Darryl Jones II, managing director of American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, is proud to be a native St. Louisan who works with the fundraising arm St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.

“Being born and raised here, I always tip my cap to the great medical facilities we have in St. Louis, said Jones.

“We are the medical hub of the Midwest.”

St. Jude’s was founded by the late entertainer and philanthropist Danny Thomas in 1962 in Memphis. While a struggling actor, Thomas prayed to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless causes. He vowed “Show me my way in life, and I will build you a shrine.”

Thomas would later say, “A dream is one thing. A realization is something entirely separate.”

Today, St. Jude’s research and treatments in helping children with cancer a

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