St Judes Hospital
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06/28/22 01:55 PM
06/28/22 01:55 PM
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Does anyone have any experience with St Judes research hospital - or know how it all started?
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Re: St Judes Hospital
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06/28/22 02:13 PM
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It was started by Danny Thomas. He was struggling in the early years of his comedy career. So he made a donation to St Jude, and asked for help him provide for his family. He promised if he did he would build him a shrine. In short order he got a well paying gig. He built the hospital as a shrine.
My cousin's kid was sent there for treatment at the age of 10. My cousin can't say enough about them. He loves them and makes a sizeable donation every year. He's very tight, so to me that means he truly believes in what they do. They never charged him a dime. They take what insurance give them, and for uninsured people they don't ask for any money. Thus why it costs over $2 million/day to run. They also help with lodging and travel expenses.
I think a lot of the doctors who work there donate their time.
Also looking at charity sites it looks like $0.82 of every dollar donated to their fundraising org is sent to St Judes.
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Re: St Judes Hospital
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06/28/22 02:33 PM
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I think his daughter, Marlo stayed heavily involved when her father died.
I've never heard a negative word regarding St Jude's Hospital; all positive.
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Re: St Judes Hospital
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06/28/22 07:31 PM
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Great hospital. I donate several times a year.
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