LightSources Supports St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has a mission: finding cures for pediatric cancers and other catastrophic childhood diseases and saving children.  Founded in 1962 by entertainer Danny Thomas, St. Jude has been at the forefront of research that has resulted in pioneering treatments that have helped push the overall survival rates for childhood cancer from less than 20 percent when the hospital opened to 80 percent today.  In particular, the survival rate for the most common form of childhood cancer has risen from 4 percent to 94 percent.

 

As the first and only pediatric cancer center to be awarded by the National Cancer Institute the designation of a Comprehensive Cancer Center, St. Jude is also making progress against other pediatric catastrophic diseases such as genetic diseases, sickle cell disease, and blood and bone disorders. 

 

The cost of providing state-of-the art treatments and outstanding care is high.  Yet no child is denied treatment at St. Jude because of a family’s inability to pay.  That is the promise of St. Jude to the families it serves and over the years children from all 50 states and around the world have come to St. Jude for treatment.   One of the ways that St. Jude accomplishes its mission is to make sure that funding is used primarily for research and treatments.  Over the past five years 81 cents of every dollar received has supported these objectives.

 

For over 20 years LightSources owner Christian Sauska has been a valued friend of the St. Jude mission.  The daily operating cost for St. Jude is $1.5 million and contributions from generous individuals such as Mr. Sauska are the primary source of funding for these costs.  Additionally, LightSources encourages all of its partners and associates to also contribute to the efforts of St. Jude so that one day pediatric cancer might be eliminated.

 

LightSources, and our strategic European partner, LightTech represent the leading high-tech designers and manufacturers in the lamp industry today.  Our products are used world-wide in a multitude of applications and industries such as our UV air purification systems that offer a safe solution for sterilization, odor control, and the removal of toxic chemicals.