Late in December 2011, The St. Jude Country Music Marathon & Half Marathon presented by Nissan hosted a holiday party for runners and guests at Nashville’s Red Rooster. Country singers Jo Dee Messina and Darren Warren performed a short set and Warren spoke about his experience with St. Jude, where he was treated for non-Hodgkins Lymphoma as a teenager. Attendees also heard the story of Ally Cameron, who was treated by St. Jude after being diagnosed with neuroblastoma at age 1. She is now eight years old and cancer free. This year’s Country Music Marathon will take place in Nashville April 28.
- (L-R): Ally Cameron, Darren Warren and Jon Cameron
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Prior to the holiday break, WIL/St. Louis held its annual “Cornbread’s Kids Crusade” to benefit St. Louis Children’s Hospital and its Child Life Services. In just 28 hours, the event raised $214,718. The station has raised over $500,000 through the event in the last two years. WIL morning show host Cornbread notes, “I’m humbled by the generosity of the WIL listenership, who poured out their love for the kids of St. Louis Children’s Hospital.”
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