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St. Jude and Giving
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St. Jude's Research Hospital
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Infinity Foundation
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InFaith Community Foundation
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Christian Hospitals
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The National Shrine of St. Jude
Danny Thomas and St. Jude
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People Magazine
St. Jude Children's Hospital Was Danny Thomas' Dream, but Dr. Alvin Mauer Makes It Come True
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Humanitarian Wall
Danny Receives the Congressional Medal
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Make Room For Danny
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Danny Thomas Biography
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From his promise, a history of ALSAC and St. Jude Children's research hospital
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Childhood cancer, a handbook from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital with contributions from St. Jude clinicians and scientists
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ST. Jude campaign returns to theatres
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Building on a promise: its talented and motivated cardiopulmonary staff to continue the vision of its founder
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Danny Thomas: funny man and philanthropist
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A dream come true; the story of ST. Jude children's research hospital and ALSAC
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| • born January 6, 1912 in Deerfield, Michigan |
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| • died February 6, 1991 in Los Angeles , California of a heart attack. |
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| • birthname Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yakhoob |
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| • height 5 foot 10 inches |
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| • nicknames Muzzy and Jake |
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| • Since opening 50 years ago, St. Jude research has played a pivotal role in pushing overall U.S. pediatric cancer survival rates from 20 to 80 percent |
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| • What is St. Judes Research Hospital? |
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| • One of 10 children born to Lebanese immigrant parents, Danny Thomas entered the world during a blizzard in Deerfield, Michigan, on January 6, 1912. He began to help support the family at age 10 by selling newspapers, and at 11 he became a candy maker in a burlesque theater, a job he held for seven years. |
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| •St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility. Discoveries made here have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. With research and patient care under one roof, St. Jude is where some of today's most gifted researchers are able to do science more quickly. |
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| •In 1995, St. Jude received an anonymous letter postmarked in Dallas, Texas, containing a $1 million winning Mc Donold's Monopoly game piece. |
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| •McDonald's officials came to the hospital, accompanied by a representative from the accounting firm Arthur Andersen, who examined the card under a jeweler's eyepiece, handled it with plastic gloves, and verified it as a winner. |
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| •Although game rules prohibited the transfer of prizes, McDonald's waived the rule and has made the annual $50,000 annuity payments, even after learning that thepiece was sent by an individual involved in an embezzlement scheme intended to defraud McDonald's. |
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| •From 2000 to 2005, 83.7% of every dollar received by St. Jude went to the current or future needs of St. Jude. In 2002 to 2004, 47% of program expenses went to patient care and 41% to research. As of 2012, 81 cents of every dollar donated to St. Jude goes directly to its research and treatment. |
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| •St. Jude also has a merchandise catalog called the Hope Catalog. The catalog contains everything from shirts to office items, and from patient art to "Give Thanks" wristbands. |
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| •One of the hospital's most recent and successful fund-raising efforts has been the Dream Home Giveaway. |
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| •In November 2004, St. Jude launched its inaugural Thanks and Giving campaign which encourages consumers to help raise funds at participating retailers by adding a donation at checkout or by purchasing specialty items to benefit St. Jude. |
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| • The campaign is supported by network television spots, advertisements in major publications, interactive marketing on Yahoo! and a movie trailer that runs on 20,000 screens nationwide. |
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| • How much money has been raised? |
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| • What are the services provided? |
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| • How many children have been saved? |
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| •Known primarily as a TV actor, he starred as a nightclub singer on the popular Make Room for Daddy (1953). |
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| •The ultimate goal is to increase awareness with the hope that people will come to identify Thanksgiving with St. Jude, said Joyce Aboussie, vice chairwoman of the nonprofit’s board. |
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| •St. Jude is associated with several affiliated hospitals around the nation to further its efforts beyond its own physical walls. |
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| • Research efforts are directed at understanding the molecular, genetic and chemical bases of catastrophic diseases in children; identifying cures for such diseases; and promoting their prevention. |
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| • Research is focused specifically on cancers, some acquired and inherited immunodeficiencies, sickle cell disease, infectious diseases and genetic disorders. |
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| • The current basic and clinical research at St. Jude includes work in gene therapy, bone marrow transplantation, chemotherapy, the biochemistry of normal and cancerous cells, radiation treatment, blood diseases, resistance to therapy, viruses, hereditary diseases, influenza, pediatric AIDS and psychological effects of catastrophic illnesses |
