The St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is the largest single-day fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, thanks to the efforts of St. Jude Heroes and those who donate to help St. Jude kids.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Unlike other hospitals, the majority of funding for St. Jude comes from generous donors. In fact, approximately 75 percent of the funds necessary to sustain and grow St. Jude comes from donors and fundraisers who are united in a common goal: Finding cures. Saving children®.
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- Race entry
- St. Jude Heroes training shirt
- Name on official pace car
- Access to St. Jude Heroes Expo Lounge (Thursday & Friday, Renasant Convention Center)
- $15 St. Jude merchandise credit
Silver Heroes will receive all Bronze benefits, plus additional status and access including:- $30 St. Jude merchandise credit
- Commemorative St. Jude Heroes race gear
- Access to reserve St. Jude Heroes Pasta Party tickets and race-day Heroes Hospitality (3 guest tickets available for purchase) (reservations required, quantities limited)
Gold Heroes will receive all Silver benefits, plus additional status and access including:- $60 St. Jude merchandise credit
- Two-night downtown Memphis hotel stay on race weekend (Friday - Saturday)
- Virtual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Tour
Platinum Heroes will receive all Gold benefits, plus additional status and access including:- $100 St. Jude merchandise credit
- First access to reserve St. Jude Heroes Pasta Party tickets and race-day Heroes Hospitality (+ one complimentary guest, 2 additional tickets available for purchase)(reservations required, quantities limited)
- Three-night Peabody Hotel or Canopy Hotel stay on race weekend (Thursday - Saturday)
- Virtual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital tour (+one guest)
Platinum Premier Heroes will receive all Platinum benefits, plus additional status and access on event weekend, including:- Platinum Premier Happy Hour on Thursday, 12/1 (+1 guest)
- VIP Reception on Thursday evening (+one guest)
- 25K American Airlines miles credited to AA account
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- Race entry
- St. Jude Heroes training shirt
- Name on official pace car
- $15 St. Jude merchandise credit
- St. Jude Heroes race packet and benefits delivered to you
Silver Heroes will receive all Bronze benefits, plus additional status and access including:- $30 St. Jude merchandise credit
- Commemorative St. Jude Heroes race gear
- Access to virtual St. Jude Heroes Pasta Party and $25 Domino's gift card
- St. Jude Heroes Hospitality Box
- St. Jude Heroes race packet and benefits delivered to you
Gold Heroes will receive all Silver benefits, plus additional status and access including:- $60 St. Jude merchandise credit
- $400 Marriot or Hilton hotel gift card
- Virtual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Tour
- St. Jude Heroes race packet and benefits delivered to you
Platinum Heroes will receive all Gold benefits, plus additional status and access including:- $100 St. Jude merchandise credit
- $600 Marriott, Hilton or Memphis Peabody hotel gift card
- Virtual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Tour
Platinum Premier Heroes will receive all Platinum benefits, plus additional status and access on event weekend, including:- 25K American Airlines miles credited to AA account
- St. Jude Heroes race packet and benefits delivered to you
How fundraising helps
Cost to family: $0
Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
Our goal: 100% survival
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.
Saving children everywhere
St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.
Since 2002, nearly 250,000 St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend participants have raised more than $90 million for St. Jude
As a participant, you can become part of the legacy that's allowed St. Jude Heroes to help cover the cost of:
- acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment for nearly 100 patients
- bone marrow transplants for over 200 children
- 8,000 days in the ICU
- 4,000,000 meals for St. Jude patients
St. Jude patient Santiago, age 3, brain cancer, with his dad
What does being a St. Jude Hero mean to you? Tell us your fundraising story, and we may feature it to inspire other fundraisers.
All St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend participants are given the opportunity to fundraise. While fundraising is not required for general registrants, it's the best way to support the kids of St. Jude. We’ll give you everything you need — simply log in to your participant center after you register, and we’ll guide you from there.
We encourage all participants to meet their fundraising goal by race weekend, but Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum St. Jude Heroes have until December 16, 2022 to raise their committed amount.
Meet some of the kids of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Meet Gabe
When the lights on the tree hurt Gabe’s eyes last Christmas, his mom knew something was wrong.
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Meet Gracie
Gracie was eight months old when she was diagnosed with blood cancer. She underwent chemotherapy and physical, occupational and speech therapies at St. Jude.
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Meet Melanie
When Melanie was diagnosed with brain cancer and referred to St. Jude, she wasn’t nervous. She was actually looking forward to treatment — chemotherapy, proton therapy and visits from St. Jude therapy dog Huckleberry — because to Melanie, St. Jude meant getting well again.
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Meet Tina
Tina was referred to St. Jude after she was found to have a brain tumor. St. Jude has given her family hope.
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Meet Scarlet
At St. Jude, Scarlet and her mom lived at Target House for half a year while Scarlet was in treatment for acute myeloid leukemia. Her family never received a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food. .
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Meet Lydia
Lydia has an unusual hobby for a kid her age: reading scholarly articles in medical journals. But not just any articles. She’s interested in those authored by Dr. Gajjar, the man – along with nurses and researchers and others at St. Jude – working to save her life.