CFC Charity Spotlight: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

After Cameron took a tumble down the stairs, emergency room tests revealed tumors on his spine and brain. Cameron underwent brain and spinal surgery at a hospital near his home, and then his parents, Wardell and Tamika, turned to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® (CFC #10560) for his treatment and care.

Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since it opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.

Shortly after they arrived at St. Jude, Wardell turned to Tamika. “I said, we need to donate to St. Jude, and she said, ‘I’ve already beat you to it.’ Her workplace was participating in the Combined Federal Campaign, and she was a donor for five years before our son’s diagnosis.”

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.

Cameron is now finished with treatment and visits St. Jude for regular checkups.

“It was through Cameron’s situation that we learned to keep faith in humanity,” Wardell said. “St. Jude reminded us there are more good people than bad people in the world.”

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (CFC #10560) is one of the CFC charities supported through donations pledged by Federal employees and military personnel. The CFC is the world’s largest and most successful annual workplace giving campaign. Last year, Federal employees contributed more than $93 million to thousands of local, national, and international causes in both funds and volunteer time.

Through their generosity in the CFC, federal and military personnel have helped find cures for children with cancer, supported injured military veterans and their families, provided meals and housing for those in need, and improved millions of lives, building stronger, healthier communities for all of us.

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Community Health Charities was an inaugural member in the CFC and represents top nonprofits like St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (CFC #10560), American Cancer Society (#10570), Alzheimer’s Association (#11234), Samaritan’s Purse (#10532), Susan G. Komen (#10615), and Paralyzed Veterans of America (#33835). We recently launched a #Thanks8billion campaign to recognize military and federal personnel who have given so generously through the CFC, raising more than $8 billion over more than 50 years. To join us in saying thank you, visit our website for social media graphics and a full list of CFC charity partners.