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| • also conducts long-term biostatistical investigations on the long-term outcomes of its patients and is the only pediatric research hospital that has been awarded a National Cancer Institute cancer center support grant. |
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| • About 7,800 active patients are seen at St. Jude yearly, most of whom are treated on a continuing outpatient basis as part of ongoing research programs. |
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| • The hospital also has 78 beds for patients requiring hospitalization during treatment. St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and from around the world. |
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| • St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance. |
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| • No child is ever denied treatment because of the family’s inability to pay. |
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| • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was founded by entertainer Danny Thomas |
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| • the hospital opened on February 4, 1962 |
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| • St. Jude is supported primarily by donations raised by its national fundraising organization, ALSAC, which was established by Danny Thomas expressly for the purpose of funding St. Jude |
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| • The hospital also receives assistance from federal grants (mainly through the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute), insurance and investments |
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| • One of the most significant events to occur at St. Jude happened in 1996 when Peter Doherty, PhD, of the Department of Immunology was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. He shares the award with Rolf M. Zinkernagel, MD, of the University of Zurich. Their findings have led to breakthroughs in the understanding and treatment of viral infections and cancers, and in the development of organ transplant procedures and vaccines. It is the highest award a scientist can win |
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| • Operations are overseen by the Boards of Directors and Governors |
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| • The research activities are reviewed annually by the Scientific Advisory Board, composed of internationally prominent physicians and scientists. |
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| • The hospital’s daily operating costs are $2 million, which are primarily covered by public contributions |
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| • Research is focused specifically on cancers, some acquired and inherited immunodeficiencies, sickle cell disease, infectious diseases and genetic disorders |
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| • St. Jude has more than 3,600 employees |
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| • St. Jude currently has six affiliate hospitals: the St. Jude Midwest Affiliate in Peoria, Illinois.; LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana; Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; the St. Jude Tri-Cities Affiliate in Johnson City, Tennessee.; Huntsville Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Huntsville, Alabama; and St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. |
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| • When Danny Thomas opened the doors to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 1962, it was the result of many individuals who were so inspired by his dream that it became their own. That was the brilliance of Danny’s leadership. |
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| • Every year, more than a million volunteers support some 31,000 fundraising activities on behalf of St. Jude—from Math-A-Thons and Trike-A-Thons to golf tournaments, radiothons and celebrity-filled galas. |
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| • Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since it opened in 1962. |
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| • St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent in the next decade. We won’t stop until no child dies from cancer |
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| • St. Jude freely shares the breakthroughs we make, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children |
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| • Because the majority of St. Jude funding comes from individual contributors, St. Jude has the freedom to focus on what matters most – saving kids regardless of their financial situation. |
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| • St. Jude is where doctors often send their toughest cases because St. Jude has the world’s best survival rates for some of the most aggressive childhood cancers |
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| • St. Jude is the only National Cancer Institute-designated devoted solely to children |
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| • St. Jude has helped increase the survival rates for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) from 4% before opening in 1962 to 94% today |
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| • We develop new treatments that reduce side effects while maintaining or improving outcomes, so that survivors of childhood cancer can have the best possible long-term health |
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| • Because we have seen our patients with brain tumors improve dramatically through proton therapy, we are building the world’s first proton therapy center dedicated solely to treating children |
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| • St. Jude researchers and doctors have research and treatment programs for children with pediatric HIV and AIDS, as well as using new drugs and therapies to fight related infections. |
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| • St. Jude was the first institution to develop a cure for sickle cell disease with a b0ne marrow transplant and has one of the largest pediatric sickle cell disease programs in the country |
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| • St. Jude is a world leader in developing new, improved treatments for children with cancer. We create more clinical trials for cancer than any other children's hospital. |
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| • We also research areas of medicine that pose a risk to children with cancer, such as infectious diseases |
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| • St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and around the world |
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| • On average, St. Jude has more than 67,000 patient visits each year |
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| • We shared our research results in 775 articles published in peer-reviewed journals in 2012. That equals, on average, a new discovery shared every 11 hours. |
