For the Kids

Well, for the past year I have been on the executive board for EKU's Up Till Dawn, an organization that exists to raise money and awareness for St. Jude's research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Over the past 5 years, UTD at EKU has raised over $130,000. Wow, that's a lot of money... but the reality is St. Jude's takes 1.5 million dollars to operate each day. It is a place where no child is turned away, money is never an issue. Families are flown in from around the world and are not charged for anything. They don't have to worry about transportation, housing, food, medical bills, school, or anything. It truly is an amazing place and I will forever be an advocate of its great work. St. Jude's houses many Pulitzer prize winners and the best doctora and researchers in the world. Visiting this hospital really showed me what all of our work is going to and made me realize that we have a lot of work left to do. This coming Monday is our Letter Writing event, where all students on campus are asked to bring 25 addresses (not phonebooks, but family and friends) and come to enjoy free food, speakers, and doorprizes. We send out letters to thousands of people asking for support with St. Jude's. This is the event where we usually raise most of our money and I am pumped for Monday. Please be in prayer for that day.
While at the hospital, I heard a mother speak and her journey with her son's cancer. He found out he had cancer in his eyes when he was only an infant. They gave him weeks to live, but then someone recommended St. Jude's... he is now 16 years old. He is blind from having one of his eyes removed and the other had so much cancer taken out that it doesn't work properly. But he is just a normal 16 year old, he even has a "smokin hot" girlfriend (as he would say).
I am so grateful to have been able to visit the hospital... if you ever get the chance, please go! I am also honored to have the privileged to raise money for the kids... Please be in prayer for this ministry!