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Incredibly Generous Shoe Shiner Donates $200,000 in Tips to Hospital

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:03:23 +0000

Albert Lexie shines shoes, but he brightens up a whole lot more than people’s feet. Lexie has worked as a shoe shiner for the last 32 years at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. No big deal, you say? Well, it is when you consider that he has donated every single penny in tips he’s made since [...]

Celebs of All Kinds Get Involved With St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Chris Chaberski — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:54:12 +0000

Over the years, many people in the public eye—including actors, NASCAR drivers, musicians, political leaders, supermodels and more—have gotten involved with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Even decades ago, during fund-raisers for St. Jude, stars like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Shore and Jack Benny helped raise awareness about St. Jude. [...]

5 Surprising Facts About St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 21:17:15 +0000

You may know St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was founded with the specific goal of curing cancer in children, but there’s probably a whole lot more about it you don’t know. A longtime leader in the field of childhood cancer treatment, St. Jude remains dedicated to its cause and has helped thousands of kids. However, [...]

6 Moving Celebrity Commercials for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:38:43 +0000

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been helping kids fight cancer since 1962, all thanks to contributions that let families get treated for free. It’s an undertaking that has worked thanks, in part, to the way the facility has reached the public. St. Jude has long aired touching commercials that work: they make people want [...]

Fun. Visit Children's Hospital

Alexandra Capotorto — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:30:20 +0000

How’s this for some happy news? Rockers Fun. gave kids at the New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital a visit they won’t soon forget. Last week, the band popped into the hospital to perform an acoustic set, hoping to lift the children’s spirits.