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With baseball on hold, 9-year-old and his dog run laps for St. Jude instead
East Peoria student finds the perfect equation: Big yard + daily runs = Fundraising success.
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Love Beads
After hearing former Minnesota Viking Ben Leber talk about his connection to St. Jude, two Minnesota sisters tie themselves to the cause one bracelet at a time.
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California 'Bulb Guy' plants 14,000 flowers to honor his son and support St. Jude
Rich Santoros' grand garden is a testament to Boom, the son he and his wife lost to childhood cancer.
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A kidney donation saves one life, transforms another
Dani Molohon was not about to let the COVID-19 pandemic keep her from saving someone's life, even the life of someone she had never met. Dani, a St. Jude supporter, had wanted to donate a kidney for quite some time. For many, that level of giving might be too magnanimous an offer. But Dani isn’t like many people.
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Post Malone rallies fans to help donate $1 million to worthy causes
Musician Post Malone came up with the goal to donate $1 million to charities including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, as well as other organizations supporting COVID-19 frontline responders, disaster relief, education, homelessness, hunger, mental health and veterans.
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Tune of Triumph: Hospital serenades recovering COVID-19 patients with "Walking in Memphis" as they are discharged.
Hospital serenades recovering COVID-19 patients with "Walking in Memphis" as they are discharged.
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Illustrator Mike Bennett’s ‘A to Zoo’ yard installation unites his Portland community
Oregon artist created one wooden zoo animal a day for 26 days, inspired by the alphabet, and propped them in his front yard.
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Girl’s sweet snail mail to USPS worker starts a movement and snags the hearts of everyone
Is there any better feeling than opening the mailbox and – instead of finding bills or appointment reminders – discovering bona fide correspondence from a person you know?
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Remembering Ryan: St. Jude mom is Volunteer of Year for efforts to help fund cures
Lawyer for Nationwide in Columbus, Ohio, finds ways to motivate others, even from youngest daughter's playroom: ‘I didn’t think I’d be a cancer mom -- until I was.’
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Colton makes six count
A card party during social distancing turns a special birthday into support for St. Jude.
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.”
