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3rd Annual KIX Concert for Kids
THANK YOU to everyone for helping make the night a great success!
KIX 97.9 and the Calvin Theater welcomes Brett
Eldredge, Ashton Shepherd, Steve Holy and Josh Turner for the
3rd Annual Concert for Kids to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital.
Brought to you by Yankee Candle Flagship in South Deerfield Friday, February 25th, 2011 Calvin Theatre in Northampton KIX photos courtesy of R.L. Photography. www.rl-photos.com
The mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital To advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.
KIX 97.9 teamed up with some of your favorite country singers to raise money to help kids through St. Jude Childrens Hospital.
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3rd Annual Concert for Kids
Tuesday 03-01-2011 11:28pm ET
Concert for Kids 2011 Videos
Tuesday 03-01-2011 10:06pm ET
St. Jude Quick Facts
Monday 01-18-2010 4:36pm ET
| | |  | On Average, 5,400 active patients visit the hospital each year, most of whom are treated on an outpatient basis.
Research findings at St. Jude are shared freely with doctors and scientists all over the world. St. Jude enjoys a worldwide reputation as a teaching facility. The medical and scientific staff published more than 600 articles in academic journals in 2007, more than any other pediatric cancer research center in the United States. This is an average of a St. Jude paper being published every 17 hours.
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 was the first institution to develop a cure for sickle cell disease with a bone marrow transplant and has one of the largest pediatric sickle cell programs in the country. More facts here |
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