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Black Tie
International:
Hill Harper & St. Jude
kick off inaugural Call to Service campaign
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Hill
Harper, Courtney & Luis |
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Actor Hill Harper set aside time to play Jenga with St. Jude
patients Courtney and Luis while touring St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital®. Hill and St. Jude kicked off
the inaugural Call to Service for St. Jude initiative
last week, asking the more than 1 million National
Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) members, family and friends to
support St. Jude, where no family ever receives a bill, by
going to
stjude.org/nphc.
“I am a huge supporter of St. Jude and this new
partnership makes me proud to be a member of Alpha Phi
Alpha, the world’s oldest
intercollegiate fraternity founded by African-American men,”
said actor, author and winner of the Education Freedom
Award, Hill Harper. “NPHC
organizations have deep roots in education and making a
difference in the lives of our youth. Engaging this richly
diverse membership through the Call to Service for
St. Jude initiative will help raise awareness about St. Jude
in the African-American community, while sharing the
hospital’s mission of treating the world’s sickest children
with the best care.”
The NPHC is composed of historically African-American
international Greek letter Sororities and Fraternities.
Participating organizations include: Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, Inc. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.,
Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc., Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority,
Inc. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. and Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc.
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Relationships with organizations like the NPHC are more
important than ever to St. Jude because no family ever pays
St. Jude for anything and more than 75 percent of the
hospital’s funding comes from the public.
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A Call to Service for St. Jude helps kids like
four-year-old Kennedi, who suffered from acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer,
and was referred to St. Jude where she was placed on a
two-and-a-half year treatment plan. Within two weeks, her
cancer was in remission. Here’s a link to the video of
Kennedi’s patient story:
http://bcove.me/xj472tb5.
Her mother said, “Whenever she sees the St. Jude logo, she
says ‘There’s my doctor!’ We trust the doctors here, and
know Kennedi is at the best place possible.” Kennedi’s
mother Chauntay, is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority,
and father Joseph, is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. |
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Since opening 50 years ago, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
has changed the way the world treats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
No family ever pays St. Jude for the care their child receives and, for every child treated here,
thousands more have been saved worldwide through St. Jude discoveries.
The hospital has played a pivotal role in pushing U.S. pediatric cancer survival rates
from 20 to 80 percent overall, and is the first and only National Cancer Institute-
designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted to children.
It is also a leader in the research and treatment of blood disorders
and infectious diseases in children.
St. Jude was founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, who believed
that no child should die in the dawn of life.
Join that mission by visiting www.stjude.org
or following us on facebook.com/stjude and twitter.com/stjude.
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