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St. Jude Spirit of the Dream

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Thank you for attending the St. Jude Spirit of the Dream, a gathering to celebrate the achievements of African-Americans in building the St. Jude legacy during Black History Month. This year, we presented the Spirit of the Dream Award to the late Bernal Smith II, who upheld Dr. King's dream and championed the lifesaving mission of St. Jude and its founder, Danny Thomas. This award is presented as Memphis recognizes the 50th anniversary of the loss of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Your contributions from this event help continue the St. Jude mission: Finding cures. Saving children.^®

Read about the inaugural event.

20 to 80

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Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago.

Spirit of the Dream Award Recipient

The late Bernal Smith, II

Special Live Performance

Raheem Devaughn

Special Presentation to

Memphis Sanitation Workers

Special Guests

Elise Neal, Event Host/Actress

Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, President of Meharry Medical College

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Contact: Verushka Wilson
verushka.wilson@stjude.org or (901) 578-2450

St. Jude Spirit of the Dream celebrates Dr. King’s legacy

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Actress Elise Neal with former sanitation worker and honoree Elmore Nickelberry

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Committee

EVENT CHAIR

Darrell S. Catron – President, Memphis Metropolitan Area NPHC

ST. JUDE AMBASSADOR

Mayor A C Wharton

Andre Dean
Yolanda Dogan
Jerry Fanion

Jason Farmer
Brent Hooks
Lennard James
Katrina Thompson

Nina Allen Johnson
Kermit Madison
Iletha Washington

Sponsors

SPIRIT SPONSOR

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee

LEGACY SPONSORS

Cigna

Black & Veatch

DREAM SPONSOR

City of Memphis

HOPE SPONSORS

Allworld

MCVB

Ampro

Mayor AC Wharton

Mr. Brad Robinson

Allen & Hoshall

BENEFACTOR SPONSORS

Kappa Alpha Psi Greenville Alumni

National Coalition of 100 Black Women

IN-KIND SPONSORS

Hicks Rentals

Pyramid Spirits

L3 Media

Pinot's Palette

McBride Sisters

Eagle Distribution

D. Arthur's Catering

Mahaffey

Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for anything.

St. Jude patient Jordyn

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