Danny Thomas’ ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Has a Hollywood/Fundraising Connection That Still Shines 50 Years Later

By Abny Santicola

ALSAC/St. Jude has more than 30,000 fundraising events a year put on by what Moses calls its “volunteer army” — more than 1 million volunteers around the country, whose regional events accounted for 26 percent of the organization’s net fundraising in FY 2006.

The institution considers a volunteer anyone who works to raise money and is not compensated in any way, which includes its celebrity army.