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Kindness in bloom: Peoria teenagers deliver flowers to Illinois communities
St. Jude Club board members wouldn’t let a pandemic stop them from fundraising. From their experience and hospital visit, bloomed empathy and action.
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From the hearts of babes — tots take up the cause in the St. Jude Trike-A-Thon
The St. Jude Trike-A-Thon is a national fundraising program that features kids, their families and schools, from Breezy Point to Alaska. Some 500,000 kids, mostly from preschool through third grade, are expected to participate through June 30. And like so many other social gatherings during the pandemic, it’s going virtual.
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Party princess makes yard visits to spread joy, not germs
As the weeks of sheltering at home stretch into months, mundane days have been made magical for some children in Arkansas thanks to a special visitor. And thus begins an enchanted afternoon with a princess.
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Going bald for a cause: Chicago firm's home-haircut fundraiser generates joy, $63,000 for St. Jude
Live-stream head shaving unites employees, families of global consultancy Huron to raise $63,000 for St. Jude.
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Stitch by stitch, teens demonstrate leadership to benefit St. Jude
Members of the St. Jude Leadership Society can’t meet in person now, but by making masks for their communities, with help from JOANN Fabrics, they’re becoming leaders anyway.
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No Boston Marathon to run, so a St. Jude Hero rounds up his family for a neighborhood relay-style race
Scott Kruse had qualified for his first Boston Marathon, but then the world changed and the global pandemic put a halt to large gatherings. But a hero’s got to be heroic in these times. So Kruse, forced to walk, not run, for exercise these days because of a back injury, had an idea.
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Big hearts, tired feet: Center Stage Just Dance-a-thon starring Littlesiha aims to raise $100,000 for St. Jude
The dance-a-thon is part of St. Jude PLAY LIVE, a global fundraising campaign in which gamers play their favorite games on streaming platforms, and viewers are able to donate to St. Jude in real time.
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After losing husband to COVID-19 in NY, St. Jude backer vows to continue mission
New Yorkers Gary and Rosalyn Washington began volunteering nine years ago through Iota Phi Theta, a St. Jude partner and one of the "Divine Nine" historically black fraternities and sororities.
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No joke: quarantine comedy helps St. Jude supporter in Western PA lift spirits of elders
As part of her duties at the senior center in Western Pennsylvania, Jill McCullough has added joke-telling to her list of assignments during the pandemic quarantine.
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Spouses of Florida Georgia Line stars make kindness their big hit
As back-to-back events – violent tornadoes and the COVID-19 pandemic – rocked their city, members of the Florida Georgia Line family took the idea of a 'community of caring' to heart, banding together as forces of good in the world (with a touch of Southern hospitality thrown in).
About this blog
We went looking for acts of kindness in the time of the coronavirus — and found them everywhere. People looking out for a neighbor or stranger. People putting the most vulnerable among us first. People making human connections, even in this time of social distancing. As St. Jude founder Danny Thomas said: “Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.”
