SADDLE UP for ST. JUDE 

BENEFIT RIDE FOR ST. JUDE RESEARCH HOSPITAL

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Why Help St. Jude Children's Research Hospital?

• St. Jude is the world's largest pediatric cancer research center in terms of the number of patients enrolled and successfully treated. Since St. Jude opened in 1962, it has treated children from all 50 states and more than 70 foreign countries.

●St. Jude has approximately 4,700 patients in active status, St. Jude which is non-sectarian, treats children without regard to race, religion, creed or ability to pay, St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay.

• In 1962, the survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer, was 4 percent. Today. the survival rate for this once deadly disease' is 90 percent thanks to research and treatment protocols developed at St. Jude.

• St. Jude pioneered a combination of chemotherapy, radiation and, when necessary, surgery to treat childhood cancers. The hospital continues to expand the use of bone marrow transplantation as a treatment for pediatric cancers and genetic diseases.

• Research findings at St. Jude are shared with doctors and scientists all over the world.

• St. Jude is supported primarily by public contributions.

• During the past five years, 83.7 percent of every dollar received by ALSAC/St. Jude has gone to the current or future needs of St. Jude.

Sponsored participants will be eligible to win the following prizes!

All participants turning in money

Lapel pin

Participants raising $35 or more

T-shirt + Lapel pin

Participant raising $75 or more

Backpack + T-shirt + lapel pin

Participants raising $125 or more

Sweatshirt + Backpack + T-shirt + lapel pin

Participants raising $175 or more

Cap + Sweatshirt + Backpack + T-shirt + lapel pin

Safety Tips
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Remember that the safety of all riders and horses is imperative to a successful ride

Have riders check all equipment   

Always wear a helmet while riding.

ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, 1-800-877-5833, is a non-profit, tax exempt corporation whose purpose is to care for children stricken with catastrophic diseases, to conduct medical research on those diseases and to raise the funds needed to allow St. Jude to accomplish this. Children are admitted without regard to race, religion or ability to pay. St. Jude does not sell, rent or loan any personally identifying data to anyone not acting on our behalf. Donations to St. Jude are tax deductible as allowed by law.