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

By Abny Santicola

The institution does this by sharing patient stories with volunteers and providing them information on what it is able to accomplish in medicine and research because of funds raised.

“We also try to make their volunteer job very easy by providing them with lots of instructions and help, being just one phone call away whenever they need us, and then providing that ongoing, hopefully wonderful, St. Jude experience throughout that time — between the time we ask them to participate and the time they actually do their event,” she adds.