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.
Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped raise the survival rate for children with cancer in the United States, where 4 out of 5 children survive cancer.
In many countries, however, only 1 out of 5 children who develop cancer will survive. We won’t stop until no child dies from cancer, no matter where they live.
St. Jude patient Emmanuel
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.”
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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.®
* 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.
