Cancer is horrible. We all know it, we have all dealt with it with our friends and families at some point, and I have no doubt that many of you reading this are dealing with it right now, in one way or the other. And as bad as all forms of cancer are, children’s cancer is particularly devastating.
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and a leader in the fight against childhood cancer is St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Did you know that since St. Jude opened its doors in 1962, the treatments developed at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80%? That is an amazing statistic. And they have so much more that they can do, from helping individual patients that they are treating at their facility in Memphis to developing techniques that can be used to treat children around the world.
For the second year in a row, iPhone J.D. is part of the community that is working with the Relay FM podcast network to raise money for St. Jude. You may already know about Relay FM: it is the network behind some fantastic tech-related podcasts, such as Upgrade, Mac Power Users, Connected, Clockwise, Automators, and so many more. By working together, the end result can be pretty amazing. Since 2019, the Relay FM community has raised over $2.2 million for St. Jude, and with your help, I have no doubt that it will cross the $2.5 million mark this year.
The process of making a donation is super easy, which I know first-hand because I just did it a few minutes before I wrote this post. Simply go to the page, click the big green DONATE button, and donate any amount. Just a few seconds later, I guarantee that you will feel so much better knowing that you are part of the solution for families that are directly affected by childhood cancer now and those that will be dealing with it in the future.
A special thanks to those of you who contributed last year and will contribute again this year. Y’all are the best!