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Whether it's helping kids in crisis, supporting fine arts programs, or getting children ready to go back to school, Dayton Hudson funding and volunteers are there to help. In 1999, our grantmaking will exceed $67 million, helping fund thousands of nonprofit organizations that serve our communities across the nation.
In 1998, our three divisions and the Dayton Hudson Foundation gave more than $57 million to arts, social action and education groups across the country. We made a $2.8 million corporate contribution to more than 300 United Way organizations in 41 states, and our employees gave another $11 million to the United Way. In 1999, the Dayton Hudson Foundation will present the newly created Masterworks Awards to recognize and encourage the commitment of corporations and nonprofit organizations to philanthropy. At Target, we have donated nearly $7 million to local schools since the inception in 1997 of our School Fundraising Made SimpleSM program. Through the program, 1 percent of purchases made on the Target Guest Card go back to a school of the guest's choice. More than 2 million guests and 92,000 schools currently participate in the program. In 1998, construction began on Target House®, a home-away-from-home for patients and their families at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. Target House, which will open in May 1999, features 50 suites where families can stay for up to two years, free of charge, while the children are undergoing treatment. In an unprecedented effort to support women transitioning from welfare to work, Mervyn's developed the Community Closet, a 53-foot big rig truck transformed into a mobile store. In 1998, the program clothed more than 1,000 women in 14 cities. Mervyn's partnered with local nonprofits dedicated to helping women with job training and placement to select the women to receive their free work wardrobes. In 1999, another 1,000 women will receive wardrobes. At the Department Stores, a new community relations strategy beginning in 1999 called "Project Imagine" will showcase Dayton's, Hudson's and Marshall Field's contributions to their communities through support of arts and cultural organizations. At Dayton Hudson, we care about our communities.
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