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Each year, SoACE chooses a philanthropy to sponsor in conjunction with its annual conference. This year, we have selected St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. St. Jude’s Hospital is located in Memphis, TN, just a short distance from the site of our conference, the Peabody Hotel. The St. Jude Marathon also happens to fall two days before our conference begins, so SoACE has formed a fundraising team, Team SoACE, that will be raising money for St. Jude and participating in one of the races that day.
Team SoACE has committed to raising $10,000 for the children and families at St. Jude. Here are a few reasons why we are excited about this year’s philanthropy:
• Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
• Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90%, and they won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.
• St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children.
To make a donation to St. Jude on behalf of Team SoACE, please visit our team page. You’ll need to select a team member from the roster on that page to make your donation.
Interested in joining the team? Click here!
