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HRS NEWS
Holy Rosary Catholic School, 1303 S. Green River Rd., Evansville, IN 47715, Ph: 477-2271, Website: www.holyrosaryrams.org
Dear Parents, Students and Staff,
Tomorrow for Good Friday, we will begin our day with the
Stations of the Cross in church at 8:10am. We will conclude
the school day with a special Good Friday service and Veneration of the Cross beginning at 1:30pm in church. Throughout
the day we will make an extra effort to be quiet and reverent
in honor of this most holy day. You are welcome to join us
tomorrow for these services.
April 2, 2015
Next Newsletter: April 16, 2015
The Holy Rosary School Newsletter
is published approximately twice a month
and posted on our website.
Deadline for articles for the Newsletter
is Wednesday by 3 p.m.
Yesterday we distributed our extended school days information by email and by hard copy sent home with students.
If you have not already reviewed the information, please be
sure to do so as soon as possible. If you did not receive the
information, please let us know and we will send another
copy. Our extended days plan begins this coming week on
Monday, April 6th.
Because of the extension of the third quarter, report cards are
going home on Friday, April 3. In addition, if we have not yet
received a pre-registration form from your family to indicate if
you will be enrolling at Holy Rosary next year, a form will be
included with your child’s report card. Be sure to check backpacks this weekend!
Follow us on Twitter @HolyRosaryEvv!
Box Top Contest– April 6-17
Start sending in those
box tops and labels!
Congratulations to 7th grader, Max Bishop, who competed in
the Indiana State Geography Bee on Friday, March 27th in Indianapolis! Max made it to the top 25 in the state! Wow!
Way to go, Max! What an accomplishment!
Beginning Monday, April 6th, send
your child to school with their box
tops and labels. There will be a
bucket outside of the school office
Please know of our continued prayers for our Holy Rosary
Family of Families. May you all feel the wonderful blessings
Christ brings as we celebrate His rising on Easter Sunday and
every day!
If the whole school collectively fills
the bucket, they will earn an extra
FREE DRESS day! The contest runs
April 6-17.
God bless our Holy Rosary
Family of Families!
For all His children,
Joan Fredrich ☺
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HRS NEWSLETTER
NEWS FROM AROUND THE SCHOOL
Summer Camp Registration Now Open!
Are your kids looking for fun field trips and
exciting activities this summer? Register
for Holy Rosary’s Summer Camp! Camp
begins May 26 and runs through July 24,
7am to 6pm daily. See the enclosed registration form for complete information.
Hop-N-Ing Pledge Reminder
Please have pledges/donations collected in your child’s
Hop-N-Ing envelope and returned to your child’s homeroom
teacher by Monday, April 6.
In appreciation of our student’s efforts, K-4 students will
receive FREE DRESS on Friday, April 17! Thank you for
you support of the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center!
State Archery Results
Congratulations to the Holy Rosary archers who competed
at the state competition last month! A total of 2,106 archers competed from 3rd grade to high school seniors. This
was the single largest youth archery even in Indiana ever.
Stefanie Springer and Allen Rudolph both scored a perfect
round. Hayden Schneider, Stefanie Springer, Jenna Biggs,
Grace Patterson, Jacob Flittner, and Ella Goffinet all recorded new personal high scores.
In addition, Hayden’s score of 276 out of 300 earned 2nd
place in the state among all 4th and 5th graders! He will
compete at the national competition in May.
Good luck, Hayden!
