Jacinta and her mom are hoping to go on the Saddle Up For Saint Jude Charity trail ride to be held on May 15th at Salt Fork State Park near Cambridge Ohio, starting at 9 a.m. The purpose of the ride is to raise money for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. In order for us to go, we need to raise at least $25 each for this charity by May 15th. If you can help us in by donating, either contact me and I will send you an envelope, or else you can use the donation button in this post.
Even one dollar would be greatly appreciated! If you want to go on the ride yourself, you might be able to rent a horse at Salt Fork, or else bring your own horse if you have one. (Or, maybe you could get the Faith Ranch people to organize a group to go??) Here is a link that you can investigate about renting horses at Salt Fork: http://www.saltforkstateparklodge.com/horseback-riding-1081.html
-St. Jude was the first institution to cure sickle cell disease with a bone marrow transplant and has one of the largest pediatric sickle cell programs in the country.
-No child is ever turned away because of a family’s inability to pay.
-Your support benefits St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the breakthrough discoveries that lead to life-saving cures every day, for children in every community.
-St. Jude is the first and only hospital to use a bone marrow transplant as treatment for the genetic disorder osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease.
-St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center that fully pays for lodging, food, and travel for patients and their families.
-St. Jude opened its doors in 1962 and sees approximately 200 children every day.
-Every breakthrough at St. Jude is immediately and freely shared with the scientific and medical communities worldwide. That’s why St. Jude is called the “hospital without walls.”
-St. Jude has increased the survival rate of the most common form of childhood cancer, ALL, from 4 percent when the hospital opened to 85 percent today.
-Eighty-four cents of every dollar received goes directly to research and treatment.
-St. Jude has become the nation’s third largest healthcare charity, supporting a daily operating cost of more than $1 million.
-We never stop looking for cures. For any child. Ever.
To find out more about this hospital, you can visit:
http://www.stjude.org/stjude/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=f2bfab46cb118010VgnVCM1000000e2015acRCRD
