St. Jude & ARS/Rescue Rooter Partnership

ARS/Rescue Rooter is a Proud Partner of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

ARS/Rescue Rooter is proud to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and its mission: Finding cures. Saving children®. Since 2018, ARS has raised more than $8 million to support St. Jude as they pioneer cures for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Breakthroughs in research and treatment have helped St. Jude advance the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to 80% since the hospital opened its doors in 1962. Through branch donations, sponsorships, direct mail campaigns, nationwide sales events, and employee payroll giving, our network of more than 70 branches and 6,500 employees have helped St. Jude improve the quality of care for children everywhere. To learn more about our partnership, please visit our blog.
 

Caption: CHRO Chris Snow and CEO Scott Boose present our 2024 donation to ALSAC CEO Rick Shadyac.

Please join us in supporting St. Jude by donating directly at www.stjude.org/comfortforacause.

St. Jude Patient of the Month: Jersey

Jersey's Story

When Jersey was a baby, her mom noticed a spot on her right cheek, under her eye. At 11 months old, she underwent testing that showed the growth was a non-cancerous, but fast-growing, tumor of the connective tissue called desmoid fibromatosis. She was quickly referred to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ^®

“I was surprised and happy that they were able to treat her and help this go away,” said Jersey’s mom. “They don’t deal with just cancer, they deal with other things as well. We were very blessed to be so well taken care of.”

Jersey underwent surgery to remove the tumor, as well as chemotherapy to prevent more tumor growth. She completed treatment in late 2023 and returns to St. Jude every few months for checkups.

Jersey’s mom describes her personality as “sweet and sassy,” with a little bit of “country girl.” She likes to share her food but not her toys and enjoys visiting the neighbor’s chickens.

“It’s because of gifts like this that parents like me can go into a hospital, see their child, and not worry about a bill or how much it’s going to cost to buy their medicine. I know I would be bankrupt if I had to,” Tanisha said.