Hello, friends and family. Thank you for visiting my St. Jude Runs fundraising page!
I’m going the distance this July to support the simple mission at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital of finding cures for childhood cancers and saving the children affected by them. I will be running all day and all night to help raise awareness for this important cause, and every dollar makes an impact!
In the U.S., approximately 15,000 children will get cancer each year, yet childhood cancer research is consistently underfunded. Less than 4% of the U.S. federal budget for cancer research is dedicated to childhood cancer. Because of generous public donations, families of those treated at St. Jude will never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing, or food while their child is undergoing care.
Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since it opened 60 years ago— but of course there is always more work to be done. In 2023, it cost $2 billion to continue St. Jude's life-saving mission, and approximately 75% of the costs of St. Jude are covered by public contributions like yours. So, your donations really are making a huge difference!
Thank you for taking the time to consider donating today!