No other place in the world does for children what St. Jude does.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is the only pediatric cancer research center that pays for all treatment not covered by insurance, regardless of a family's ability to pay.
Eighty-five cents of every dollar received at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital goes directly to patient care and research.
Every breakthrough made at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is immediately and freely shared with the scientific community worldwide. That's why St. Jude is often referred to as the "hospital without walls."
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital pays for the cost of travel, food, and lodging for every patient and a parent.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital follows the progress of its patients long after they leave the hospital, providing certain follow-up services, advice and assistance at no charge to the patients.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital works to find cures for some rare life-threatening childhood diseases that require very specialized treatments.
Alejandro's family was on Christmas vacation when he began to suffer from nausea. His mother, Inés, had a feeling it was something serious so she took him to the nearest hospital in Florida.
