Proud to be a part of the St. Jude Marathon weekend!
Each year, we have the unique opportunity to support St. Jude in a unique way. As St. Jude's largest single day fundraiser of the year, the Memphis Marathon weekend is a huge staple event in the city. Thousands gather for the weekend from all over for the marathon, half marathon, 5k, and other events. The marathon serves as a Boston-qualifying event. The course runs through some of the prettiest areas of downtown and midtown Memphis. The race concludes in Autozone Park in downtown Memphis: home of the Memphis redbirds. We are excited to be able to participate in this event as a booth participant. Each of the 22,000 racers passes through a large expo during their packet pickup. The cost of the booth is in turn part of the fundraising effort for the hospital. Our brand ambassador, Jennifer Hyatt, was on hand to talk with racers about the serices we provide.
St. Jude Heroes are the runners who fundraise for the hospital. From the Marathon website: "Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago. When you fundraise as a St. Jude Hero, you can help us go even further in conquering childhood cancer."
We feel blessed to play a very small role in the St. Jude fundraising effort!
Follow the St. Jude Marathon blog here!
Race results can be found here!