The St. Jude Legacy of Hope Dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Friday June 21, 2024, at the Missouri Athletic Club, 405 Washington Avenue in St. Louis.
During its 61-year history, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been steadfast in leading the way in understanding, treating, and defeating childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
The hospital has the world’s best survival rates for the most aggressive childhood cancers, and treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to over 80% since the hospital opened its doors in 1962.
The St. Jude Legacy of Hope dinner invites the regional community to support making a difference in the lives of desperately ill children here and around the world by advancing the mission: “Finding Cures. Saving Children.”
Guests will learn more about how their support helps advance research and treatment by St. Jude for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Fundraising from events like Legacy of Hope Dinner help ensure families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food—so they can focus on helping their child live.
In addition, from the day it was established, its founder, the late Danny Thomas, believed that “no child should die in the dawn of life.”
According to the St. Jude website, “When Thomas founded St. Jude, he courageously challenged the status quo and was committed to health equity and access for children regardless of race, religion or socio-economic status.
“St. Jude stands for the elimination of all forms of discrimination.”
St. Jude is inspired to be an inclusive, culturally responsive and equitable environment where current and future employees, patients, families and members of our community feel a sense of belonging, empowerment and respect.
“At St. Jude, we value and celebrate the uniqueness in all people.”
For tickets and to learn more about fundraising, sponsorship, and volunteer opportunities at www.stjude.org/legacyofhope