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Apr 3
Apr 6
Apr 10
Apr 15
Apr 17
Apr 18
Apr 22
Apr 26
May 3-8
May 22
Make Up Day for Feb. 17
Make Up Day for Feb. 18
Spring Pictures– FREE DRESS
Spirit Dress
K-4 FREE DRESS for Hop-N-Ing
Day of Joy Retreat for 2nd
Graders making First Communion
First Communion– Pictures and
Dress Rehearsal (2nd Grade)
First Communion (2nd Grade)
HR Student Art Show on display
Make Up Day for February 19
ISTEP Schedule
Spring 2015 ISTEP+ Multiple Choice Assessment:
April 27-May 6 (Grades 3-8)
Way of the Cross
On Good Friday, April 3, 2015 the Catholic
movement Communion and Liberation will
sponsor a Way of the Cross beginning at
the Four Freedoms Monument in Downtown Evansville and concluding at Holy
Trinity Catholic Church. We will begin at
3:15 pm and will reflect on the path that
Christ followed for our redemption. The event should
finish before 5:00 pm. Please join us for this public opportunity for prayer. If you have questions, please contact Fr. Alex Zenthoefer at [email protected].
School Tool Box will once again be our
online ordering option for back to
school supplies. You will be able to…
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Archery Team Members: Claudia Bonilla, Ivy Snowden, Allen Rudolph,
Maggie Krutchen, Stefanie Springer, Hayden Schneider, Jenna Biggs, Ella
Goffinet, Piper Barlow, Maria Laroia-Nguyen, Jacob Flittner, Grace Patterson, Nicholas Flittner, and Nathan Springer. Coaches: Bill Daily and Brande
Springer.
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Order online & customize your
child’s supply list to your needs
Have it delivered free of charge to
your home ($50 minimum order)
Order up to 3 weeks before school
starts - ordering begins May 1st.
Watch for upcoming details!
www.schooltoolbox.com
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HRS NEWSLETTER
NEWS FROM AROUND THE SCHOOL
Vanderburgh County Vaccine Awareness
The Vanderburgh County Health Department, in partnership with Deaconess Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital, ECHO,
EVSC and 4-C, have come together to explore vaccine
awareness.
If you are interested, please complete the survey available
at the following link: www.usi.edu/vaccine The information
you provide in this survey is completely confidential and
should take only 5 minutes or less to complete. Thank you
for your time and participation.
Memorial Athletic Summer Camps
Memorial High School will host a variety of
athletic camps this summer for both boys
and girls. Registration is now posted online
via www.reitzmemorial.org>Athletics>Summer Camps.
Check it out as you make your summer plans!
Middle School STEM Camp
The Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education
and SwISTEM Resource Center is excited to launch
the Middle School STEM Innovation Camp during the
summer of 2015. This camp will offer incoming 6th-8th
grade middle school students the opportunity to "Think
Outside the Box" by exploring a variety of techniques and
activities from across multiple STEM disciplines in an engaging week-long day camp experience on the campus of
the University of Southern Indiana. Participants will walk
away inspired to continue their pursuit of a solid STEM Education and with a more defined understanding of career
possibilities involving science, technology, engineering and
mathematics. For more information, visit https://
www.usi.edu/extserv/ssl/regform.asp.
Just Thinking
This month’s series addresses the following questions: What are some of the ways in which issues of faith, family, and psychology overlap? How does the merge between these areas affect our daily lives? How can improvement in one area lead to improvement
in another?
March’s Just Thinking takes a closer look at just how issues of religion/spirituality, family, and psychology share
many similar messages. The 4-part series,The Union of Faith, Family, and Psychology: Reuniting Old Friends challenges
the often held notion that research and beliefs, especially with psychology and faith, lead to different outcomes and
advice. Increasingly, many sources of evidence suggest that messages from all areas point to similar benefits and
risks. Articles addressing this topic include the following:
“The Double Helix of Faith and Family”
“Turning Faith and Works Inside Out: A Psychologist’s Perspective”
“The Insidious Role of Pride in Our Own Psychological Downfall”
“Financial Stress: Auditing Our Money Woes”
Article link: www.stmarys.org/articles-1
Series link: www.stmarys.org/articles
I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for your interest.
Jim Schroeder, Ph.D.
St. Mary’s Center for Children
HOLY WEEK & EASTER
Wow, it is almost time to put away the PURPLE
for another season. We are in the midst of Holy
Week. This is the holiest week of the whole
Church year.
Holy Week commemorates Jesus’ triumphant
entry into Jerusalem (Palm Sunday); his gift of
the Eucharist (Holy Thursday); and his suffering,
death (Good Friday), and Resurrection (Easter).
