Cancer Survivors Building a Bridge to a Healthy Future 

Did you know that at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital they don’t just treat cancer… they walk with survivors for life?

They help survivors build lifelong relationships with their primary care providers so they can move forward with strength, confidence, and hope. 

There’s a powerful story about Dr. Tim Folse. He walked into an exam room to greet a long-term survivor with a simple handshake… but this time was different.

A 37-year-old Hodgkin lymphoma survivor gripped his hand and held on. 

In that moment, the patient realized something incredible… Dr. Folse’s father — also a doctor — had diagnosed his cancer 30 years earlier.

Thirty. Years. Earlier.

Think about that.

From diagnosis… to survival… to adulthood… to standing face-to-face with the next generation of the very family who helped save his life. 

That’s not just medicine.
That’s legacy.
That’s hope.
That’s a bridge to a healthy future. 

When we say that supporting worthy causes matters, this is what we mean. Real people. Real stories. Real futures being protected.

And it reminds us that what we do in our everyday lives can ripple forward in ways we may never fully see. ??