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Washington DC St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer
ORGANIZATION: ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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57 people are interested
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and we need your help at the St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer on Saturday, September 29!
Whether you want to help with set up in the morning before the event starts, assist with registration, hand out t-shirts, man the photo booth, help our participants make signs and posters, cheer our walkers and runners on, assemble Thrivent snack kits for hospital patients, or be a course marshal to direct participants in the right direction, we need you!
SPECIFIC NEEDS:
Set up (15 volunteers): 6 - 8 a.m.
Volunteer Check In (2 volunteers): 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Registration (12 volunteers): 7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Hospitality (3 volunteers): 7:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Kids Zone (3 volunteers): 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Mission Tent (2 volunteers): 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Spirit Station Tent (2 volunteers): 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thrivent Snack Tent (2 volunteers): 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
National Teams Tent (2 volunteers): 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Photobooth (1 volunteers): 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
VIP Zone (2 volunteers): 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Tear Down (10 volunteers): 12:00 -1:00 p.m.
If you have any special talents (face painting, balloon artist, zumba instructor, princess cosplay artist, etc) PLEASE let us know!
St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. St. Jude has helped push the childhood cancer survival rate from less than 20% when we opened to 80% today. Families whose children are receiving treatment at St. Jude never receive a bill for any aspect of that treatment - travel, housing, food, or the treatment itself. Our donors and supporters cover nearly 75% of all operating costs of the hospital, and the Walk/Run is a critical component of that support.
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About ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Location:
4301 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22203, US
Mission Statement
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital opened in 1962 and was founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas. Its mission is to find cures for children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and from around the world. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance. No child is ever denied treatment because of the family's inability to pay. St. Jude has developed protocols that have helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent when the hospital opened in 1962 to 80 percent today. 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 94 percent, thanks to research and treatment protocols developed at St. Jude.
Description
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, located in Memphis, Tenn., is one of the world's premier pediatric cancer research centers. Its mission is to find cures for children with cancer and other deadly diseases through research and treatment. During its nearly 50-year history, St. Jude pioneered the bench-to-bedside model in advancing the care and treatment of catastrophically ill children and developed groundbreaking protocols for providing outpatient pediatric cancer care. St. Jude has developed protocols that have helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent when the hospital opened in 1962 to 80 percent today.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1500 S Capitol St SENationals ParkWashington, DC 20003
DATE POSTED
August 14, 2018
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Basic Computer Skills
- Spanish
- Painting
- Customer Service
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 17
- 4 hours