{"id":721,"date":"2008-11-07T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T14:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/?p=351"},"modified":"2008-11-07T10:32:11","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T14:32:11","slug":"up-%e2%80%98til-dawn-campaign-supports-st-jude-children%e2%80%99s-research-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2008\/11\/up-%e2%80%98til-dawn-campaign-supports-st-jude-children%e2%80%99s-research-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Up &#8217;til Dawn campaign supports St. Jude Children&#8217;s Research Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 100 students in the UTC Chapter of Up &#8217;til Dawn, a collegiate fundraising program for St. Jude Children&#8217;s Research Hospital, recently wrote 4,200 letters to solicit donations.\u00a0 The money the students raise will be sent directly to St. Jude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSt. Jude never turns anyone away regardless of the family&#8217;s ability to pay. It costs close to $1.5 million to run the hospital each day! So, we are working hard to invest in the lives of children from around the world,\u201d said 2008-09 UTC Chapter Assistant Director Andrew Clark.<\/p>\n<p>The 2008-09 Executive Director of Up \u2018Til Dawn is Rebekah Wilson and Shasta Westmoreland serves as the group\u2019s advisor.\u00a0 The Executive Board plans the events and gains sponsorships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebekah and I traveled to Memphis last summer to visit the hospital, meet the patients, and truly understand the reason we are fundraising with Up &#8217;til Dawn,\u201d said Clark.\u00a0 \u201cOur theme this year is &#8220;Mission Possible: Saving the World, One Child at a Time.\u201d I love it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UTC Chapter is currently in its third year of fundraising. In its first year, it raised close to $36,000, an impressive amount for a first effort and for the size of the University.\u00a0 Last year, $48,000 was raised. This year, students want to raise $60,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want the children at St. Jude to go to college like we do.\u00a0 We want them to be able to live their lives,\u201d Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the UTC Chapter of Up \u2018til Dawn online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utcuptildawn.com\/\">http:\/\/www.utcuptildawn.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately 100 students in the UTC Chapter of Up &#8217;til Dawn, a collegiate fundraising program for St. Jude Children&#8217;s Research Hospital, recently wrote 4,200 letters to solicit donations.\u00a0 The money the students raise will be sent directly to St. Jude. \u201cSt. Jude never turns anyone away regardless of the family&#8217;s ability to pay. 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