Holy Week is a time of final preparations and
great anticipation. Our long-term preparations
of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving during Lent
will continue but with greater intensity. It is a
perfect week to take time and really prepare our
hearts, minds and homes for the amazing gift of
God’s mercy that comes through the death and
resurrection of Jesus. MAKE THIS WEEK COUNT!
Holy Week Schedule
Tuesday, March 31st
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Wednesday, April 1st
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Bob Barnett – parent
Heather Barr - parent
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School Stations of the Cross
8:10 a.m. in Church
School Passion & Veneration
Service
1:30 p.m. Church
Celebration of the Lord’s
Passion
7:00 p.m. in Church
Holy Saturday - April 4th
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Easter Vigil Service
8:00 p.m. in Church
Easter Sunday – April 5th
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7:00 a.m. Mass
At Holy Rosary
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8:30 am. Mass
At Nativity
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10:30 a.m. Mass
At Holy Rosary
(overflow seating available in
the Parish Hall)
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12:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish
At Nativity
Sam Newcomb - K
Heather Barnett – parent/cafeteria staff
School Prayer Service
8:10 a.m. in Church
6th Grade Retreat
12:45 Church & Parish Hall
Mass of the Lord’s Supper
7:00 p.m. in Church
Good Friday - April 3rd
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Erin Hurt – parent/TH teacher
4th Grade Retreat
12:30 Church & Parish Hall
Holy Thursday - April 2nd
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Did you know that 10 of the people who are being
baptized or received into full communion with the
Catholic Church at Holy Rosary on Saturday night have a
school connection? Please pray for those who join us in
faith.
Chrism Mass
At St. Benedict Cathedral
5:30 p.m.
We are looking for food donations and volunteers for the Easter Vigil Reception on Saturday. Morning &
Evening Volunteers needed. Contact Carol Ann 812-760-7738 /[email protected]/ 812-477-8923.
Triduum
Morning
prayer
Good Friday &
Holy Saturday
Morning
(April 3-4)
9:00 A.m. C.D.T.
(Evansville time)
SAINT BENEDICT
CATHEDRAL
Giovanni di Paolo, Lamentation over the Dead Christ (1430-35)
Evansville, INDIANA
TAKE TIME GOOD FRIDAY AND HOLY SATURDAY TO PREPARE
FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
WITH THE MORNING PRAYER OF THE CHURCH.
People who pray are not wasting their time, even though the situation appears
desperate and seems to call for action alone.
—Pope Benedict XVI, Encyclical Letter Deus Caritas Est, no. 36
WAY OF THE CROSS
Good Friday | April 3 | 3:15 pm
Beginning at the Four Freedoms Monument and concluding at Holy
Trinity Catholic Church in downtown Evansville
Sponsored by Communion and Liberation
The Cross is not an ornament that we must always put in the churches, there on
the altar. It is not a symbol that distinguishes us from others. The Cross is
mystery, the mystery of God who humbles himself, he becomes ‘nothing.’ He
becomes sin. Where is your sin? ‘I don’t know, I have so many here.’ No, your sin
is there, in the Cross. Go and find it there, in the wounds of the Lord and your
sins will be healed, your wounds will be healed, your sins will be forgiven. The
forgiveness that God gives us is not the same as cancelling a debt that we have
with Him, the forgiveness that God gives us are the wounds of his Son on the
Cross, raised up on the Cross. May he draw us towards Him and may we allow
ourselves to be healed by him.
- Pope Francis, April 2014
The Procession to Calvary, Pieter Bruegel
Box Top Contest!
Start sending in those box tops and labels! Beginning Monday, April 6th send your child to
school with their box tops and labels. There will be a bucket outside of the school office. If the
whole school collectively fills the bucket, they will earn an extra free dress day! You will have
until April 17th to get them in!
