When five Houston High School students took a Memphis Area Transit Authority bus downtown last month to suffer through the struggles of people who rely on it, they didn’t board it from a stop in Germantown. Together, a group of Houston High School students and Memphis' struggling youths can boost transit, writes Tonyaa Weathersbee in this column for subscribers. Jude over $100 million raised all time by the marathon.Ĭan concerned youth help reverse Memphis transit woes?

Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend brought in the donation that put St. Their 54-member fundraising team for the St. On Thursday, the Hammers learned they would be helping more families like theirs for years to come. 'Those people are special people that are able to be there and do that job to take care of your child.' He will undergo his two final rounds of chemotherapy this weekend and next, and the family is optimistic that scans later this month will show that the treatment and surgery have rid their son's body of cancer.

Jude Children's Research Hospital, and Caleb began chemotherapy for his osteosarcoma on April 23. Their doctor referred the Memphis residents to St. 'Hearing your child has cancer is the worst day of any parent's life,' Lindsey said.

A few days later, a fall on the playground brought the Hammers to Campbell Clinic for X-rays, then an MRI and then devastating news: Caleb had cancer, our Corinne Kennedy reports. Jude family's donation that powered the Memphis Marathon Weekend past $100 million money raised over 20 years.ĭan and Lindsey Hammer's 12-year-old son Caleb started complaining of arm soreness earlier this year after being hit in the shoulder by a ball during soccer practice. Good Friday morning Memphis, where we'll bask in spring-like weather one more day and the Grizzlies beat the Oklahoma City Thunder at FedExForum Thursday night in memorable, record-setting fashion.īut, first, we're celebrating a St.

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