Saving children from Asia and across the globe

Supporting St. Jude means funding lifesaving treatment and critical research impacting children of Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander descent in communities around the world.

 
 
St. Jude patient Tam poses with a portrait of himself from when he was in treatment at St. Jude.

St. Jude patient Tam

 
 
Image of the St. Jude campus.

When he was a struggling entertainer, Danny Thomas prayed to St. Jude, the patron saint of hopeless causes: "Help me find my way in life, and I will build you a shrine." When Danny became successful, he made good on his promise and founded St. Jude.

 

Founder Danny Thomas envisioned and built St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as a beacon of equality and inclusion, with the dream that "no child should die in the dawn of life." Today, the doctors, researchers and staff at St. Jude stay true to that vision by leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

 
 

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 families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – so they can focus on helping their child live.

Our lifesaving work with children from Asia and the Pacific islands continues, and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.

 
St. Jude patient Maelin-Kate .

St. Jude patient Maelin-Kate

 
 

Thanks to generous supporters like you, St. Jude:

 
 
 
  • Is continuing its nearly 30-year quest to raise the survival rate of childhood cancer for kids in China (over 40,000 children diagnosed each year), helping to develop a clinical trial that resulted in 86% of ALL patients remaining in remission.
  • Launched a historic six-year, $12.9 billion strategic plan – in the midst of a global pandemic – that will expand patient care and accelerate research in the U.S. and globally for children with catastrophic diseases.
 
 
Dr. Ching-Hon Pui.
 

My lifelong passion is to take care of children with leukemia ... my work is far from over.

Ching-Hon Pui, MD
Chair, St. Jude Department of Oncology

 

In 1977, the cure rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) — the most common pediatric cancer — was only 40%. Dr. Pui has played a central role in developing a series of clinical trials that raised survival rates of ALL to 94% at St. Jude today. Pui's research has also dramatically increased access to pediatric cancer care for children in China. 

Read more about Dr. Pui's global work >

 
 

Making lifesaving discoveries

At the heart of our mission is a team of doctors and researchers committed to equity in global cancer treatment and care.

 
 
St. Jude patient Tam is surrounded by several members of his extended family.

St. Jude patient Tam with his family

 

We thought St. Jude was a perfect scenario for our son, and we felt that this was basically from God, and it was perfect.

Tien, Tam's dad

 

Tam was diagnosed with anaplastic ependymoma, a fast-growing cancerous brain tumor. He underwent surgery to remove the tumor and three weeks of rehabilitation in his home state of California before being referred to St. Jude.

Read Tam's story about facing cancer >

 
 

Your gift has impact

Unlike other hospitals, the majority of funding for St. Jude comes from generous donors. And St. Jude cares for some of the world’s sickest children regardless of their race, ethnicity, beliefs or ability to pay. Our patients receive the customized care they need to treat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases, no matter what barriers they may face.

  1. A platelet count test

    Your $10 gift could help provide one platelet count test for a St. Jude patient.*

    Donate $10

     
     

  2. Rehabilitation balls

    Your $25 gift could help provide one rehabilitation ball for St. Jude patients. Rehabilitation balls help patients regain strength and mobility after cancer treatment.*

    Donate $25

     
     

  3. Patient meals

    Your $50 gift could provide two days of meals to a patient.*

    Donate $50

     
     

  4. Medical teaching dolls

    Your $75 gift could help provide medical teaching dolls for St. Jude patients. Child Life Specialists use dolls and real medical equipment to teach patients about procedures to make them less intimidating.*

    Donate $75

     
     

  5. A red wagon

    Your $100 gift could help provide a red wagon, which is the preferred mode of travel through the halls of the hospital for our youngest patients.*

    Donate $100

     
     
 
 

Other ways you can help

 
 
St. Jude patient Avyan holds a framed image of himself from when he was in treatment at St. Jude.

St. Jude patient Avyan

Invest in the future of St. Jude through a variety of giving options

Find the Right Gift

 
 
 
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Increase your impact by combining donations with family and friends

Learn about Giving Circles

 
 
 
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Join a virtual or in-person St. Jude Walk/Run in your area

Register for the Walk/Run

 
 
 
 

*Items listed here are representative of services and supplies that are part of the treatment and care of children at St. Jude. The cost of each item or service is an approximation and will vary based on actual costs incurred and individual patient needs. Your donation will be used for the general operating needs of St. Jude, where no family ever receives a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food.

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