Spirit Wear Orders
Holy Rosary PTO
Officers
Co-Presidents
Heather Barnett
499-9307
Jennifer Flittner
499-2510
Treasurer
Katie Schenk
Spirit wear orders were sent home this week. We are still
waiting on some from the printer. Those should be in by the
beginning of next week and will be sent home with your
child!
Way to go HRS families!
We raised over $10,000 towards our families tuitions shopping
at Schnucks!
Schnuck’s supports our school and the parish each time you
swipe your eScrip Card.
Need a card or have questions- contact Marietta @ 812-430-6961
“COME ONE, COME ALL”
TO HOLY ROSARY SUMMER CAMP
2015
Come join us for a fun summer packed with many
field trips, crafts, guest speakers, weekly themed
activities and lots more.
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Camp begins Tuesday, May 26th through July 24th.
We open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 6:00 p.m.
Morning and afternoon snack are provided daily.
Ages 4 and up or have already attended Totten Hall
are welcome.
Children are separated by ages.
Lunch is provided on Mondays.
Bring sack lunches Tuesday through Friday.
Drop-ins are accepted if space available.
All registration forms (on back) must be returned by
Friday, April 17, 2015.
More information will be sent to those who have
registered.
Prices:
 5 Days: $95.00 per week for first child
$85.00 per week for second child
$75.00 per week for third child
 Drop-ins: $35.00 per day
Each camper is required to pay an additional $55.00
non-refundable registration fee. This pays for all field
trips, activities, crafts and one field trip t-shirt.
Questions and registration forms may be emailed to Trina
Virden or Susan Unfried at [email protected].
Holy Rosary Summer Camp
Registration 2015
Family Last Name:_______________________________E-Mail________________________
Child’s Name: ________________________ Grade _______ Date of birth___________Size_________
Child’s Name: ________________________ Grade _______ Date of birth___________Size_________
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Child’s Name: ________________________ Grade _______ Date of birth___________Size_________
Program Selected: _____ Daily
_____ Drop In
T-Shirt Size ______
Extra Shirt @ $7.00______
Parent Information
Mother’s Name: Ms. Mrs: ___________________________________ Daytime Phone: _____________
Employer: ________________________________________ Home Phone: ______________________
Mother’s Home Address: ___________________________City__________________ Zip ___________
Father’s Name: ________________________________
Daytime Phone: _____________________
Employer: ____________________________________
Home Phone: _______________________
Father’s Home Address: ____________________________City________________Zip______________
Names of those approved for child pick-up other than parents:
______________________________________________________________________________________
Emergency Information
Please give the name and phone number of two people who may be contacted in case of emergency or
illness, when the parent or guardian is not available.
Name ________________________________
Phone ________________________________
Name ________________________________
Phone ________________________________
In the event of illness or injury to my child, which in the judgment of the Holy Rosary After-School staff
requires emergency treatment, my permission is granted to call the following doctors named, after attempts
made to contact me by telephone have been unsuccessful:
Doctor _______________________________
Phone ________________________________
Doctor ________________________________
Phone _________________________________
The hospital emergency room of my choice is ________________________________________
I hereby release the Holy Rosary After-School Care Program from any claim arising out of the doctor’s
actions. All medical expenses shall be the parent’s responsibility.
Parent/Guardian ________________________
Date ____________________
My child is allergic to the following:
Medications: ___________________________________________
Foods: ________________________________________________
Other: ________________________________________________
*Please add other notes on back
Holy Rosary & Nativity Parishes present
Vacation Bible School
June 8-12, 2015 9:00 – 11:30
Holy Rosary Campus
Parents: _____________________________
Email: _______________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________
Street
City
Phone: ____________________
Zip
Emergency Contact: _______________________
Who can pick up your child(ren) from VBS:
____ Parent
____ Summer Camp
___ Other __________________________________________________________
name(s) and phone numbers
_____ Child(ren) will stay for Holy Rosary Summer Camp the week of VBS.
Children participating in
HR Summer Camp the week of VBS will have their VBS registration fee paid by HR Summer Camp. Music and T-shirt fee is
separate. All HR Summer Camp participants will be a part of VBS.
