St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

In 1999 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Today, our collegiate members play a critical role in our fundraising for St. Jude with campus events such as Delta Dodgeball, D-Hop and Delta Desserts. Our alumnae chapters support local and regional children’s hospitals and pediatric cancer initiatives across North America and we partner together to support St. Jude’s Walk/Run and Memphis Marathon by forming teams, raising money and volunteering at these events.

Tri Delta 4 St. Jude

• More than $75 million raised in support of St. Jude’s mission to find cures and save children since the partnership began in 1999.
• In 2014, Tri Delta made one of the single largest commitments by a St. Jude partner, pledging $60 million in 10 years. In honor of this commitment, St. Jude named its on-campus, short-term housing facility Tri Delta Place. 
• In 2013, Tri Delta celebrated raising $15 million in 3 ½ years to name the Specialty Clinic at St. Jude.
• In 2010, Tri Delta successfully completed its $10 million in 10 years commitment in just 4 years to name the Bone Marrow Transplant Patient Care Floor.
• In 2005 Tri Delta raised $1 million to endow the hospital’s teen room.

In July 2014, Tri Delta announced its goal to raise $60 million in 10 years to name the Tri Delta House, a residence for patients during their treatment at St. Jude.

QUICK ST. JUDE FACTS

No child is ever denied treatment because of the family's inability to pay. 
Families never receive a bill, regardless of their ability to pay.
St. Jude has 20 partner sites in 14 countries.
175 countries have benefited from Cure4Kids.org
It costs $1.8 million a day to run St. Jude.
75% of this money comes from public donations.
81 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to research and treatment.
The overall survival rate for all childhood cancers is now 80%.

Survival rate for ALL (The most common type of childhood cancer) has risen from 4% to 94% today.