Margaret Cox - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Grand Madam President Margaret Cox has selected to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as her special project. St. Jude is the country's premier children's research facility treating the most complex and average of cases to cure childhood illnesses from cancer to amputation. Beyond the technology and resources at St. Jude is the promise that no child will pay for treatment beyond what insurance covers.

St. Jude Hospital was founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas. Since its opening in 1962, St. Jude has treated children from every state in America and more than 70 foreign countries. St. Jud is the only pediatric cancer research center that pays for lodging, food and travel in its entirety for patients and their families.

Margaret has selected Mary Luttrell of Oak Ridge, TN to spearhead the fundraising efforts for St. Jude. The programs at St. Jude are personal to Mary, as her daughter, Laura, is a success story of St. Jude. At the age of 17, Laura was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and was given a 50 percent survival rating. She spent one year in chemotherapy treatment and underwent multiple surgeries to shrink the tumor. Ultimately, Laura’s left leg was amputated at the knee. Nearly 20 years later, Laura is cancer free, a mom and engineer and lives a healthy life with the latest microprocessor controlled knee in prosthesis.

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