The St. Jude Runners team is comprised of dedicated individuals who commit to train for and complete the 26.2 mile race in an effort to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. In addition to training for the marathon, I have set a goal to raise $1,000 for the kids at St. Jude, and I now ask your help in raising money for this worthy cause.

The late entertainer Danny Thomas founded St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in 1962 with a dream that "no child would die in the dawn of life." More than 16,000 children have been treated at St. Jude Hospital, with countless others with local doctors and hospitals. With your help, patients will continue to receive treatment at no cost to their families, and the important research will endure.

My oldest son is a St. Jude patient. Diagnosed with a brain tumor in the left thalmus in 1998, he is doing very well today. Through all his treatment and follow-up work at St Jude, we have never received a bill from St Jude. We love St Jude.