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Our legacy of equity at St. Jude

When you support St. Jude, you can help make cures possible for kids with cancer and other life-threatening diseases — like sickle cell disease. Together, we can save more lives.

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Advancing cures in sickle cell disease

St. Jude has one of the largest sickle cell programs in the country, playing a vital role in the research and treatment of this life-threatening disease.

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Dr. Rudolph Jackson, one of the first Black doctors at St. Jude, was a groundbreaking figure in the treatment of sickle cell, childhood cancer, solid tumors and other life-threatening diseases.

Hope for kids with life-threatening diseases — like sickle cell disease

At St. Jude, we believe that all children should be given the quality care that they deserve. Because the majority of St. Jude funding comes from generous donors, we have the freedom to focus on what matters most — saving kids regardless of their financial situation.

St. Jude sickle cell disease patients and sisters Ari'Yanna (left) and Ariyah

'They know each other's pain'

St. Jude helps sisters Ari'Yanna and Ariyah manage complications of sickle cell disease together with hope and resilience.

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St. Jude patient Nova (center) with her cousins, St. Jude patients Ari’Yanna (left) and Ariyah

'St. Jude is her support' — and so are her cousins

Nova was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at a week old. She and her cousins, Ari'Yanna and Ariyah, who are also St. Jude sickle cell disease patients, lean on each other, and St. Jude, for support.

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St. Jude sickle cell disease patient Lakia

Less pain, fewer missed moments

As a child, St. Jude patient Lakia participated in a clinical trial for sickle cell disease at St. Jude that meant fewer hospital stays, less pain — and fewer missed moments.

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St. Jude patient Courtney

St. Jude research is transforming treatment of sickle cell disease

Patients like Courtney are thriving thanks to decades of innovation — from the BABY HUG trial to new data-driven studies shaping the future of care.

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No child should die in the dawn of life.

– St. Jude founder Danny Thomas

When it opened in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1962, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital became the first fully integrated children's hospital in the South. St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

Thanks to supporters like you, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so a family can focus on helping their child live.

Meet St. Jude supporters

Since our opening in 1962, Black excellence has helped propel the St. Jude mission forward. Our supporters and volunteers helped create a legacy rooted in hope that exemplifies a quote from our founder, Danny Thomas: "Those who work for the good are as those who do the good."

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St. Jude supporter David McKinney

Impacting others

A lifelong supporter, executive David McKinney said that St. Jude is the kind of place “that speaks to who we all are as people and what we want to accomplish for humankind."

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St. Jude supporters Terrell and Angela Richards

A legacy of love for St. Jude

Angela and Terrell Richards have St. Jude in their estate plans to support our lifesaving mission. “Without St. Jude in the world," Terrell asked, "where would we be?”

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