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14 unusual facts about St. Jude Children's Research Hospital


Ajit Gupta

In 2003, Gupta established a philanthropy program for Speedera called "Giving Back", which provided free Internet infrastructure services to non-profit organizations including Unicef.org, Goodwill Industries International, Autism.org, and the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Darryl Worley

Proceeds benefit the Darryl Worley Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that provides funds to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

George Karl

Karl is an avid supporter of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and serves as an ambassador for their Hoops for St. Jude basketball initiative.

Jeff Christian

On September 11, 2010, he signed a deal to play for the Mississippi RiverKings of the CHL, as they played in Southaven, Mississippi, which is located twenty minutes away from Memphis, Tennessee, where his daughter Ryan, who had been fighting cancer, was being treated at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Joyce Aboussie

In 1983, Aboussie was the youngest person ever elected to the National Board of Directors and Governors of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Nina Arvesen

Actress Nina Arvesen support for charities including the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for several years, Arvesen Has been involved in many charitable causes, including the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, The Make-A-Wish Foundation .

R. Harmon Drew, Sr.

The family suggested memorial donations to either Minden's Alpha House to aid alcoholics or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Ris Lacoste

Lacoste is also very active in the community, participating in annual fundraising efforts for the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and D.C. Central Kitchen, to name a few.

Rudy Gay

In 2010, Gay was named an ambassador for the Hoops for St. Jude fundraising program for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis and donated $20,000 to the program, which allowed donors to pledge a set amount of dollars for each point scored by Gay and other participating NBA players.

Samuel Stritch

Stritch would mentor Thomas throughout his life and urge him to locate St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.

WIBW-FM

Additionally, interviews will be conducted with “ambassador families” during the telethon, telling how they benefited from the St. Jude's Hospital.

Each February, WIBW-FM holds a radiothon where all proceeds go to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

A part from the Radiothon, 94.5 Country sponsors the Country Stampede Music Festival held each year in Manhattan, Kansas, where all proceeds go to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

WQUT

WQUT is home to the radiothons for Ronald McDonald House and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and is involved in community activities throughout the Tri-Cities market.


Daniel Arango

In addition to Arango's works being in private collections around the world (USA, Colombia, Norway, Russia, Australia, Thailand, France, Spain), Daniel has also donated works or been asked to donate works to charities such as ACRIA and Young AFIKIM and the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Epsilon Sigma Alpha

As the care and expenses of handicapped children are a current ESA priority, the international Philanthropic Projects of Epsilon Sigma Alpha are St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Easter Seal Society.

Peter C. Doherty

Doherty currently spends three months of the year conducting research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, where he is a faculty member at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center through the College of Medicine.

Spot network substation

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee has eight primary transformers that are connected to the same secondary bus.