As St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital says: “Childhood cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease for children under the age of 14. When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.” And as the late entertainer Danny Thomas (founder of St. Jude) famously said: “No child should die in the dawn of life.”
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. For the fourth consecutive year, iPhone J.D. is proud to join the community that is working with the Relay podcast network to raise money for St. Jude. You know this community. You are part of it, too. This is the community of people who have enough of an interest in technology to read tech-related websites and listen to tech-related podcasts. And this is a community that, over the last few years, has come together to raise over $4 million to help cure and treat cancer.
Donating is simple. I just did it. Simply go to the page, click the big green DONATE button, decide if you want to select a Reward (that part is optional), then checkout and pay.
Some rewards are directly related to St. Jude. For example, a donation of $50 or more can help provide art supplies for St. Jude patients, allowing them to explore their creativity and have fun. Two rewards are specific to the Relay network, and you can get things like stickers and a digital screensaver. Additionally, I am offering a special, limited-edition reward for iPhone J.D. readers: high-quality microfiber cloths featuring the iPhone J.D. logo, which I have previously given away on rare occasions in the past. If you donate at least $100, you may select this as your reward. These cloths are excellent for cleaning iPhone or iPad screens, and I personally use one daily to clean my eyeglasses. This is a limited-time offer, as I do not have many left, and the manufacturer is no longer in business.
Whether you donate $5 or $500, your donation will make a meaningful difference. A special thanks to those of you who contributed in the past and will contribute again this year!