St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Their purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – so they can focus on helping their child live.

St. Jude has helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate in the U.S. from 20% in 1962 to more than 80% today. Thanks to generous donors like you, St. Jude can give our doctors and researchers the tools and technology they need to make the next groundbreaking discovery.

MEET BAILEY
Bailey, diagnosed with sickle cell disease shortly after birth, visits St. Jude regularly for checkups. When the bubbly second grader is at home, she enjoys music and loves to dance. St. Jude participates in several gene therapy trials for sickle cell disease (SCD) and is currently developing a therapy program to create safe and effective therapies for individuals with SCD.

MEET HAZEL
After surgery and follow-up treatment for a brain tumor, feisty Hazel returned home in September of 2023 and visits St. Jude every three months for checkups. Says her mom, Hannah, “St. Jude is the place that gave Hazel a chance at life.” That life includes a love of ballet, rainbows, fairies and mermaids – and fun playtime with her baby sister, Eliza.

MEET JOSIAH
Josiah was born with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a genetic condition that predisposes him to tumor growth. He has received treatment and continues with targeted therapy at St. Jude. Eight-year-old Josiah loves telling jokes – and watching after his little sister, Jenesis, to make sure she stays out of trouble. Most of all, he loves to build. “If he can think of something, he’s going to create it,” says his mom, Amanda.