St. Jude was established on February 4, 1962 by entertainer Danny Thomas and Doctor Lemuel Diggs on the premise that "no child should die in the dawn of life" Since the opening in 1962 St. Jude has treated thousands of children from across the United States and from more than 70 countries in their 50 years of establishment. On average, 7,800 active patients visit the hospital each year, most of whom are treated on an outpatient basis. No family ever pays St. Jude for anything. St. Jude has 78 inpatient beds and treats upwards of 260 patients each day. St. Jude is the first and only pediatric cancer center to be designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. St. Jude is the first institution established for the sole purpose of conducting basic and clinical research and treatment into catastrophic childhood diseases, mainly cancer. In 2010 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was named the number one children's cancer hospital in U.S.A. by U.S. News & World Report. 2012 marked a very colossal and consequential year for St. Jude. The founder and entertainer, Danny Thomas would have been 100 years old on January 6th. 2012. 2012 also officially marked 50 years of St. Jude providing treatment for children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.
Why support St. Jude?
The support of caring people like you helps ensure that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will continue its lifesaving mission of finding cures and saving children. St. Jude founder Danny Thomas believed that "no child should die in the dawn of life," and your donations help bring us closer to the day when every precious life can be saved.
How do your donations help?
Thanks to donors, no family ever pays St. Jude for anything. Care, housing, transportation, meals—the list of services we provide to our families is unequalled. But it is for one purpose: To ensure the very best outcome possible for every child. At St. Jude, donor dollars help fuel the groundbreaking research that leads to pioneering care and treatments for childhood cancer and other deadly diseases.
How is St. Jude making a difference for sick children?
Every child saved at St. Jude means children saved around the world—a direct result of cutting-edge research and treatment that set the standard in treating childhood cancers. And our discoveries are shared freely with doctors and scientists all over the world.
St. Jude developed protocols that have helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent, when the hospital opened in 1962, to 80 percent today. St. Jude is the first and only pediatric cancer center to be designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. St. Jude has embarked on an unprecedented effort to sequence the pediatric cancer genome and to identify the genetic changes that give rise to some of the world's deadliest childhood cancers.
How are donations used?
During the past five years, 81 cents of every dollar received has supported the research and treatment at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It costs $1.8 million a day to operate St. Jude, and public donations provide more than 75 percent of our funding.
Donate now to help St. Jude save the lives of children in communities everywhere.
Donate
To donate to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital via the Elvis Presley Fans of Nashville Fan Club, you can donate by contacting EPFN President, Caroline Pratt. Elvis Presley Fans of Nashville, makes a yearly donation to St. Jude during Elvis Week.
Elvis always said he truly had the best fans around. Please let's prove it by making a large donation to St. Jude. All amounts big or small are royally appreciated.
Why support St. Jude?
The support of caring people like you helps ensure that St. Jude Children's Research Hospital will continue its lifesaving mission of finding cures and saving children. St. Jude founder Danny Thomas believed that "no child should die in the dawn of life," and your donations help bring us closer to the day when every precious life can be saved.
How do your donations help?
Thanks to donors, no family ever pays St. Jude for anything. Care, housing, transportation, meals—the list of services we provide to our families is unequalled. But it is for one purpose: To ensure the very best outcome possible for every child. At St. Jude, donor dollars help fuel the groundbreaking research that leads to pioneering care and treatments for childhood cancer and other deadly diseases.
How is St. Jude making a difference for sick children?
Every child saved at St. Jude means children saved around the world—a direct result of cutting-edge research and treatment that set the standard in treating childhood cancers. And our discoveries are shared freely with doctors and scientists all over the world.
St. Jude developed protocols that have helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent, when the hospital opened in 1962, to 80 percent today. St. Jude is the first and only pediatric cancer center to be designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. St. Jude has embarked on an unprecedented effort to sequence the pediatric cancer genome and to identify the genetic changes that give rise to some of the world's deadliest childhood cancers.
How are donations used?
During the past five years, 81 cents of every dollar received has supported the research and treatment at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It costs $1.8 million a day to operate St. Jude, and public donations provide more than 75 percent of our funding.
Donate now to help St. Jude save the lives of children in communities everywhere.
Donate
To donate to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital via the Elvis Presley Fans of Nashville Fan Club, you can donate by contacting EPFN President, Caroline Pratt. Elvis Presley Fans of Nashville, makes a yearly donation to St. Jude during Elvis Week.
Elvis always said he truly had the best fans around. Please let's prove it by making a large donation to St. Jude. All amounts big or small are royally appreciated.
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