St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a children's hospital located in Memphis, Tennessee. St.Jude is solely dedicated to the research and treatment of catastrophic pediatric diseases, such as cancer, sickle cell, hemophilia and other life altering disorders. Their research has improved cancer survival rates by more than ninety percent since opening. In addition to providing life saving treatment, they never bill patients for their treatment,travel and lodging. They are totally, One hundred percent, funded by donors like you and myself.

I have had two, life changing opportunities to visit this hospital, as a tourist and fundraiser coordinator, and each time has been eye opening. You walk in the front doors and are greeted by a mixture of smiling faces at the front desk as you sit and wait next to patients, most under the age of ten, and their families in a bright, open, waiting room.

You begin your tour by walking through treatment rooms, all brightly painted with murals of different seasons and scenery, filled with smiling, hopeful patients.Next is the blood donation room, where the public can come donate blood that goes directly to St. Jude patients. You then see occupational therapy rooms, where kids learn how to be kids, and a special room designated just for kids, where no doctors are permitted. You then enter the Chili's Care Center, where you will rub the nose of the stautue of founder, Danny Thomas, then finally end the tour by viewing the artwork created by patients, including the "ABC's of cancer", which includes "K for Kemo" and "V for vomit" and "L for lil miracles"

This amazing, hope filled, life saving hospital is completely funded through donors like you and myself. If you are thinking about donating to any organization, I highly encourage this one, to ensure that a lot less "kemo" is needed and that a lot more "lil miracle" happen.

Please donate to St. Jude to help save these children.