During a time of the year so filled with generosity and gratitude, it is humbling to reflect on the compassion and dedication shown by so many of you for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Our generous donors and volunteers make such a critical difference in the lives of children battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Your support means St. Jude has the resources necessary to continue looking for the cures that could save children’s lives, and that we can expand our efforts to reach even more children around the globe.
We have already begun those efforts with a multi-billion dollar expansion in order to impact even more children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Your help is allowing us to increase the number of patients treated at St. Jude, and we have plans to double the number of patients on clinical trials led by St. Jude.
We are actively looking at ways we can push our global efforts so that children with cancer around the world will have the opportunity to get the care they need.
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Your support means a great deal to the families of patients like Keeton. Read his story.
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Since becoming a partner in 2010, Lancome has supported St. Jude by raising more than $3 million.
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St. Jude patient Reid and his family found a home away from home during the holidays. His mom reflected on their journey in this blog post.
Your generosity and caring also supports St. Jude in our promise that no family will ever receive a bill from St. Jude for anything. And your commitment means St. Jude can do everything we can to not only save children’s lives, but also to preserve their quality of life as they move past treatment and grow up, becoming survivors of the diseases that once threatened their lives.
And, at this time of year, as we head into our annual season of St. Jude Thanks and Giving®, it is truly heartwarming to see supporters like you from communities across the country, along with our partners and celebrity supporters, united in your efforts to generate funds and awareness for St. Jude.
So let us #GiveThanks this holiday season and celebrate friends and family by donating to help St. Jude end childhood cancer once and for all. I know that our friends, like you, in towns and cities across the country, will respond, giving at the register or online at the more than 70 leading brands who are our St. Jude Thanks and Giving partners.
Because you care enough to make our mission your own, we can dare to dream as big as St. Jude founder Danny Thomas – for a day when no child dies from cancer. With your help, I know we will get there.
Thank you for all that you do for the kids of St. Jude.
You, too, can make a difference for St. Jude kids.
Read more inspiring stories
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When gamers play, St. Jude kids win
Since 2014, the video gaming community has banded together to raise more than $10 million through St. Jude PLAY LIVE.
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Jessica Meuse, idol and hero
American Idol finalist Jessica Meuse found a new passion and purpose for running, and for supporting the lifesaving mission of St. Jude.
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Kids helping kids
St. Jude supporters like seven-year-old Connor prove that individuals of any age can make a positive impact for childhood cancer research.
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
To mark 2018 National Hispanic Heritage Month, St. Jude is honoring some our dedicated Hispanic employees with St. Jude Global. Learn more about their work.
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St. Jude patient family helps organize walk/run
A St. Jude patient's parents in Oregon help organize the inaugural Portland St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer.
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Beyond par for the course
St. Jude patients had the chance to play with pro golfers at the Danny Thomas Pro-Am earlier this summer, and came away with plenty of memories.
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A force to be reckoned with
Puerto Rico hosts the St. Jude Fore the Kids golf tournament, but when Hurricane Maria threatened the annual event, a dedicated team of supporters would stop at nothing to carry it through.
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Making a splash for St. Jude
At the 2018 Duncan-Williams St. Jude Dragon Boat Races, a team of former patients paddled their way to raising funds for the hospital that saved their lives.
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A vintage night in miami for St. Jude
Hundreds of supporters donned '50s-era Miami glamour at the FedEx/ St. Jude Angels and Stars Gala to support the kids of St. Jude.
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Reeling 'em in
On the Mississippi River in Wabasha, Minn., an unlikely friendship was born between St. Jude patient Mason and YouTube personality Fat Cat Newton was born.
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Working together: Mother and daughter nurses bond at St. Jude
In observance of Mother’s Day May 13 and National Nurses Week May 6–12, St. Jude nurses Margie and Kallen Kjellin share their story.
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Administrative professionals provide dedicated support to St. Jude departments
The more than 150 administrative professionals at St. Jude offer unparalleled support to keep their departments running smoothly. Three longtime admins share their stories.
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Wrestling for a cure
One small community of wrestlers in Springfield, Ill., is showing that their hearts are bigger than their muscles, and they’re putting them to good use raising funds for St. Jude.
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St. Jude soul sisters
When four mothers learned that their children had been diagnosed with cancer, they found hope in each other and in St. Jude, the hospital that worked to save their children's lives.
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MRI technologist is inspired throughout career at St. Jude
With a strong support system of women in her life, Mary Jo Freeman has advanced from a hopeful student to a seasoned MRI specialist. Find out about her journey at St. Jude.
