Family Video fights lymphoma with fundraiser

‘Round It Up for Lymphoma’ campaign will support research, UIC tissue bank

GLENVIEW, Ill. – Family Video, the nation’s largest movie and game rental chain, is taking a leading role in the fight against Lymphoma.

For the second year in a row, Family Video customers are invoted to “Round It Up for Lymphoma” in stores between March 15 and 31.

In 2012, the company raised one million dollars toward lymphoma research. By simply rounding up transactions to the nearest dollar, Family Video customers will donate toward one of two causes: the launch of a Lymphona Tissue Bank at the University of Chicago Medicine, and general lymphoma research at the Lymphoma Research Foundation.

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