St. Jude Telethon
For 46 years, the St. Jude Telethon has served as the culminating event for Central & Southern Illinois’ year-round fundraising campaigns. The Telethon features the finish line for the St. Jude Runs program as well as check presentations from year-round fundraising events. We are eager to welcome VIPs and Sponsors to the Civic Center this year as they faithfully support the mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.®
Jeep Creep for St. Jude
The 4th Annual Jeep Creep for St. Jude, taking place on August 19, 2023, is an annual charity event that raises funds for the mission of St. Jude. Your participation in this event isn’t just another jeep ride. It’s a jeep ride with purpose that helps ensure families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.
St. Jude Walk/Run®
Join us on September 23, 2023 for our annual St. Jude Walk/Run®! Featuring a 1-Mile Walk, 5K, 10K and Half Marathon, the St. Jude Walk/Run® is an inspiring, family-friendly event that unites people across the nation in support of St. Jude, which is leading a global effort to understand, treat, and defeat pediatric cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
St. Jude Harvest Moon
Join us on Friday, October 6, 2023 for the 7th annual St. Jude Harvest Moon! This event includes live entertainment from Patrick n Swayze, silent and live auctions, raffles, heavy hors d’oeuvres, and complimentary craft beer and wine at The Warehouse on State. This event includes exposure to 275+ local emerging leaders.
St. Jude Dream Home® Giveaway - Peoria
Every ticket helps St. Jude kids and the mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.® And because of the support of people like you, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food—so they can focus on helping their child live.
St. Jude Evening with the Stars
For years, Central Illinois has gathered together to celebrate and raise funds at the annual St. Jude Evening with the Stars Gala in Peoria, Illinois. With your support, this gala has grown into a major fundraising event supporting St. Jude.
St. Jude Run, Ride and Drive
St. Jude Corvette Drive
May 16 – 17, 2024
The St. Jude Corvette Drive was founded in 2012 and has raised $2.1 million to date. Every year, Corvette drivers and St. Jude supporters depart from Peoria, St. Louis, Louisville, and Nashville for the trip to Memphis, where they stay the first night in Dyersburg, TN and then drive through the St. Jude campus the following day.
St. Jude Runs
August 5, 2023
St. Jude Runs is an annual charity event that raises funds for the mission of St. Jude. You can run for more than a time, a record, or a medal – you can run for hope. Since its 1982 inception, the St. Jude Runs has raised over $76.6 million to bring us one step closer to our own finish line: one that ensures that no child should die in the dawn of life.
St. Jude Rides
September 14 – 16, 2023
St. Jude Rides is an annual charity event that raises funds for the mission of St. Jude. In 2007, a group of motorcycle enthusiasts took to the road, traveling 465 miles from Peoria, IL, to Memphis, TN to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Since this inception, the St. Jude Rides have taken to the road each fall and raised over $9.3 million for the kids of St. Jude.
St. Jude cares for some of the world’s sickest children regardless of their race, ethnicity, beliefs, or ability to pay. Our patients receive the customized care they need to treat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases, no matter what barriers they may face.
St. Jude patient Za'Mya
St. Jude stories from Central Illinois, Southern Illinois and Iowa
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Every minute counts: How one CPA shares the St. Jude story with supporters
James Ingold watched a family go from panic to hope in 60 seconds. Now, he asks others to fund St. Jude for just a minute.
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Fueled by a family legacy of giving, Jim Bourazak of Peoria rides on for St. Jude
He knows how much St. Jude helps families because it helped his.
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Peoria Proud
You’d be hard-pressed to find a place more in step with St. Jude than the Illinois city behind the Memphis to Peoria Run. It started small — a handful of runners, a motorhome, a couple of vans and a crazy notion. Today, it's raised $56.2 million in its history.
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Amy Jones’ journey to the extraordinary ordinary
When her dream of a normal life was derailed, St. Jude was there to save her — twice. Now this grateful leukemia survivor has made her favorite cause her career
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Illinois child survives rare cancer at St. Jude, returns to build garden where hope grows
Years after St. Jude saved his life, Jeremiah Godby returned to campus and saw the need for an outdoor space for spiritual healing. Then he helped make it happen.
