St. Jude unveils six-story housing Downtown for patients, families
Russell Weiner, CEO of Domino’s, uses a pizza cutter to slice the ribbon to open The Domino’s Village at St. Jude. The village features 140 housing units that range from one- to three-bedroom spaces for patients who travel more than 35 miles to undergo treatment that requires an overnight stay. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Pizza cutters were used in place of the usual oversized scissors at Wednesday’s ribbon cutting for The Domino’s Village, funded by pizza giant Domino’s as part of a 10-year, $100 million commitment to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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