Meet St. Jude kids:
Stories of childhood cancer and other pediatric diseases
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Meet Hayden
Hayden is back in Jamaica after eye cancer treatment, but he often asks his parents when they will go “home” to St. Jude where he received medical care.
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Meet Valentina
When she was 3 years old, Valentina was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Doctors immediately referred Valentina to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® and her parents instantly felt their daughter was going to get the best treatment.
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Meet Camila
Camila was diagnosed three days before her 3rd birthday with a solid cancerous tumor of the kidney. Read her story.
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Meet Delta
Delta is a daddy's girl, and everybody knows it. But Delta and her daddy, Hayden, have often been separated while she has been receiving treatment at St. Jude for acute lymphoblastic leukemia, hours away from their home and his job.
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Meet McClain
McClain was found to have cancer even before she was born, when an ultrasound at 36 weeks showed a mass on her adrenal gland. The diagnosis was neuroblastoma.
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Meet Hunter
Hunter was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and was immediately referred to St. Jude, where he has received chemotherapy and proton therapy. Hunter has chosen to face adversity with good humor and determination.
Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food
— so they can focus on helping their child live.
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School program
Learn about the St. Jude school program which helps ease kids' return to school.
Celebrating at St. Jude
Learn how we celebrate milestones and create fun memories so our kids can be kids.
Why support St. Jude?
Families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.
When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80% within the U.S., and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.
Every child deserves a chance to live their best life and celebrate every moment. When you support St. Jude, you help give kids with cancer around the world that chance. Together, we can save more lives.
Help St. Jude cure childhood cancer
Because of your support, we can provide children cutting-edge treatments not covered by insurance, at no cost to families. Unlike other hospitals, the majority of funding for St. Jude comes from generous donors. Join us and be part of our mission to save more lives.