B93 listeners have opened their hearts to the children of St. Jude to the tune of over $500,000 since our first radiothon more than 20 years ago.
The tradition of fighting childhood cancer continues with the B93 Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon on March 6th and 7th, 2025. There are two easy ways to become a B93 Partner in Hope during the radiothon:
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About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
More than 70 years ago, Danny Thomas, then a struggling young entertainer with a baby on the way, visited a Detroit church. He was so moved during the Mass, he placed his last $7 in the collection box. With only a few coins left in his pocket, Danny prayed for a way to pay his looming hospital bills. The next day, he was offered a small part that would pay 10 times the amount he had given to the church. Danny had experienced the power of prayer.
Two years later, Danny had achieved moderate acting success in Detroit, but he was struggling to take his career to the next level. Once again, he turned to the church. Praying to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless causes, Danny asked the saint to “help me find my way in life, and I will build you a shrine.”
Through striking improvements in the care of pediatric leukemias and numerous forms of solid tumors, St. Jude — which now has a daily operating cost of $2.4 million — has brought about improved health care for children all over the world. St. Jude’s physicians and scientists have pioneered treatments that have helped push the overall survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent when the hospital opened in 1962 to more than 80 percent today.
From a promise of “Help me find my way in life, and I will build you a shrine” to the fulfillment of his dream, Danny lived to see his hospital become an international beacon of hope for the catastrophically ill children of the world. The founder of St. Jude and ALSAC died on Feb. 6, 1991, just two days after joining patients, parents and employees to celebrate the hospital’s 29th anniversary. He was laid to rest in a family crypt at the Danny Thomas/ALSAC Pavilion on the grounds of the hospital. On July 12, 2000, his wife, Rose Marie, passed away and now lies with her beloved husband in the hospital’s Memorial Garden. Today, their children, Marlo, Terre and Tony, carry on their parents’ work and remain a driving force in fulfilling their father’s mission. Danny Thomas is gone, but his dream lives on.
Each year, our Listeners demonstrate their love and support for the children and families of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!
