St Rose School Holds Math-A-Thon To Benefit St Jude Hospital

St Jude Children’s Research Hospital announced the successful completion of a Math-A-Thon at St Rose School. Math-A-Thon, now in its 28th year, is an educationally based fundraising program in which students obtain sponsors for the number of math problems completed in special workbooks provided for student in grades kindergarten through nine. The program is sponsored nationally by Six Flags Theme Parks, which provides free passes to its parks for every student raising $35 or more.

The students who participate in the program learn to do more than just math problems; they also learn the importance of helping children who are less fortunate than themselves. Children with more than 200 forms of cancer and other catastrophic diseases find hope at St Jude. Since its founding in 1962 by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, the survival rates for most forms of pediatric cancer have risen dramatically. In fact, today more than 70 percent of all children with cancer will survive their bout with the disease.

“We are very proud of our students for working so hard on the Math-A-Thon,” said Ryan Woodcock, volunteer coordinator. “With their help, St Jude Hospital will be able to create new treatments that may one day lead to a cure for many forms of cancer that will benefit the children of our state, our country, and around the world.”