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Friends & Fans for St. Jude
P.O. Box 9228
Springfield, IL 62791

www.facebook.com/stjudefans

Our Beginning

Friends & Fans for St. Jude was organized to bring together local music artists and their fans in an effort to raise money and awareness for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Our first event was held in 2006 in conjunction with a Fan Appreciation Party hosted by City Limits Band with invited guest, Saturday Nite Special. The success of that program inspired a smaller event later that year, where musicians from different genres of music joined together for a wonderful night of entertainment for a great cause. Through their inspiration, Friends & Fans for St. Jude continued after City Limits Band disbanded in 2007.

Friends & Fans for St. Jude continues to grow stronger throughout central Illinois. A number of events have been held throughout the past years as you can see from our photo albums.

Our calendar for 2012 has been established, with a number of activities culminating with our annual event - which this year will be Jingle Jam IV for St. Jude, December 2, at Erin’s Pavilion in Springfield.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Located in Memphis, St. Jude is a world premier center for research and treatment of catastrophic diseases in children, primarily pediatric cancers. About 4,700 patients are seen yearly, and St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and more than 70 foreign countries. St. Jude is the only pediatric research center where families never pay for treatment not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are never asked to pay.

 

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Thank you to classic rock band STYX for suprising Friends & Fans for St. Jude founder Laura Richter by donating an autographed Fender Stratocaster. Raffle tickets for the 2012 Guitar of Hope will be sold for $1 each, with the drawing held December 2 at Jingle Jam IV! Check our 2012 calender to see where the guitar will be on display.


THANK YOU to everyone who supported Friends & Fans for St. Jude in 2011. We presented a check to St. Jude for $12,000, bringing our cumulative total to over $50,000 to date! Thank you to the following people/groups who coordinated events in 2011and contributed their proceeds to Friends & Fans for St. Jude:

Roughnecks Motorcycle Club of Illinois
Spookapalooza/American Ghost Society (Troy Taylor)
Guitar Town (Mark Estill)
Gator Jam (Josh Hutchison)
BassBerg (Bill McKenzie)
Laura’s Groovy Birthday Bash (Geoff & Lisa Hagen)
Auburn Haunted Theater/Midwest Classic Insurance (Robbin Terry)
LoveN Spoonful Cupcakes (Nancy Schaub)

Thank you also to all the musicians, volunteers, and sponsors who participated in this year’s event!


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