Child’s Name
Please include child’s last name
if different
Date of Birth
&
Grade during
2015-16
DOB
Grade
T-shirt Size
Child sm (6-8)
Child M – (10-12)
Child Lrg (14-160
Adult S (34-36)
Allergies &
Medications
Larger sizes available
We are currently registering participants who are 3 years old through 11 years old. All participants
must be potty trained. Older participants are invited to inquire about helping in one of the VBS areas.
Student Volunteers who want “gizmos” from Imagination Station must pay $5.00
I would like to volunteer to help with one of the areas of VBS
Bible Story
Photography
Snack
Games
Crew Leader
Crafts
I can help:
Music & Skit
M
T
W
Registration
TH
F
Preschool
ALL
VBS fee is $15.00 per child PLUS a $5.00 per family for a music CD
(optional) and a $5.00 t-shirt fee per child (optional but must be paid at time of registration)
Summer Camp Participants – Your VBS fee is paid by Summer Camp (music and tshirt is paid separate by the family). Children who attend SC part time will be assessed a per day
fee on non-summer camp days if you attend VBS. Questions, please call Carol Ann at 477-8923
Please make checks payable to Holy Rosary
The Holy Rosary Summer Social is fast approaching
on May 14, 15 & 16.
Here is how you can help us have another successful social.
1. Volunteer to help. Most shifts are only two hours and you get a FREE T-SHIRT. Sign-up forms
are in the back of church, or call the Parish Office at 477-8923. AGAIN THIS YEAR – you can
sign up by going online on the parish website – www.hrparish.org – then click on Holy Rosary
Summer Social 2015.
2. Buy & Sell as many car/cash & quilt raffle tickets as you can. The raffles are our only way to
make money should we get rained out and even if we don’t; they generate 65% of our
revenue. Tickets were passed out at school, and are in the back of church, or fill out the order
form you were recently mailed. (Buy before May 10th and get 7 for $100 instead of 6).
3. Spring Cleaning? The Silent/Chance Auction will take donations of any new or unused items –
see trees in back of church for items needed, and if you have a creative side, Theme Baskets
are always a hit! Contact Karen Baggett at 479-3908 for pick up or deliver them to the Parish
Office.
4. Donations needed for games:
- Mason Jars – filled with goodies for the Jazzy Jar Booth. Jars are in the back of
church or you can provide your own.
- Dime Toss – needs any type glassware or plastic ware.
- Ring A Liter – 2 liter drinks (any flavors)
- Candy Bar Wheel – Full Size Candy Bars
- Wheel of Fun – any size stuffed animals
- Cake Walk – sign up to bake or provide a cake. Sign-up forms are in the back of
church or contact Trisha Smith at [email protected]. Boxes are provided.
- Royal Flush & Crazy Ball – big plastic jugs of candy sold at Sams (participation prize).
Please drop off at the Parish Office or you may leave them in the back of Church. Thanks in
advance for helping make most all of our games expense free!
5. Calling all bakers and candy makers! The Sweets booth needs your donations of homemade
or store bought goodies to sell. Homemade candy, especially chocolate and peanut butter
fudge are popular items. Brownies, cookies, fruit, puppy chow & trail mix also sell well. Please
place the items in sandwich sized or snack size baggies and bring them to the Sweets Booth
during the Social or drop them off at the Parish Hall. Call Sylvia Groves at 490-6148 or 4993256 to volunteer to bake. Thank You!
6. Dessert Boxes for the nightly dinners will soon be available in the back of church. Please take
some home and bring them back filled with a cake, pie, cupcakes or cookies for the dessert
table. Call Mary Wolk at 402-0212 to volunteer.
7. Attend the Social and invite your family and friends to do the same. Eat dinner here, either
inside the cafeteria from 5-7:30PM nightly serving Family Style Fried Chicken or Pork Chop
Dinners and all the fixings or Carry-Out is offered in the Parish Hall and even offers a DriveThru Service! The Food Booths open nightly from 5-10PM and offer all the great festival food –
burgers, tenderloins, cheese fries, walking tacos, bar-b-que, nachos, funnel cakes, pizza,
homemade sweets, Lemon Shake-Ups, Roy Boy Shaved Ice & More! Hope to see you there!
