In the recently completed Math-A-Thon, the students at Elizabeth Ide School helped themselves by practicing their math and helped the children at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, by raising funds. More than $4,000 was contributed by the sponsors of seventy of our students. All participants received a certificate of appreciation. Those who raised $35 or more received a free ticket for Six Flags and a T-shirt. Those who raised $75 or more received a backpack. Those who raised $125-$249 recieved their choice of a dartboard, basketball, pocket radio, headphones, or a 6-in-one game set. One student contributed between $250 and $499. She chose a pair of binoculars. The school received a plaque and a clock/thermometer.
The Math-A-Thon program makes it possible for St. Jude to treat patients regardless of a family's ability to pay. St. Jude is the only pediatric cancer research center where families never pay for treatments that are not covered by insurance. No patient is denied treatment because of a family's inablility to pay.
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