I have been a proud supporter for many years of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. While working as an on-air personality for various radio stations, we would host share-a-thons for this wonderful organization. Now I am no longer on-air, but I still give to this amazing hospital every year. A quick background on St. Jude’s ■ St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened in 1962 and was founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas. His mission was to find cures for children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. ■ St. Jude covers the cost of food, travel and lodging for patients and a family member. ■ St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance. ■ In 1962, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer, was 4 percent....
