Just a Kid, Summer 2026 - NEW

Every child deserves a childhood – the chance to play, imagine, explore and simply be a kid. For children facing cancer, those moments can be overshadowed by days spent in treatment, hospital rooms and uncertainty. But thanks to generous supporters, St. Jude can give our doctors and researchers the tools and technology they need to make the next groundbreaking discovery – discoveries that have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate in the U.S. from 20% in 1962 to more than 80% today.

By sharing our new PSAs, you can help St. Jude make cures possible; so kids who once thought about cancer every day can finally think about all the small joys that make childhood so special. Together, let’s help more kids just be kids.

Just a Kid

Every child deserves a childhood – the chance to play, imagine, explore and simply be a kid. For children facing cancer, those moments can be overshadowed by days spent in treatment, hospital rooms and uncertainty. But thanks to generous supporters, St. Jude can give our doctors and researchers the tools and technology they need to make the next groundbreaking discovery – discoveries that have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate in the U.S. from 20% in 1962 to more than 80% today.

By sharing our new PSAs, you can help make cures possible; so kids who once thought about cancer every day can finally think about all the small joys that make childhood so special. Together, let’s help more kids just be kids.

Finding cures. Saving children.®

As one St. Jude family, our mission is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® When you share our PSAs, you’re helping St. Jude lead the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life threatening diseases. Because most of our funding comes from individual supporters, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food—so they can focus on helping their child live.

And St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes, so every child saved at St. Jude means thousands more Children can be saved around the world and in your community. St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. Every child deserves a chance to live their best life and celebrate every moment. 

When you support St. Jude, you help give kids with cancer around the world that chance. Together, we can save more lives.