Has anyone given to St. Jude's or used it.

[demtenjeep]

I think that is going to be my cause this year

[MLAA]

1. I've given to them.

Crazy that getting children medical care needs to come rely on charity.

[Celerity]

2. great cause, I have given to them before

[MissMillie]

3. My mom used to give to them every year

In fact when she passed, they were one of the "in lieu of flowers" organizations we asked people to donate to:

St. Jude's
the local food bank
Alzheimer's Association

[Drunken Irishman]

4. My mom gave to St. Jude every year.

My brother passed away from leukemia when he was 12 years old and she made it a point to give to them every year. When she passed away from cancer in 2020, I asked for donations to be made in her honor.

[MaryMagdaline]

13. I'm so sorry. What a terrible loss for your family.

[samplegirl]

5. I have

it’s a wonderful charity.

[Scrivener7]

6. Not them, but I had a lot of dealings with Shriners Children's Hospital

in Philadelphia over the years.

Same mission, and they were amazing.

Nothing against St Judes, I just have first hand experience with Shriners and have known many of the children they help.

[MaryMagdaline]

11. Wonderful organization. They treated a friend of mine's

daughter, who had severe burns. The child is now a pediatric nurse. Shriner’s was a life saver in all respects.

[blogslug]

15. Small correction

Both organizations do, indeed, provide medical services to children free of charge. Both are wonderful. The difference being that St. Jude focuses on childhood "catastrophic diseases, particularly leukemia and other cancers". The Shriners "provide orthopedic care, burn treatment, cleft lip and palate care and spinal cord injury rehabilitation."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Jude_Children%27s_Research_Hospital
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shriners#Shriners_Hospitals_for_Children

[Haggard Celine]

7. My mom gives to them.

They're definitely a worthy cause.

[rateyes]

8. I have a student who is alive today because

Of St. Jude. Survivor of Brain Cancer. Didn’t cost his family a dime. I’ve actually spearheaded a bike-a-thon for them. Great cause and organization.

[elleng]

9. Contributed shortly after my first granddaughter was born,

as my daughter decided to do the same, maybe due to post-partum hormone activity.

All 4 grands are fine, and I want to contribute every time I see an ad.

[MaryMagdaline]

10. Yes. I have donated.

My good friend’s son was treated there. They were absolutely thrilled with the medical staff and all of the support staff. They could not say enough about how great everyone was at St. Jude’s.

[demtenjeep]

12. Thanks

Signing up now

[dixiechiken1]

14. Mr Dixie & I give monthly...

It's a good cause and the money is well spent. Also, they don't relentlessly hound us asking us to up our monthly contribution. (ASPCA called constantly. Got so sick of hearing from them that we ended up finding another animal charity.)

[Thunderbeast]

16. My departed Mother in Law supported St. Judes with her limited income

A devout Catholic, she regularly prayed to St. Jude for her grown children.

According to my wife, St. Jude is the patron saint for "lost causes".

[Deuxcents]

17. I've donated for years to them

I have it on auto pay every month