Sunday, December 6, 2009

Charity December: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Each day during December, I'll be featuring a charitable organization that I support. These are my personal choices and reflect nothing other than that.

In college, I was a little sister to Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, whose national charity was St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (The fraternity recently renewed its partnership with St. Jude.) Founded by actor Danny Thomas (a TKE brother), St. Jude treats children of all ages who have cancer and other serious illnesses, without regard to the family's ability to pay. The hospital also supports and conducts research to discover cures and better treatment options. About 5,700 patients are treated at the hospital every year.

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