Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital

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Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.andSt. Jude
Childrens Research Hospital

• Bridging Communities Through Partnership

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St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital

• St. Jude Childrens 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.
• The first desegregated hospital in Memphis and
  the region. It functioned as a totally
  integrated facility including treatment areas,
  dining rooms and bathroom facilities.
• 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.
• The hospitals daily operating costs are
  approximately more than 1.2 million, which are
  primarily covered by public contributions.

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St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital

• The only brain tumor program in the world devoted
  entirely to children.
• The first to receive government approval for a
  unique bone marrow transplant procedure that
  makes it possible for parents who are not exact
  matches to be donors for their children.
• Since its inception, St. Jude has developed
  protocols that have brought survival rates for
  childhood cancers from less than 20 percent to
  more than 70 percent overall.

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2007 Achievements

• Kappa raised 100,000 for St. Jude in 2006-2007.
• This represents the largest donation that Kappa
  has given to a charity.
• Because of the huge success this year, the Kappa
  Alpha Psi Grand Board has committed that Kappa
  will raise 500,000 in five years. This donation
  will go towards the name of the main lobby of the
  Translational Trials Unit.

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Overview of the Translational Trials Unit (TTU)

• Some of St. Judes most unparalleled advances are
  housed in the TTU including translational
  medicine, the HIV/AIDS Program and the Sickle
  Cell Clinic.
• St. Jude has done research in Sickle Cell disease
  since its inception. The first research grant was
  given to Dr. Lemuel Diggs for the continuation of
  his work on sickle cell anemia.
• St. Jude is the first known hospital in the world
  to cure sickle cell disease through bone marrow
  transplantation. Today, bone marrow
  transplantation still offers the only cure for
  sickle cell disease.
• St. Jude now has one of the largest pediatric
  Sickle Cell research and treatment programs in
  the world.
• St. Jude is the leader in pediatric AIDS
  research. St. Jude scientists are investigating
  drugs to further prevent mother-to-infant
  transmission of the HIV/AIDS virus. Scientists
  are also studying new drugs to inhibit the virus.
• A parainfluenza virus vaccine, AIDS vaccine, and
  a cholera vaccine are currently under
  investigation in the TTU.

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So how can Kappa Alpha Psi members achieve this
goal?
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Sunday of Hope

• Sunday of Hope is a program that will be
  implemented in churches across the country.
• On one Sunday in January, Kappa members will get
  up in front of their congregation to ask for a
  love offering for St. Jude.
• We selected January because Founders Day is in
  that month.

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Sunday of Hope Heres How It Works

• September-November
• Kappa members will recruit churches in your local
  community to commit to host a Sunday of Hope
  event one Sunday in the month of January. St.
  Jude will provide all collateral materials to
  help recruit churches and execute the program.
• Each alumni chapter is asked to sign on one
  church for their chapter. The goal for each
  church signed on is to raise at least 1,000.
• Kappa members will go online to register their
  churches. The deadline to register will be
  November 20.

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Sunday of Hope Heres How It Works (cont.)

• St. Jude will ship all collateral materials to
  the churches December 1.
• On the selected Sunday, a Kappa member will
  present to their congregation. You will show a
  St. Jude patient story, educate the congregation
  about St. Jude and ask for a love offering in
  honor of St. Jude patients and their families.
• The Kappa members and church officials will
  collect the revenue, count it and send it to St.
  Jude. Monies collected from each church will be
  tracked individually. Each donor will receive an
  acknowledgement from St. Jude
• St. Jude will host a National check presentation
  at St. Jude for Kappa members and top church
  officials.
• St. Jude will send out a national post event
  press release to publicize Kappas commitment to
  community.

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2008 Sunday of Hope Goal

• 292 Alumni chapters raising 1,000

292,000
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Kappa Fundraising (cont.)

• Web banner
• This Web banner is available to put on your
  individual Web sites. It links directly to the
  Kappa page on www.stjude.org/kappa.
• Encourage your members to donate by clicking on
  the Web banner.
• Each gift of 25 or more will receive a special
  gift.

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Kappa page on www.stjude.org
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Click on your Province (to donate).
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Fill out the donation form.
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Kappa lapel pin
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Contact Information

• For more information, please contact
• Brett Collins St. Jude Sunday of Hope Liaison
• 901.578.2183 or brett.collins_at_stjude.org
• Willie Brooks National Chairman, St.
  Jude Partnership Initiative
• 901.434.6260 or wfbrooks_at_fedex.com