St. Jude patient Beckett smiling with his hands in fists looking excited.

St. Jude patient Beckett

 

7 ways your end-of-year donation helps St. Jude kids

The final months of the year seem to be the most hectic amid the joy of the holidays. Crossing off wish lists, hosting gatherings and decorating the house can whip anyone into a frenzy. 

But the holiday season is a great time to exercise living charitably.

Let's explore how your donation can help today...

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Ways your year-end donation can help the kids at St. Jude

 
 

1.

Keeping families together

When you donate to St. Jude, you’re doing more than providing the best pediatric cancer care — you’re giving families the chance to have more time with their children. Siblings have more chances to play together, parents can hold their children longer and kids can continue to make more magical memories.

 
St. Jude patient Liliana with her sister

St. Jude patient Liliana with her sister
 
 
Former St. Jude patient Yazleemar

St. Jude cancer survivor Yazleemar holds a photo of herself from when she was in treatment at St. Jude.
 

2.

Providing transportation to get treatment

St. Jude treats children from all over 50 states and around the world. But families never have to worry about how they will afford the trip. St. Jude covers travel costs for patients traveling to our campus in Memphis, Tenn., for treatments and checkups.

 
 

3.

Covering the costs of lifesaving care

Treatments for pediatric cancer can last three years or more and cost an average of $425,000. Your donation helps kids get the best medical treatment without their parents worrying about ever receiving a bill from St. Jude.

 
St. Jude patient Hunter

St. Jude patient Hunter
 
 
St. Jude patient Luna and her dad

St. Jude patient Luna and her dad
 

4.

Providing housing for patient families

St. Jude offers short-term and long-term lodging for patients and families in treatment. Each facility offers a comfortable and soothing space with everything a family needs to feel at home.

 
 

5.

Funding research to find more cures

Donations to St. Jude are used to fund research and treatment for pediatric cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped push the overall survival rate for childhood cancer from 20% when the hospital opened in 1962 to more than 80% today.  And we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. 

 
Teresa Santiago, MD

St. Jude faculty member Teresa Santiago, MD
 
 
St. Jude patient families at Kay Kafe

St. Jude patient families in our cafeteria
 

6.

Providing food and groceries for patient families

Your donation provides St. Jude families with a daily food credit for use in our cafeteria and a stipend for food purchased outside our cafeteria to ensure good nutrition during the child’s treatment.

 
 

7.

Doing good for the world

When we do good, we feel good. But donating to St. Jude is more than a good feeling. Your generosity this holiday season gives children and their parents hope for a brighter future without childhood cancer.

 
St. Jude patient Beckett

St. Jude patient Beckett celebrates at a No More Chemo party with his family
 
 

Give back this holiday season

At St. Jude, your end-of-year gift is the miracle a St. Jude family has been anxiously waiting for.  Join our St. Jude family today, and be part of our mission to save more lives.

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