St. Jude: Finding Cures. Saving Children
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.
Values:
- A commitment to providing patients with the highest quality of medical and supportive care, and their families with the level of information and support necessary for them to make informed decisions and to become active participants in the care of their children.
- A commitment to respect the ethnic, cultural, religious and lifestyle differences of patients, their families, our colleagues and our supporters.
- A commitment to our donors that every dollar donated will be wisely spent toward achieving their Mission of advancing cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic disease through research and treatment.
- A commitment to a culture of excellence, innovation and creativity, not only in our research, but in everything we do.
- A drive and a sense of urgency to succeed.
- Honesty, integrity, and accountability in their actions and decisions.
- A commitment to diversity.
- St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and from around the world.
- On average, 7,800 active patients visit the hospital each year, most of whom are treated on an outpatient basis.
- St. Jude has 78 inpatient beds and treats upwards of 260 patients each day.
- St. Jude is the first and only pediatric cancer center to be designated as a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute.
- St. Jude is the first institution established for the sole purpose of conducting basic and clinical research and treatment into catastrophic childhood diseases, mainly cancer.
- Research findings at St. Jude are shared freely with doctors and scientists all over the world
- No family ever pays St. Jude for anything.
- In its most recent survey, Parents magazine named St. Jude the No. 1 pediatric cancer care hospital in the country, based on the magazine's survey of more than 75 children's hospitals nationwide.
- St. Jude has developed protocols that have helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent when the hospital opened in 1962 to 80 percent today.
So you may be thinking, why am I writing about this foundation? Reason being is my amazing, hard working, dedicated client Minna Urrey (see below photo of her badassness) is running the 2012 Warrior Dash with her colleagues at SkyBridge Capital and in the process is raising money for St Jude's Children's foundation!!!!! Please contribute to the cause as every little bit helps!
Here is the link to her page:
www.mystjudeevent.org/minna
Select donate on the page to make a donation in support of the mission of St. Jude — finding cures and saving children. Your gift will help the doctors and researchers at St. Jude find new treatments for cancer and other deadly diseases.
Stay Fit. Stay Classy. Stay True.
Jenna
References:
http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f87d4c2a71fca210VgnVCM1000001e0215acRCRD
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