St. Jude's Ranch for Children

St. Jude's Ranch for Children Receives Champion A/C's 2009 Air Conditioning Giveaway

Our thanks to Champion A/C who recently selected St. Jude's Ranch for Children and our Texas campus as their 2009 recipient of a free air conditioning system. Their team produced this great video describing the award and providing more information on our Texas campus. Thank you again for your support of our children!

MMA Fighter and SJRC Supporter Receives Ninth Authentic Spirit Award from Tequila Cazadores®

Congratulations to MMA Heavyweight fighter Frank Mir who recently received the ninth Authentic Spirit Award from Tequila Cazadores^®.  We salute him and thank him for his wonderful support of our children.  Read more about this exciting announcement in the official press release here.

Lynches River County Park Environmental Discovery Center Promotes SJRC Card Program in Newsletter

Lynches River County Park Environmental Discovery Center located in Coward, SC recently promoted the SJRC Card Recycling Program in their January-March 2010 newsletter. Our thanks to this great organization who is organizing a drive to collect cards for our recycling program.  Read more about it in their newsletter here and our thanks to them and all those who contribute!

Don't forget you can also purchase these amazing cards too - check out our online store located here.

Over 500 Attendees at the KTFM Christmas Benefit Concert!

Over 500 people participated in the KTFM Christmas benefit concert held December 15th.  Free admission was granted to all who brought a gift and the result was amazing!  Thank you so much to all our supporters and to our partner in the event, The New 94.1 KTFM. View our photo album here and read below what Erika Curtis our Community Relations Coordinator in Texas shared with us:

"Here are a few pictures from last night’s KTFM Christmas benefit concert. Over 500 people attended the last time I checked. People were asked to bring a toy or item from our wish list as their admission to the concert. We were overwhelmed by how generous people were. Many people brought multiple gifts and very nice ones too! We filled a large 15 passenger van and a suburban with bags full of gifts (I think about 30!). Our kids are going to have an amazing Christmas!  Attached are a few pictures from the event and Santa’s elves!"

 

SJRC Runners Cross the Finish Line With Smiles!

Congrats to all our runners!!  As you may recall from previous posts, our runners competed for a second time in the Las Vegas Rock n Roll Marathon.  Read below as Team Captain Johnna Bronson gives us a recap and click here to visit the photo album.  Thanks to everyone who made the event a success -- both for your tireless efforts and for all your unending support!

To All St. Jude’s Ranch Supporters ~

Here are a few shots of the team members that successfully crossed the finish line.  It was quite a memorable event with fireworks at the start and cute couples of all ages getting married and many original variations of Elvis!  It was great and only in Vegas!

I have to say my 28 year old body (first marathon) handled much better than my 37 year old body but it was great to see all four of my boys cheer me on at mile marker 16 and 21.  Funny thought… I remember my first in Chicago, I saw a bunch of runners stretching on the sidelines and I thought to myself, poor people have injuries and are losing time.  Well… that was me today stretching and taking my time. 

My highlight (besides finishing) was seeing my friend Kimberly at mile 25… we finished and pushed each other that last mile together and in support of the kids at the Ranch!  We ear-marked the funds for the kids spring break vacation.  Kimberly’s husband Ron and friend Jennifer also ran for the team.

Again, thank you for your encouragement and donations and supporting words.  It meant the world to me.  I plan to do another in 2010 so maybe you can join me!

I’m hurting but it was well worth it!

Love and Thanks - Johnna Bronson

St. Judes Ranch Featured on 88.9 KNPR News

Don't miss this great interview with Christine Spadafor, our CEO, on KNPR 88.9 Radio talking about the Ranch, our programs and our terrific volunteers. 

http://www.knpr.org/audio2009/SON-mp3/091127_volunteerism.mp3

Tomorrow's Night of Lights Featured on Channel 13 Action News KTNV Las Vegas

Our CEO Christine Spadafor was featured on KTNV Channel 13 Action News in Las Vegas yesterday discussing tomorrow night's Night of Lights in Boulder City, NV.  It's our biggest event of the year and this year Santa is arriving via a 'special' Secret Service motorcade (yes!  the real Secret Service!). 

Don't miss Night of Lights or the video -- you can view it by clicking here.

SAVE THOSE LABELS DURING YOUR HOLIDAY COOKING!!

Do you plan on cooking that famous and delicious Green Bean Casserole with Campbell's soup this holiday season?  How about baking?  Are you packing up items in Ziploc bags as you travel to visit family?

If so, don't forget to SAVE THOSE LABELS!  Get a group together and tell your friends.  Email this post to your family and co-workers and save those labels! They are like cash to us here at St. Jude's Ranch for Children and the children receive the full benefit of your clipping! 

Click on the links below to learn more -- save the labels and send them in - that's all there is to it!

A few labels goes a long, long way to helping our amazing children!  Thank you so much!!

Read more about it on our website at the links below:

Campbells Soup Label Program

General Mills Box Tops for Education

CORRECTION TO NIGHT OF LIGHTS SCHEDULE

CORRECTION:  In an earlier post, we mentioned Santa would be arriving to the Night of Lights via a "special" Secret Service motorcade with full security detail at 6 pm both nights.  Please note he will only be arriving via motorcade on Friday, December 4th, 2009.

SANTA WILL BE HERE BOTH NIGHTS - he just won't be arriving via Secret Service motorcade on Saturday.

Look forward to seeing everyone!

Listen to SJRC CEO Christine Spadafor on Champions of Justice Radio Show

If you saw our earlier post regarding our CEO Christine Spadafor and her interview on the weekly radio program "Champions of Justice" than you know she recently spent one full hour talking just about our kids, our programs and our plans going forward - it was a terrific interview!

If you missed it when it was aired, we now have it on our website in our newsroom.  Scroll down to the "Audio" portion (or click on the "Audio" button at the top of the page) and click on the corresponding link to hear this terrific show.

The weekly radio program is hosted by Attorney Tom Girardi, a nationally known trial attorney.  His colleague Amy Solomon joined us for the discussion.  The program has a broad audience, including many attorneys and has featured legal experts such as justices of the California Supreme Court, Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomyor, and now St. Jude’s Ranch!  Happy listening!