Four days, 465 miles, one goal: St. Jude supporters begin run to Illinois
Runners from more than two dozen communities depart St. Jude's Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis on the way to Peoria, Illinois, home of the first St. Jude affiliate clinic, on July 17. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The St. Jude Runs relay fundraiser is a tradition that dates back more than four decades and ends with a parade in Peoria, Illinois, featuring runners from Memphis, Chicago, St. Louis and three dozen other Midwestern cities.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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