Fifth Third Bank and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. lend support to Stand Up
To Cancer at Ford EcoBoost 400 Race
CINCINNATI, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifth Third Bank
and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., driver of
the No. 6 Fifth Third Ford Fusion for Roush Fenway Racing, will be
lending their support to Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) by featuring the
SU2C logo on Stenhouse's Ford during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
finale of 2012 held at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on November 18, 2012.
"Every year cancer claims the lives of more than 560,000
Americans and almost eight million people worldwide. Fifth Third
Bank is proud to be able to help raise awareness for Stand Up To
Cancer and assist in achieving its goal of ending cancer's reign as
the leading cause of death," said Greg
Carmichael, president and COO of Fifth Third Bancorp.
The race will be broadcast on ESPN beginning at 2pm EST on Sunday,
November 18th and is anticipated to garner a
large viewing audience since it will determine the 2012 champion of
the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
"Most every family in America has been touched in some way by
cancer, including my own," said Stenhouse, driver of the Fifth
Third Ford Fusion and also the current points leader for the 2012
NASCAR Nationwide Series Championship. "I am honored to have the
opportunity to support Stand Up To Cancer and help raise awareness
for the movement. NASCAR fans are not only loyal, but
generous as well. I encourage all the race fans out there to visit
SU2C.org online this weekend and consider making a donation to help
in the fight to end cancer."
"Stand Up To Cancer is a populist movement, founded on the idea
that each and every one of us can play a role in this fight. We're
so grateful to Fifth Third Bank and Ricky
Stenhouse, Jr. for giving us this unique platform to get
that message out to the public," said Rusty
Robertson, Stand Up To Cancer co-founder.
ABOUT FIFTH THIRD BANK
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company
headquartered in Cincinnati,
Ohio. The Company has $117
billion in assets and operates 15 affiliates with 1,325
full-service Banking Centers, including 105 Bank Mart® locations
open seven days a week inside select grocery stores and 2,404 ATMs
in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West
Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Missouri, Georgia and North
Carolina. Fifth Third operates four main businesses:
Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and
Investment Advisors. Fifth Third also has a 39% interest in Vantiv
Holding, LLC. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in
the Midwest and, as of September 30,
2012, had $300 billion in
assets under care, of which it managed $26
billion for individuals, corporations and not-for-profit
organizations. Investor information and press releases can be
viewed at www.53.com. Fifth Third's common stock is traded on the
NASDAQ® National Global Select Market under the symbol
"FITB." Fifth Third Bank. Member FDIC.
ABOUT STAND UP TO CANCER
Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C)—a program of the Entertainment Industry
Foundation (EIF), a 501(c) (3) charitable organization—raises funds
to accelerate the pace of groundbreaking translational research
that can get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives. SU2C
facilitates collaboration among the best and the brightest in the
cancer research community. The American Association for Cancer
Research (AACR) and a Scientific Advisory Committee led by Nobel
Laureate Phillip A. Sharp, Ph.D., conduct rigorous, competitive
review processes through which SU2C's grantees are selected. By
galvanizing the entertainment industry, SU2C generates awareness
and builds grassroots support for this new approach to ending
cancer.
SOURCE Fifth Third Bancorp