ARS/Rescue Rooter is a Proud Partner of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
ARS/Rescue Rooter is proud to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and its mission: Finding cures. Saving children®. Since 2018, ARS has raised more than $8 million to support St. Jude as they pioneer cures for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Breakthroughs in research and treatment have helped St. Jude advance the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to 80% since the hospital opened its doors in 1962. Through branch donations, sponsorships, direct mail campaigns, nationwide sales events, and employee payroll giving, our network of more than 70 branches and 6,500 employees have helped St. Jude improve the quality of care for children everywhere. To learn more about our partnership, please visit our blog.
Caption: CHRO Chris Snow and CEO Scott Boose present our 2024 donation to ALSAC CEO Rick Shadyac.
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St. Jude Patient of the Month: Jeriel
Jeriel's Story
Jeriel’s mother rushed him to the hospital after he fell at school in March 2023. Scans showed that he had a tumor in his left femur. “That was the hardest moment in my life…I never in my life thought that Jeriel was going to go through cancer,” said his mother Maria.
After a biopsy, the tumor was found to be osteosarcoma, the most common type of bone cancer in children and teens. Jeriel was later referred to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, nearly 2,000 miles from where they lived in Puerto Rico. At St. Jude, Jeriel received treatment which included chemotherapy, followed by limb-sparing surgery.
“I say St. Jude healed my heart because when a mother has a child and a diagnosis like this, you feel emptiness, pain, and anguish every day. But St. Jude is special,” Maria said. “St. Jude makes this painful journey lighter, more bearable, and I’ll be grateful for St. Jude for the rest of my life.”