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Thank you for taking time to check out my fundraising page for the 2024 St. Jude Barrel Jam! I am raising funds to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospitals lifesaving mission of finding cures for children battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases, and I need your help to reach my fundraising goal.
How your donation helps:
- Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live
- Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened in 1962. And we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.
- 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 of children.
The St. Jude Barrel Jam was started by my sister in law (Sarabeth Sheehan) and her mother (Chris Thompson) in 2015.
What is a Barrel Jam? Well, barrel racing is a western sport in which athletes, of all ages, ride their horses around 3 barrels in a clover pattern. The fastest time is the overall winner and then there are divisions to spread the winnings out over slower times. For the last 8 years Chris and Sarabeth have selflessly, along with countless volunteers, put on the St. Jude Barrel Jam, raising 2.5 million dollars for the children and families at St. Jude. Your donations to fundraising events like this are what help keep St. Jude and their incredible mission going!
Thank you for your support! Together we can help St. Jude change the world.