January 16, 2019 • 1 min
You’d be hard-pressed to find a place more in step with St. Jude than the Illinois city behind the Memphis to Peoria Run. It started small — a handful of runners, a motorhome, a couple of vans and a crazy notion.
Lindsey Wilkerson and Joel Alsup — cancer survivors, co-workers and friends since childhood — were married on the campus of a hospital that didn’t simply heal them but shaped them, in profound ways.
St. Jude Connections brings together folks who have a link to St. Jude, but may not otherwise be connected. Many are supporters. Some are patients and families, doctors and researchers. Every one of them has a unique story to tell.
For young people, helping others is a natural response. It’s reflexive. They see a child hurting and it triggers something. We’ve collected the stories of several young people who’ve made the St. Jude mission their own.
The Memphis Zoo is highlighting the stories of St. Jude families by pairing lively patient and sibling artworks featuring some of the animals in zoo exhibitions.
