Country Artists Team for Country Cares Seminar

The Voice winner Cassadee Pope visits with a St. Jude patient.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital recently welcomed Hunter Hayes, X Factor winner Tate Stevens, The Voice winner Cassadee Pope, High Valley, Alabama’s Randy Owen and Brantley Gilbert, along with over 1,000 members of the radio industry, to the 24th annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids® seminar. Since 1989, this event has brought together country music artists, radio stations and country music listeners to support the mission of St. Jude. Country Cares has raised over $440 million for the organization.

Hunter Hayes checks out a video with a St. Jude patient.

“I was told it was not going to be an average hospital visit,” says Hayes. “First of all, it is already happy. It’s joyous. There’s an energy. There’s a positivity. There’s the ‘hope’ message that lives and breathes in everything, in the people, in the building. It’s more than just bright colors and lots of natural light. It’s the attitude, it’s the hearts and the minds. It’s the way the people operate here. And the way you feel when you come here.”

“Since this is my first trip to St. Jude I just really wanted to soak in every second, every minute of it,” says Pope. “I’d been wanting to experience this since I was a kid. Just seeing all the campaigns and promotions and the big names behind this I knew it was such an amazing cause. That it was a place that was inspiring.”

For more information on St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or Country Cares for St. Jude Kids, visit stjude.org, facebook.com/stjude or twitter.com/stjude.

Pictured (L-R): High Valley’s Brad Rempel and Bryan Rempel, Alabama’s Randy Owen, High Valley’s Curtis Rempel