8. Finally, PRAY that we are blessed, once again, with great weather, plenty of volunteers and
another successful Social!
Advertising Opportunity
for Businesses on our
Summer Social T-Shirts
The Holy Rosary Summer Social (the first one of the season) is fast approaching on May 15, 16
& 17 and once again we are looking for t-shirt sponsors. We were fortunate in the past to
have given every volunteer (over 800) a t-shirt. This has been possible due to the support of
our advertisers.
The t-shirts are worn by our 800+ volunteers while they are working the three day Social and
many will continue to wear them out and about for years to come. They are always a hot
commodity. In addition, our sponsors are thanked in our newsletter and Parish website. Also,
AGAIN this year we will thank our Title, Platinum & Gold Sponsors on our sign on Green River
Rd. So, you will get a lot of BANG for your BUCK.
The sponsorship levels are as follows:
Title Sponsor
Platinum Level
Gold Level
Silver Level
Bronze Level
Booth Sponsor(sign)
$1,000.00
$500.00
$400.00
$300.00
$200.00
$100.00
There is a deadline of April 17th. If interested, please contact Christine Gilles at 477-8923 or
[email protected]
Thank you in advance for your support of our 2015 Social. We consider our Social to be one of
the best in town and with your help and generosity, we can continue our tradition.
Reitz Memorial High School extends a special
invitation to our Feeder School Students to come
see their production of
The Addams Family
April 9th, 10th, 11th @ 7pm
April 12th @ 2:30pm
Dress up as your favorite Addams
Family Member and you will receive $1
off your ticket price!
Tickets can be purchased in advance at
www.seatyourself.biz/mhstheatre
Spring
Masquerade
Saturday, April 11, 2015
5:30 pm – Midnight
Old National Atrium
Tickets: $45 per person
Beverages, Dinner, Dancing,
Silent & Live Auctions
Proceeds to benefit St. Benedict Cathedral School
Spring Masquerade
Make Your Reservation Today Individual Ticket: $45 Qty: ______ Reserve a table for eight: $350 Qty: ______ We’d like to donate a ticket for a teacher to show our appreciation: $45 Qty: ______ We are unable to attend, but please find the enclosed donation: $__________ Name: ____________________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________ Phone: _________________ Cell Phone: ____________________ Email: ____________________________________________________ Please note (if applicable) what grade your children are in: ____________________________________________________ Please list the names of those seated at your table: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Total amount enclosed: $ ____________ Please send this card and payment by April 6th to: St. Benedict Cathedral Attn: Spring Masquerade 530 S. Harlan Avenue Evansville, IN 47714 Call 812-­‐204-­‐3375 with questions. Please see reverse side for additional sponsorship opportunities. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurological condistion that affects the way a
person experiences and interacts with the world. Most people with ASD don’t ‘appear’ disabled,
but their condition causes them to see the world as a confusing, have impared social interaction,
delayed & disordered language, repetitive behavior, and have restricted range of intersest. Until
recently, many people with ASD would be sent to an institution, while today most can live with
their families or communities. Early intervention, and consistent access to care can greatly improve the development of a child with ASD.
To find out more information, visit www.autismspeaks.org
Please join the fight against childhood cancer!
GIVE HOPE. RUN.
April 25, 2015
Burdette Park, Evansville, Indiana
What is Happening?
On Saturday, April 25, 2015, Evansville, IN will host the 5th annual St. Jude Give Hope Run 5K
charity run/walk and Kids Dash benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to fight
childhood cancer. The event will be held at Burdette Park starting at 8:00am. In 2014, nearly
1500 people participated in the St. Jude Give Hope Run, raising over $120,000. Our goal for
2015, with your help, is to raise $200,000 for the kids of St. Jude.
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Why St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital?
