SIUE Students Raise More Than $22,000 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital
More than 70 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville students raised $22,397 during the St. Jude Up ‘til Dawn event, a fundraising program hosted nationally by colleges and universities to raise money for the kids of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The total raised was a record for the SIUE effort.
SIUE students joined their counterparts on campuses across the country Saturday, Nov. 7, and stayed up all night in the Morris University Center to help kids who are battling cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
While at the event, participants enjoyed team competitions, watched videos featuring St. Jude patient stories, entered to win prizes donated from community businesses, took part in a Zumba class and enjoyed donated food and a live DJ.
SIUE has been a part of the St. Jude Up ‘til Dawn program since 2006 and has helped raise more than $235,000
