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Sr. St. Jude Chair
Celeste Webb, Illinois
webbfam@consolidated.net

Have you ever attended an ESA Leadership? I was in Denver March 1 thru the 4 for Leadership
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as the St. Jude Sr. chair. While there, our beloved organization, tries to help incoming state
presidents and other ESA members grow as leaders. There are a wide variety of topics,
discussions, a ton of
information shared and
friendships formed. If you
have not experienced
Leadership, I strongly urge
you to put it on your
bucket list.

At Leadership, I talked to
the incoming state
presidents about Laps for
Life. This new program is a
new way to involve young
people in fundraising for
St. Jude. You ask a group Kathleen Grissom, Kim Kummmer,
Maria Bingheim, and Celeste Webb
of kids to get sponsors and
walk or run around a track
or gym. The student council at Jefferson Elementary School in Charleston, Illinois raised over
$1500 last November. They plan to do it again next November and double their donation. All
incoming state presidents have the information and paperwork.

We also heard from Isaac, an intern working for St. Jude at the Denver office from St. Louis Mo.
As a child, Isaac was a St. Jude patient. He had leukemia and his family went to St. Jude for
treatment. He pointed out that the survival rate for his type of cancer is now up to 96%. Isn’t that
Amazing! We are so close to 100%, if we donate a little more money maybe they can find the
cure, 100% of kids cured!

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