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962 in
fulfillment of a promise to God, is one of the world’s premier centers for the research and
treatment of pediatric cancer and other deadly childhood diseases.
St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other
deadly diseases. St. Jude has increased the survival rates for acute lymphoblastic leukemia
(ALL) from 4 percent before opening in 1962 to 94 percent today. St. Jude’s innovative research
has also led to a dramatic increase in survival rates for children with many other types of cancer.
St. Jude’s brain tumor science and technology are the cutting edge worldwide and St. Jude has
the largest protocol-based pediatric brain tumor research program in the country. St. Jude is the
national coordinating center of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium.
Children from our Evansville community, all 50 states, and from around the world have come
through the doors of St. Jude for treatment, and thousands more around the world have benefited
from the research conducted at St. Jude — research that is shared freely with the global medical
community.
St. Jude is where doctors send their toughest cases, because St. Jude has the world’s best
survival rates for the most aggressive forms of childhood cancers.
How Can You Help?
Form a team and walk or run with us! Your school will excite and engage your students
and/or faculty by providing them an opportunity to participate in a truly inspiring community
event. Registration for the 5K Walk/Run is $25 per person age 13 or older and includes
an event T shirt and drawstring backpack. Each team member decides if they would like
to be timed in the race.
Children 12 and under can sign up for the Kids Kick Cancer Dash. Registration fee is $15.
All those who participate will receive a T-shirt and race day pack.
If you have people who are not able to be present on the day of the race, they can be
virtual team members and still receive an event T-shirt and backpack with the above
registration fees.
Help us publicize the event by displaying our posters at school and distributing flyers to
your students.
Encourage your student led clubs to form a team and/or raise money as a service project.
Host “free dress” or “Caps for Kids” for $1 donation. Many cancer patients lose their hair
during treatment. Wearing a hat or baseball cap all day would serve as a reminder of
these children. Organize a bake sale, car wash, school dance or other fun event and
dedicate the funds raised to our St. Jude Give Hope. Run.
Have a St. Jude / Defeat Cancer theme at a ball game. Accept donations and/or give a
portion of the admission fee to our Give Hope. Run.
The Evansville-St. Jude Connection
In recent years over 65 children with cancer from the Evansville/Tri-State area have been treated
at St. Jude. Even children treated at other hospitals have benefited from St. Jude as many
treatment protocols are based on what is being done at St. Jude. St. Jude doctors and
researchers freely share their knowledge with other hospitals around the world and are often
consulted by doctors at other institutions.
The Evansville St. Jude Give Hope. Run was started by St. Ben/St. Joe parishioners Craig and
Katie Witsoe in 2011. The Witsoe family turned to St. Jude when their 3½ year old son, Sean,
was diagnosed with brain cancer. Despite intensive treatment at St. Jude, Sean died in April
2010 just 2 days after his 5th birthday.
In December 2012, lifelong St. John Newburgh parishioner, Memorial High School valedictorian
and St. Jude patient Sam Featherstone brought awareness of the need for research for brain
cancer to the Evansville area when he formed SamStrong: Search for the Cure. Unfortunately
Sam died just a few days after his successful event at just 19 years old. We continue Sam’s
mission of working for a cure.
Please help!
Statistics show that 1 in 285 people will have cancer before age 20. Every day 46 children in the
United States are diagnosed with cancer and every day 7 children die from cancer. Cancer kills
more kids than all other diseases combined. Research done at St. Jude is making a difference!
St. Jude covers expenses not paid by health insurance and provides comfortable lodging for
patient families. The daily operating cost of St. Jude is $2 million.
This is a fun event the entire family can enjoy together. While getting exercise and raising money
for one of the most respected charities, children will experience the joy of helping others.
For more information or to register for the event, please visit www.givehoperun.org. If you have
further questions or to learn more about SamStrong, please visit www.samstrong.org or contact
Tammy Featherstone via email [email protected] or phone St. Jude
representative Audi Chastain at (317) 587-0925 or [email protected].
“No child should die in the dawn of life.”
Danny Thomas, founder