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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.
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St. Jude taught Brieanna empathy, her love of animals gave her purpose
During her time at St. Jude, Brieanna wasn’t just being treated for a catastrophic disease. She was growing as a person, learning empathy, and using her love of cats as a means to become the giving person she is today.
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For the Class of 2020, lessons in goodness from two of its own — former St. Jude patient Ethan and twin brother Cooper
When the family celebrated the twins’ birthday in June of 2010, it was “pretty low key,” said their mom, Missy. After all, Ethan, one of the twins, had been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in January and was being treated at 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.”
