospital since 1999, giving back more than $4.3 million.