By Annabeth Miller,
ShowMe Times Editor
There was loud music and kid’s laughing and giggling and having a good time. There was the sound of bowling balls rolling down the lanes and pins tumbling down. There was also the sound of friends having fun and kids who were “doing good.”
The Annual 10 Pins For Ben charity fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis was held Saturday with kids having a good time and the sound of records being broken for the local fundraiser. The fundraiser is sponsored each year by the 18 Fore Life Foundation, with all proceeds sent to St. Jude to help children fight catastrophic diseases.
In an “unofficial” count for the kids portion of the 10 Pins For Ben day showed that they kids really put heart and soul into the event this year, with over $2,000 raised by just the youngsters.
Jim Rainey and Bank of Advance sponsored the t-shirts for all the kids who bowled Saturday. The exciting day was held at Dexter Bowl on Two Mile Road in Dexter
All in all, the daylong event raised more than $10,000 for St. Jude, thanks the generosity of enthusiasm of kids and adults who participated in the big day.
Since opening 50 years ago, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis has changed the way the world treats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. No family ever pays St. Jude for the care their child receives and, for every child treated here, thousands more have been saved worldwide through St. Jude discoveries. The hospital has played a pivotal role in pushing U.S. pediatric cancer survival rates from 20 to 80 percent overall, and is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted to children. It is also a leader in the research and treatment of blood disorders and infectious diseases in children. St. Jude was founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, who believed that no child should die in the dawn of life.
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