The founder of St. Jude's Children's Hospital was Danny Thomas, a national entertainer from over 50 years ago.
Danny's Dream-St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital—opened its doors in 1962 and is now recognized as one of the world’s premier centers for study and treatment of catastrophic diseases in children. Focusing on pediatric leukemias, solid tumor forms of cancer, infectious diseases and biomedical research, during its first decade of existence, the hospital’s curative therapies and research successes spread its fame worldwide and helped save the lives of innumerable children everywhere.
Cheryl Piperberg
40 x 14 inches
$99.99
From a promise of "Show me my way in life and I will build you a shrine" to the fulfillment of his dream, Danny Thomas lived to see his little hospital become a beacon of hope for the catastrophically ill children of the world. The founder of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and ALSAC died on February 6, 1991, just two days after joining patients, parents and employees to celebrate the hospital’s 29th anniversary. He was laid to rest in a family crypt at the Danny Thomas / ALSAC Pavilion on the grounds of the hospital. On July 12, 2000, his wife, Rose Marie, passed away and now lies with her beloved husband in the hospital’s Danny and Rose Marie Thomas Memorial Garden. Today, their children, Marlo, Terre and Tony, carry on their parents’ work and remain a driving force in fulfilling their father’s mission. Danny is gone, but his dream lives on.
International Outreach
Improved therapy dramatically increased survival rates for children with cancer over the past three decades, but worldwide, fewer than 30 percent of children with cancer have access to modern treatment.
The mission of International Outreach is to improve the survival rates of children with catastrophic diseases worldwide, through the transfer of knowledge, technology, and organizational skills.
A global mission
By helping hospitals in developing countries form research ethics committees, St. Jude opens the door to sharing lifesaving knowledge with the world.
Cure4Kids celebrates milestone
Romero Britto
32 x 28 inches
$34.99
The St. Jude Cure4Kids program now has more than 10,000 users from 155 countries. Established as a part of the International Outreach Program, the Cure4Kids Web site brings the latest medical knowledge on the treatment of pediatric catastrophic diseases to health care providers in countries with limited resources. The site offers a digital library, on-demand seminars with slides and audio in several languages, and other resources.
“Begun in 2002 with five seminars, Cure4Kids now contains 850 seminars, 25 online courses, 20 international conferences and 120 international groups that meet online,” said Yuri Quintana, PhD, International Outreach. “The content has been accessed more than 1 million times.”
To access the site, visit www.cure4kids.org/register.
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