Siemens is donating $1 million to the Stand Up to Cancer charitable organization to support cancer research programs.
The donation follows the millionth "pass of the baton" through the firm's Baton Pass campaign, which Siemens launched in March to raise money for cancer research and to spread a message of hope and unity.
The baton has traveled thousands of miles across the U.S. and Canada and has passed through the hands of patients, family members, survivors, doctors, nurses, and researchers, according to the vendor. Siemens had pledged to donate $1 for each pass of the baton up to $1 million, and the goal-reaching pass took place during an event on Tuesday at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital.
