B93 Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon
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, 2024.
There are two easy ways to become a B93 Partner in Hope during the radiothon:
Radiothon Sponsors
St. Jude on Facebook
About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
It now costs nearly $1.4 billion per year to run St. Jude and the cost is estimated to grow to approximately $2 billion per year by 2027.
As one of the largest pediatric cancer research hospitals in the world, St. Jude treats about 8,600 patients each year with 77 beds in operation and a license to go up to 80 beds. But our approach is different and has been since we opened the hospital. We believe a child should live as typical a childhood as possible, even when battling life-threatening diseases. That’s why most of our patients are treated as outpatients and stay in one of our housing facilities specifically designed and managed for families of children with cancer and other diseases. Construction of a new housing facility is underway.
On March 25, 2021 the St. Jude Board of Governors approved the largest strategic investment in our nearly 60-year history, committing $11.5 billion during the next six years. The Six-Year St. Jude Strategic Plan focuses on the expansion of patient care and clinical and laboratory-based research related to pediatric catastrophic illnesses, including work in cancer, blood disorders, neurological diseases and infectious diseases. The plan calls for an additional 1,400 jobs; the expenditure of $1.9 billion in new construction, renovation and capital needs; and the development of new research areas.
Donor contributions have saved the lives of thousands of children, and we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer!