Join the Fight

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Join the Fight
No child should die in the dawn of life.
-Danny Thomas, Founder St. Jude
Childrens Research Hospital
The children need us. We need you.
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St. Jude A Hospital Without Walls

• Daily operating costs exceed 1.3 million.
• St. Jude treats children regardless of their
  race, religion, creed or ability to pay. Patients
  never receive a bill for treatment at St. Jude,
  and families without insurance are never asked to
  pay.

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St. Jude A Hospital Without Walls

• St. Jude treats children with cancer, pediatric
  
• HIV/AIDS, sickle cell disease, genetic diseases
  and other life-threatening diseases.
• St. Jude has developed protocols that have
  brought survival rates for childhood cancers from
  less than 20 percent to 70 percent overall.

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St. Jude A Hospital Without Walls

• St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states
  and more than 70 countries.
• In 1962, the survival rate for acute
  lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common
  form of childhood cancer, was 4 percent. Today,
  due largely to treatment protocols developed at
  St. Jude, the survival rate for this once deadly
  disease is 93 percent.

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St. Jude A Hospital Without Walls

• St. Jude immediately and freely shares its
  research findings with the worldwide medical
  community meaning one child saved at St. Jude is
  thousands of children saved around the world.

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The Up til Dawn Program
All of us are born for a reason, but all of us
don't discover why. Success in life has nothing
to do with what you gain in life or accomplish
for yourself. It's what you do for others. -
Danny Thomas, Founder St. Jude Childrens
Research Hospital

• Up til Dawn has raised more than 12 million for
  St. Jude since it began in 1998.
• Up til Dawn is on 185 campuses nationwide,
  making it the largest collegiate campus
  philanthropy in existence today.

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What is Up til Dawn?
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• A campus-wide event for anyone and everyone.
• An opportunity to learn about St. Jude.
• A way to have fun and save childrens lives.
• Not your average club or service event.

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How Do I Get Involved?
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• Participate in fund-raising activities.
• Stay Up til Dawn at the Finale Event.

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Fund raising

• Each person attends a lettering event and takes
  part in a letter-writing campaign.
• Bring 50 names and addresses of family and
  friends.
• St. Jude provides all materials (letters,
  envelopes and postage).
• On average, for every set of 50 letters mailed,
  more than 250 is donated to St. Jude.

Join Us Saturday, October 4th 7-10pm Boylan
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The Finale Event

• The Finale Event is a 4 hour celebration of our
  fund-raising success.
• We enjoy a night of fun entertainment.
• We sacrifice an evening in honor of the patients
  and families at St. Jude who endure so many
  sleepless nights.
• The Finale Event concludes with the exciting
  revealing of our fund-raising total.

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Our Motto
FIGHT THE YAWN Stay Awake to Cure Childhood Cancer
Lauren Lewis 2 years old neuroblastoma
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Join a Team.
St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, the
worlds premier pediatric cancer research center,
was founded by Danny Thomas to find cures for
children with catastrophic diseases through
research and treatment.
Help the Cause.
Save a Life.
Monmouth University Up til Dawn 2008
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For more information contact Christina
Freeland Greek Senate UTD Co-Chair s0617347_at_monmou
th.edu Jerod Weber Greek Senate UTD
Co-Chair s0649902_at_montmouth.edu Or Monmouth
Universitys Greek Senate Student Center 3rd
Floor (Office 335) 732-923-4710
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JOIN US!!! Saturday, October 4th 700-1000PM Boy
lan Gymnasium Letter Writing, Music, Fun
Food, SnapShot Photos (sponsored by SAB), Prizes,
and MORE!!!