Transcript Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and St. Jude

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
and
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Bridging Communities Through Partnership
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
• St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, founded by the
late entertainer Danny Thomas, is the first institution
established for the sole purpose of conducting basic and
clinical research into catastrophic childhood diseases,
mainly cancer.
• The first desegregated hospital in Memphis and the
region. It functioned as a totally integrated facility
including treatment areas, dining rooms and bathroom
facilities.
• St. Jude, which is non-sectarian, treats children without
regard to race, religion, creed or ability to pay. St. Jude
is the ONLY pediatric cancer research center where
families never pay for treatments that are not covered by
insurance. Families without insurance are NEVER
asked to pay.
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
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• The hospital’s daily operating costs are
approximately more than $1.2 million, which are
primarily covered by public contributions.
• The first to receive government approval for a
unique bone marrow transplant procedure for
parents who are not exact matches to be donors for
their children.
• Since its inception, St. Jude has developed
protocols that have brought survival rates for
childhood cancers to more than 70 percent.
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2007 Kappa Achievements
• $100,000 was raised for St. Jude in 2006-2007,
which represents the largest donation that Kappa
has given to a charity.
• Because of our huge success this year, Kappa
Alpha Psi has committed to raise $500,000 in five
years. With this commitment, the lobby of the
Translational Trials Unit will bear the Kappa name.
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Overview of the Translational Trials
Unit (TTU)
• The TTU is home to St. Jude’s translational medicine,
the HIV/AIDS Program and the Sickle Cell Clinic.
• The first research grant was given to Dr. Lemuel
Diggs for the continuation of his work on sickle cell
anemia. St. Jude now has one of the largest pediatric
Sickle Cell research and treatment programs in the
world.
• St. Jude is the first known hospital in the world to cure
sickle cell disease through bone marrow
transplantation, which still offers the only cure for
sickle cell disease.
• St. Jude is the leader in pediatric AIDS research.
Scientists are also studying new drugs to inhibit the
virus.
• A parainfluenza virus vaccine, AIDS vaccine, and a
cholera vaccine are currently under investigation in
the TTU.
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How can Kappa Alpha Psi
members achieve this goal?
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Sunday of Hope
• St. Jude has developed a
program for Kappa called
Sunday of Hope. This
program is designed to be
implemented in churches
across the country.
• On one Sunday in January,
Kappa members will attend
and ask for a “love offering”
for St. Jude from their
church.
• January was selected in
celebration of Kappa’s
Founders’ Day.
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Sunday of Hope – Timeline
September-November
• Each alumni chapter is asked to secure at least
one church to participate in the Sunday of Hope
program in January. The goal for each church
secured is to raise at least $1,000.
• To assist in securing a church, St. Jude will
provide the following tools for Kappa to use:
– A sales presentation to use at meetings with potential
participating churches
– St. Jude quick facts to help educate church leaders
about St. Jude
– St. Jude brochures to provide additional information
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Sunday of Hope – Timeline (cont.)
September-November
• After a church agrees to host the Sunday of
Hope, the designated Kappa Representative will
assist the church official in completing the
Sunday of Hope commitment form.
• The commitment form will capture the necessary
information needed to provide the church with
materials to participate.
• Once the Kappa Representative receives the
commitment form from the church official, he will
go online at www.stjudesundayofhope.org and
officially register the church.
• All churches must be registered in the system by
November 20.
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Sunday of Hope – Timeline (cont.)
November
• The Kappa Rep will work with the church official to
outline the program and they will set the date for the
Sunday of Hope event.
• Each registered church will receive a kit of materials
to successfully implement the program. Those
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A welcome letter
Talking points
Informational posters
Fliers
Two sets of bulletin inserts
Donation envelopes
A gospel song featuring a patient story
A DVD containing a patient story
Bookmarks
Collection envelopes
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Sunday of Hope – Timeline (cont.)
December
• At the beginning of December, a kit will be shipped to
the designated Kappa Representative.
• The Kappa Representative will be responsible for
delivering the Sunday of Hope kit to the church. The
Kappa Rep will also need to verify that all aspects of
the program are in place for implementation.
• By December 30, the church will need to place all
informational posters around high traffic areas. In
addition, the month out insert needs to be placed in
the church bulletin.
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Sunday of Hope – Timeline (cont.)
January
• The church will place out the fliers two weeks prior to
the Sunday of Hope.
• The church will put the insert in the bulletin the week
prior to the Sunday of Hope.
• In addition, the church needs to distribute the
donation envelopes a week prior to the Sunday of
Hope.
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Sunday of Hope – Timeline (cont.)
January – Day of Sunday of Hope
• On the actual day, the Kappa Rep will be present the
Sunday of Hope to the church congregation using the
talking points provided by St. Jude. In addition, the
Kappa Rep will show a St. Jude patient story video.
• The Kappa Rep along with the church minister will
ask the families to give a “love offering” to St. Jude. A
bookmark will be given to each family that donates.
During this time, the St. Jude gospel CD can be
played.
• After the event, the Kappa Rep and church official will
collect the revenue, count it and send it to St. Jude.
• Monies collected from each church will be tracked
individually. Each Province will also have a report
that details the money it raised. Each donor will
receive an acknowledgement from St. Jude.
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Sunday of Hope – Timeline (cont.)
March
• St. Jude will host a National check presentation at St.
Jude for Kappa members and top church officials.
• The top 10 fundraising churches and their Kappa
contact will be invited to attend the check
presentation.
• St. Jude will send out a national post event press
release to publicize Kappa’s commitment to
community.
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2008 Sunday of Hope Goal
292 Alumni chapters raising $1,000 =
$292,000
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Additional Fundraising Opportunity
• Web banner
• This Web banner is available to put on your
individual Web sites. It links directly to the
Kappa page on www.stjude.org/kappa.
• Encourage your members to donate by
clicking on the Web banner.
• Each donation of $25 or more will receive a
special gift.
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Kappa page on www.stjude.org
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• Click on your Province (to donate).
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• Fill out the donation form.
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Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Brett Collins
St. Jude Sunday of Hope Liaison
901.578.2183 or [email protected]
Jerry Siegel
National Chairman, St. Jude Partnership
502.387.6530 or [email protected]
St. Jude patient Lauren and her father
Ken Lewis, a Kappa member and minister.
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