Clarks Landing Yacht Sales Raises Over $80k for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Seaside Heights, NJ (September 21, 2019) - This September, thousands of people nationwide joined together in the battle against childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases by participating in the St. Jude Walk/Run. Seaside Heights is one of 63 communities across the country helping raise funds and awareness for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
The St. Jude Walk/Run Jersey Shore took place Sept. 21, on the Seaside Heights Boardwalk.
The entire Jersey Shore community was invited to participate in the event, which featured a scenic 5K, family-friendly activities and live entertainment. Participants were encouraged to form teams and raise funds to help support the lifesaving mission of St. Jude.
Those among the crowd included Clarks Landing Yacht Sales, annual sponsor of the St. Jude Walk/ Run Jersey Shore, whose efforts through the years have raised over $80,000 in charitable donations for St. Jude. This year, they raised another $7,285 in addition to their $15,000 sponsorship. This was all possible because of Clarks Landing Yacht Sales's generous marina and wedding venue sponsors: Fedway, The Fisherman Magazine, John B Wright Insurance, Kremer Marine, NJ Manufacturers, Nottingham Insurance, Popovitch Builders, The Salty Dog, Sysco, Travelers insurance, and The Mill Lakeside Manor.
Nicole Hoffman, Clarks Landing Yacht Sales Yacht Club Wedding Planner, organizes the event every year in honor of her bride and groom's son, Maxwell, who passed at eight months old from pediatric cancer. "We walk in his honor each year and to support every child who is fighting cancer and their families."
Clarks Landing Yacht Sales Vice President, Michael Longhi, says, "Clarks Landing Yacht Sales is committed to doing our part to strengthen our local community." Their Fish 'N for the Cause campaign has benefited St. Jude and other local organizations like Red Bank-based Lunch Break soup kitchen, which provides food, clothing, life skills coaching and fellowship to those in need." Visit clarkslanding.com/charity to learn more about #TeamClarks and their charitable giving program.
Because of generous donors and events like St. Jude Walk/Run Jersey Shore, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food - because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since it opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude won't stop until no child dies from cancer.
For more information, or to make a donation, visit stjude.org/Jerseyshore.
About St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude won't stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food - because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org, sharing stories and videos from St. Jude Inspire, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on Twitter and Instagram and subscribing to its YouTube channel.