About St. Jude

St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

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St. Jude patient Jamie with Patrick Campbell, MD — St. Jude patient Jamie with Patrick Campbell, MD

st. jude patient reid with his family — St. Jude patient Reid with his family in 2017

Families never receive a bill from us for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

That can happen in part because more than 11 million active donors support us every year.

hero patient drawing — Artwork by St. Jude patient Cooper

st. jude patient keegan with IV pole

Those donations matter because the average cost to treat one child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer, is about $400,000.

You can help too

st. jude patient melanie with her mom

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patient javier with his mom

Give any amount to help kids live

fundraising supporter sewing a mask as a fundraiser for St. Jude

Do what you love and help St. Jude

How St. Jude began

Danny Thomas hugging a patient

Founder and entertainer Danny Thomas opened the doors to St. Jude in 1962 with the dream that “no child should die in the dawn of life."

Meet Danny Thomas >