All a family should worry about is helping their child live! Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital All a family should worry about is helping their child live!

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, is the first institution established for the sole purpose of conducting basic and clinical research into catastrophic childhood diseases, mainly cancer. St. Jude was the first desegregated hospital in Memphis and the region. It functioned as a totally integrated facility including treatment areas, dining rooms and bathroom facilities. The hospital’s daily operating costs are more than $2.0 million, which are primarily covered by public contributions.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (cont.) St. Jude, which is non-sectarian, treats children without regard to race, religion, creed or ability to pay. St. Jude is the ONLY pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance. Families without insurance are NEVER asked to pay. Eighty-four cents of every dollar received supports the research and treatment at St. Jude. St. Jude has one of the largest pediatric sickle cell programs in the country.

Kappa Achievements for St. Jude 2007 Committed to raise $500,000 in five years in support of the sickle cell clinic. 2008 Secured more than 130 churches that raised more than $280,000. Recognized by St. Jude as the Volunteer Group of the Year. Kappa Alpha Psi has really been a stand out organization due to the success of the first two years of the Sunday of Hope program. Many Kappa chapters also volunteered to answer phones at St. Jude Radiothons and Dream Home giveaways in your local areas.

Kappa Achievements for St. Jude 2009 Kappa and the church community raised more than $375,000. Kappa completed its $500,000 commitment to St. Jude in only two years. Kappa has raised more than $760,000 since 2005 2010 Kappa reached it’s milestone of raising $1,000,000

Kappa Wall at St. Jude The Kappa Alpha Psi Sunday of Hope™ wall located outside of the sickle cell clinic in St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. You will notice the childlike drawing of the church and your International Headquarters visually representing the true partnership that has developed between Kappa and the church community. Thousands of St. Jude supporters will see this wall and recognize what Kappa is doing for St. Jude because the location is along the regular tour route.

How can you help the kids of St. Jude?

Sunday of Hope™ Members of Kappa and the church community will be kicking off the Sunday of Hope campaign. Sunday of Hope is a program where Kappa members reach out to churches within their communities to host a special offering for St. Jude. Churches will host the Sunday of Hope on one Sunday during the year.

Sunday of Hope (cont.) Each alumni and undergraduate chapter is asked to identify a St. Jude chairman within your chapters and notify the Province Chairman The goal for each church secured is to raise at least $1,500. St. Jude will set up webinars to help educate your members about the program.. Chapter members will need to begin identifying churches in December/January and setting up program dates to host a Sunday of Hope program.

Sunday of Hope (cont.) To assist in securing a church, St. Jude will provide Kappa members with sales materials and other St. Jude information. St. Jude will provide a kit of materials to help execute the event including bulletin inserts, posters, and donation envelopes. Coordinators will officially register churches to receive materials once identified by the chapters. St. Jude will host a recognition event in Memphis for the top fundraising churches in October. We have an electronic copy of the Sunday of Hope proposal that can be emailed to each of you. We did not bring a hard copy of it because there are fields in the document that need to be filled in to make it more of a personal ask.

Contact Information For more information, please contact: Cornelius "Neil" Hudgins National Chairman, St. Jude Partnership 757.478.4964 Neil_Hudgins@hotmail.com Willie Brooks National Vice Chairman, St. Jude Partnership 901.488.0381 wfbrooks@comcast.net