Thank you for joining us for St. Jude Presents: The Dash to End Childhood Cancer on April 26, 2023. Together, we celebrated our local NFL alumni who have taken up the fight against childhood cancer by running the 40-yard dash to raise awareness and funds through Rich Eisen’s Run Rich Run initiative. Sports have always provided hope during the toughest of times. In partnership with the NFL Players Association, PLAY 60 and Run Rich Run, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital continues to lead the way in which the world understands and treats pediatric cancer through our mission of finding cures and saving children.
In 2013, Rich Eisen came up with the idea to run a 40-yard dash to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Today, that idea has raised over $4 million for the kids of St. Jude and captured the attention and participation of former athletes, celebrities and fans across the country.
For more information on partnerships or on how to get involved in next year's event, contact Crysta Moon at (816) 868-2735 or crysta.moon@alsac.stjude.org.
St. Jude patient Liliana and her family
Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped push the U.S. childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80%. Yet, around the world, about 1 in 5 will survive. That’s why we’re helping make lifesaving treatments available to more children in more places — because where they live shouldn’t determine if they live.
St. Jude patient Liliana and her family
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St. Jude patient Han, pictured with family
IRA charitable contributions
If you're 70 ½ or older, you can contribute to St. Jude from your IRA and potentially receive tax benefits. You can have your IRA administrator use our sample letter.
St. Jude patient Nora Kay
Donor-advised funds
You can recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund by calling your fund manager or by signing in to your granting institution and selecting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
St. Jude patient Maelin-Kate
Gifts of stock
When gifting stock, you can reference our transfer form, or call us at (800) 395-4341 to inform us of your gift, so we can properly acknowledge your gift and provide you with a tax receipt.
St. Jude patient Franser
Charitable gift annuities
Charitable gift annuities may interest you if you want to transfer cash or securities to St. Jude and receive lifetime payments for yourself or a loved one.
St. Jude stories from the area
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Kansas minister pushes to do more for St. Jude patients with a light-hearted approach to fundraising
Joe Skillen has run the St. Jude Memphis Marathon in a suit and believes fundraising should include a bit of fun.
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St. Jude came too late for her little sister but Kansas woman holds it dear
She started supporting St. Jude before it even opened, a little girl learning to count change by the nickels she saved. So began a lifetime of love for the cause.
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Missouri school system's decades long support adds up to more than $1 million for St. Jude
When a bereaved parent and principal launched a school fundraiser for St. Jude, an entire community embraced the effort.
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Team Up Kansas City, a student-led fundraising campaign
Join Kansas City area high schools and Gold Out KC for St. Jude to raise awareness and support for kids battling cancer during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
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We’re grateful for: Lorenzo Sandlin, a bereaved father who led a community crusade for St. Jude
Lorenzo Sandlin arrived at O’Neal Elementary School in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, more than three decades ago with a passion for education and a love of “trying to help children better themselves.”