I don’t know about you, but I love me some Yolanda Adams! St. Jude recently partnered with the GRAMMY winning artist and radio show host, Yolanda Adams and Radio One, Inc. who led efforts along with nationally syndicated inspiration shows across the country to help raise more than $1 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to find cures for kids suffering from cancer and other deadly diseases. St. Jude does this by combining pioneering research with exceptional care.
Talk about giving back in numbers, in addition to Yolanda Adams, among the many notable names to lend their time in the phone bank and influence to this fundraising event were James Fortune, Hezekiah Walker, VaShawn Mitchell, Byron Cage, BET’s “Sunday Best” winner Crystal Aikin, reality TV star Traci Braxton and a host of local gospel artists like Anthony Brown, Thomas Clay and Seven Sons of Soul. In Atlanta, syndicated radio host Corey “CoCo Brother” Condrey generated more than $320,000 during his four-hour show; which bested his 2012 total of $250,000. The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) also played a large role in managing the phone banks.
Radio Cares for St. Jude Kids® is a radio fundraising event that shares touching stories of St. Jude patients and families, and since 2008, has raised more than $15 million in cash and pledges.
“Our listeners are always so supportive of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and its lifesaving mission,” said Yolanda Adams. “Every child should have the opportunity to enjoy life’s special moments – big and small – and cancer should not be a child’s only defining moment. With the help of my radio colleagues and fans, we are so proud to raise millions of dollars to help save lives.”
Adams is referring to children like Kayla who joined other patients to share their St. Jude experiences with listeners across the country. Diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer, Kayla is currently being treated at St. Jude. But she hasn’t let that stop her from enjoying life’s special moments. Kayla is a diva who loves fashion, keeping up with the latest trends and singing. This is all possible today, thanks to research and treatment protocols developed at St. Jude, which have pushed survival rates for ALL from 4 to 94 percent.
“The continued support of Radio One, Inc., the gospel artists and volunteers help St. Jude continue its lifesaving work and offer hope to children like Kayla in communities everywhere,” said Richard Shadyac Jr., CEO of ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “Programs like Radio Cares for St. Jude Kids truly make a difference to the families who walk through our doors every day. Thanks to the generosity of listeners, those families never have to pay St. Jude for anything.”
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