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| • St. Jude has been recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For,” by The Scientist as one of the top 10 “Best Places to Work in Academia,” and by U.S. News & World Report and Parents magazine as a top children’s cancer hospital. |
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| • Designer Robert Green worked with the Thomas family to create the Danny and Rose Marie Thomas Memorial Garden The award-winning garden, which frames the burial crypt of Danny Thomas and his wife, Rose Marie Thomas |
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| • began to help support the family at age 10 by selling newspapers, and at 11 he became a candy maker in a burlesque theater, a job he held for seven years |
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| • Danny saved enough from his various jobs to go to Detroit and follow his dream to work in show business. |
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| • When Rose Marie was about to give birth to their first child, Margaret (later Marlo), the Thomases were leading a precarious life with Danny trying to establish himself as an entertainer. He was torn between his dedication to his work and his responsibility to his wife and their new baby. |
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| • Danny sought relief in prayer. He knelt before the statue of St. Jude, the patron saint of the hopeless causes, and begged for a sign: should he or should he not remain in show business? |
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| • In less than a year, Danny was earning $500 a week at the 5100 Club in Chicago. Danny went on to become one of the best-loved entertainers of his time, starring in shows in New York and Chicago, Hollywood movies and in the television series "Make Room for Daddy," which evolved into one of the most successful and honored family comedy shows in television history. |
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| • "Make Room for Daddy was actually based on 14 years of Danny's own life, depicted the comedian as an entertainer whose main problem was trying to spend as much time as possible with his family. The series won many awards, including five Emmys. After 11 seasons, and with his show still among the top 10 in ratings, Danny voluntarily ended the series. |
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| • Throughout his successes, Danny never forgot his promise to St. Jude. The shrine would be a hospital for needy children, a place where they would be cared for regardless of race, religion or ability to pay. Danny gave of himself wholeheartedly in the effort to realize his dream, contributing his talents, time and money. |
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| • One of his first jobs in Detroit was that of a singer on a radio show called "The Happy Hour Club." On the same program was a pretty, dark-haired Italian girl named Rose Marie Mantell. Danny escorted her home on the streetcar for three years before he proposed |
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| • Danny promised to erect a shrine to St. Jude if the saint would show Danny his way in life |
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| • From Danny's pledge that hospital care would be accessible to all children, regardless of their ability to pay, grew ALSAC, one of the most successful fund-raising organizations in American history. |
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| • More than 70 years ago, Danny Thomas, then a struggling young entertainer with a baby on the way, visited a Detroit church and was so moved during the Mass, he placed his last $7 in the collection box. When he realized what he’d done, Danny prayed for a way to pay the looming hospital bills. The next day, he was offered a small part that would pay 10 times the amount he’d given to the church. Danny had experienced the power of prayer |
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| • A few years later, at another turning point in his life, Danny visited a church and remembered his pledge to St. Jude. Again he prayed to St. Jude and repeated his pledge to build a shrine to the saint if he would show him the way. |
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| • In the early 1950s, Danny began discussing with friends what concrete form his vow might take. Gradually, the idea of a children’s hospital, possibly in Memphis, Tennessee, took shape |
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| • In 1955, Danny Thomas and a group of Memphis businessmen who had agreed to help support his dream seized on the idea of creating a unique research hospital devoted to curing catastrophic diseases in children. More than just a treatment facility, this would be a research center for the children of the world. |
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| • Danny started raising money for his vision of St. Jude in the early 1950s |
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| • Often accompanied by his wife, Rose Marie, Danny crisscrossed the United States by car, sharing his dream and raising funds at meetings and benefits. The pace was so hectic that Danny Thomas and his wife once visited 28 cities in 32 days |
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| • In 1957, 100 representatives of the Arab-American community met in Chicago to form ALSAC® with a sole purpose of raising funds for the support of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
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| • From a promise of “Help me find my way in life, and I will build you a shrine” to the fulfillment of his dream, Danny lived to see his little hospital become an international beacon of hope for the catastrophically ill children of the world |
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| • The founder of St. Jude and ALSAC died on February 6, 1991, just two days after joining patients, parents and employees to celebrate the hospital’s 29th anniversary |
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| • their children, Marlo, Terre and Tony, carry on their parents’ work and remain a driving force in fulfilling their father’s mission. Danny Thomas is gone, but his dream lives on. |
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| • The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of our founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family's ability to pay. |
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| • millions of dollars are donated each year |
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| • Although Danny Thomas and his friends raised the money to build the hospital, they now faced the daunting task of funding its annual operation.To solve this problem, Danny, of Lebanese decent, turned to his fellow Americans of Arabic-speaking heritage. Believing deeply that these Americans should, as a group, thank the United States for the gifts of freedom given their parents, Danny also felt the support of St. Jude would be a noble way of honoring his immigrant forefathers who had come to America. |
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