Speech Pursuasive Essay

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Celebrating 50 years of finding cures and saving children. .

St. Jude’s target for marketing fundraising is far larger than most charities. Their target; preschoolers, professionals, 8th graders and 80 year olds, television, radio, local drives, school drives, trike-a-thons, math-a-thons, local, county, state and national events. Some of the big ones that you may be familiar with; the “Dream Home Giveaway”, the “Thanks and Giving Campaign” and the radio-a-thon “Country Cares”. Because of last year’s St. Jude’s NFL event, 18% of American’s said they planned to support St. Jude’s “Thanks and Giving Campaign” during this past holiday season. No opportunity is turned away.

“Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $5 billion—most of it $1 at a time—for 170 children’s hospitals across the United States and Canada, which, in turn, use the money where it’s needed the most. These donations have gone to support research and training, purchase equipment, and pay for uncompensated care, all to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible, the Children’s Miracle Network mission statement is we increase funds and awareness for local children’s hospitals and there vision statement is together we save kids’ lives. ” (http://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org). Strategic planning plays an important role with the Children’s Miracle Network because it determines where the Children’s Miracle Network is going in the 10 years or longer also what better goals they want to accomplish such as raising more money to help sick children, building more buildings on to the hospital, purchasing better medical equipment and coming up with medications that can save these children lives. With the Children’s Miracle Network they are there to help save lives and to help children enjoy their lives as children.

Through professional partnerships and generous private and corporate donations, we are able to facilitate unforgettable experiences for many in-need children per year. Our long-time history speaks to our

That seven-year-old boy made me feel disgusted with myself. I remembered being in my room both crying and questioning why God didn’t trade my life for his; why was I worth living at the expense of his? I found myself in the predicament of wondering how can a child illuminate with such rejoice while still suffering from a dreadful disease. I compared his outlook to the world with mines and automatically, was embarrassed. On Monday, December 1, 2014, at 7:05 PM, I made a promise. I told Max Winster that I will dedicate my existence to helping children, like himself, fight against this horrific and indiscriminate disease. Till this day, I have kept our promise, unfortunately, Max didn't live to see the results. My most rewarding experience is my service at Fight for the Future organization. Being the founder and president, I’ve had the opportunity of fundraising for kids who have cancer at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. In fact, this past year, we organized a Relay for Westhill and a Cartoon Festival. During this festival, I dressed up as several Disney’s characters—from Snow White to Cinderella—to the point, that we collected $150 from the spectators that were watching

Charity Navigator has awarded Feed My Starving Children a top 1 percent rating for the last 10 consecutive years (Charity, 2015, p.1). The ranking of Feed My Starving Children with Charity Navigator is an extremely symbolic representation of our leadership and goals throughout the organization. This also gives way to the symbolic leadership theory which is defined as, leadership which refers to and based on the idea of meaning (Winkler, 2010, p.59). While many people donate their time and money to a verity of organizations the goal each person has is to effectively help a cause they are passionate about. When individuals donates to Feed My Starving Children they understand that the organization uses the donations to specifically further the mission of the organization. While other charities seem to represent a good cause they actually put little financial effort towards the mission and focuses more on the awareness of an issue. By explaining how Feed My Starving Children uses the donations and having the support of Charity Navigator we are able to our volunteers with accurate information which makes them more willing to donate to the organization and keep donating to further our

“Childhood cancers make up less than 1% of all cancers diagnosed each year”(What Are the Key statistics for Childhood Cancer). The creation of chemotherapy in the 1940’s showed off the progress that can be made, slowing down or potentially stopping the production of cancer cell. With continuous support of many cancer research hospitals and greater funds from the government we can swiftly abolish childhood cancer forever.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a nonprofit medical hospital focused on treatment and research of children’s catastrophic illness founded in 1962. We have treated children from the whole nation and around the world. We served more than 60,000 patients each year. Our patient families never receive a bill from us because we believe that the only thing a family should worry about is helping their child live. Treatment invented in St. Jude has pushed the overall survival rate for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) which is the major childhood cancer disease increased from 4% in 1962 to 94% today.

The non-profit organization we actively raised money for was Samaritan Health Services, a hospital system, which has a main campus in Corvallis and four surrounding hospitals in Albany, Lebanon, Newport and Lincoln City. The organization’s mission is to build healthier communities together. The hospital is able to accomplish this goal by maintaining and developing relationships, and investments from generous corporations, foundations and individuals in the community. The established donors’ commitment is aligned to support the values of the hospital in philanthropic efforts and activities. Donations received for this non-profit organization supports efforts to promote-state-of-the-art health care, education, and wellness in the Willamette

We are dedicated to our local community and the well-being of children health world-wide, we want to make a difference in the lives of other. We partnered with the local chapter of the Ronald McDonald House and promised to donate 20% of our profits to their organization. Our staff will make a difference by volunteering once a month

In 2014 it was estimated that approximately 16000 children were diagnosed with cancer and approximately 2000 will die from the disease.(nih) However in 2010 it was estimated that there are almost 400,000 survivors that were diagnosed before the age of 19. That is amazing news. Almost half a century ago the outlook was not so bright almost 50% of children diagnosed with cancer would die within 5 years now there is an 80% survival rate. There are different rates for different types of cancer. The most common type of pediatric cancer that is diagnosed involves brain tumors and blood cancers. The mortality rates have greatly improved for leukemia going from 10% to 90% survival rates since the early 1970’s. On the flip side there are still some forms of cancer such as diffuse pontine glioma (brain

In healthcare promotion, Nationwide Children’s Hospital emphasis is on all of the 5Ps of marketing, however it is very clear that their attention on patients and the public. They look at the public for huge donations to keep them in the black. Currently there is over 110,000 donors that raise close to 100 million annually. In addition, there in a large patient base from a vast amount of foreign countries (Nationwide Children's Hospital, n.d.).

Approximately 15,780 children and adolescents ages 0 to 19 are diagnosed with cancer each year. Of those 1,960 will die of the disease in the United States. Nobody should have to go through this in their life time, let alone an infant or child. Kids are suffering each and every second of their lives trying to fight the unbearable, frightening, terrible disease. For many, many years, doctors, researchers and nurses have been working to find cures for pediatric cancers. Progress has been made in treating some cancers but there are still many pediatric cancers, which have a high mortality rate.

Another role the advertising agency had for the promotional campaign was to attract their target market through their website, which are parents and children. Parents who are not experiencing the same situation with their children are more likely to put down donations than those who are experiencing this situation. This may be due to them feeling thankful that their children do not have any dangerous conditions and they will feel sympathetic towards the sick children. This could cause them to make generous donations as no parents would like to witness any child going through extreme pain and suffering. The business strives to help children specifically, considering the fact that they undergo situations like this more than adults. Reaching out to their target market will attract people to visit their hospital and see for themselves how children are struggling with the terrible state that they are in. It reminds

With my bags packed and my phone charged, I set off for Memphis, Tennessee with my cousin and her parents. It was time for Kaylie’s annual checkup at St. Jude. As a baby, eighteen years ago, Kaylie was diagnosed with leukemia—a cancer of blood and bone marrow. She overcame the disease after a hard battle, but it left scars. However, she doesn’t let anything hold her back from being the kindest and the most genuine person I know.