Board of Directors
St. Jude Midwest Leadership Board
Chairman of the Board: Rich Unes
Vice Chairman of the Board: Michael D. McCoy
President: John Kocher
Past President: Steve Gardner
Vice President: Jeff Ward
Secretary: Liz Wilson
Treasurer: John McKinty
Board Members
Lupe Alcala • Ryan Beck • Andrew Black • Kevin Callis • Tim Campbell • Scott Elger • James Fisher • George Ghareeb • Christine Gravez • Charity Gunn • James Ingold • Michael Joseph • Scott Lewis • Jodi Lindsay • Michael Maloof • Scott Martin • Julie May • Travis Mohlenbrink • Kevin Pautler • Ryan Pierson • Dr. Thomas Rashid • Rick Semonis • Eric Shane • Annette Slyman • Chris Snodgrass • Libby Swearingen • Spencer Swearingen • Emily Weeks • Ryan Whitehouse
National ALSAC/St. Jude Board Members
Michael D. McCoy • Rich Unes
ALSAC Leadership Board
Kevin Pautler • Rick Semonis
Contact us directly to get involved and find ways to connect. You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram to stay up-to-date about the exciting events in Central & Southern Illinois and Iowa.
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St. Jude supporters from Central Illinois finish their St. Jude Runs experience on the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® campus in Memphis.
Fill out the form to learn about the ways you can donate your time to help St. Jude.
You can support the children of St. Jude in the way that best suits your financial and personal goals.
IRAs, donor-advised funds, stocks, gift annuities, trusts and more — choose the planned giving option that is right for you, and your generosity will help children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Email Rodrigo Leanos or visit the link below for more planned giving options.
Give with purpose by creating opportunities for your organization's team members to donate to St. Jude through their work.
Set up your workplace giving program by establishing employee giving, matching gifts, workplace fundraisers, or giving through federal or state campaigns.
Connect with Jill Libert or click the button below to learn more about your workplace giving options.
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Platelet count for a St. Jude patient
Platelet counts are among the tests that doctors use to monitor patient health during treatment.
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One red wagon
Wagons are the preferred mode of travel through the halls of the hospital and around campus for our younger patients.
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One red blood cell transfusion
Children undergoing treatment for cancer and other life-threatening diseases often need transfusions.
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One hour of physical therapy
Physical therapy is provided to patients because children with life-threatening diseases like cancer may develop developmental, cognitive or physical impairments as a result of their illnesses and their treatments.
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Parent necessities for 20 patient families
Parents who bring their children to St. Jude often leave home in a hurry and forget to pack day-to-day necessities such as shampoos, razors, deodorant, toothbrushes and lotion. At Tri Delta Place, our short-term housing facility, parents can obtain these essentials free of charge.
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An ultrasound study for a St. Jude patient
An ultrasound study is among the diagnostic imaging tests that doctors use to diagnose and monitor disease and treatment.
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Daily room rate of the ICU
The Intensive Care Unit at St. Jude has twice been recognized with the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence given by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. In 2009, the St. Jude ICU became Tennessee’s first ICU to win the honor.
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Support St. Jude patients and their families
Your donation will be used to provide breakthrough research, treatment and cures as you join St. Jude in its livesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®
* When you make a donation using this information, your donation will be used to provide breakthrough research, treatment and cures. Items listed here are representative of services and supplies that are part of the treatment and care of children at St. Jude. The cost of each item or service is an approximation, and will vary based on actual costs incurred and individual patient needs. Your donation will be used for the general operating needs of St. Jude, where no family ever receives a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food.
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Meet St. Jude patients
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Meet Marina
Marina is a joyful 2-year-old who loves to laugh and dance with her siblings. She was referred to St. Jude after a white glimmer in her pupil led to her being diagnosed with retinoblastoma, an eye cancer.
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Meet Luis
Like many boys his age, Luis wanted to be a soccer player when he grew up. But then he was diagnosed with cancer. Now he wants to help kids like him.
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Meet Alana
Alana didn't let a cancer diagnosis get in the way of her dreams for the future. Neither did St. Jude.
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Meet Maelin-Kate
Maelin-Kate was diagnosed with a rare blood disease at age 5, but her mom says, "Every day, she finds a reason why it's the best day ever."
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Meet Miguel
Miguel is a happy boy who loves to laugh.
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Meet Ashtyn
When Ashtyn’s family learned she had a type of cancerous brain tumor called a medulloblastoma, they turned to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.