St. James Foundation Establishes

Earthquake Relief Fund For Haiti

The St. James Healthcare Foundation has established an Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund in cooperation with Granite Mountain Bank to provide assistance to Haiti.  Individuals and organizations throughout Southwest Montana are invited to contribute to the fund.    

St. James Healthcare employees can contribute directly to the fund or through payroll deductions.  The Foundation will match donations up to $2,000 and the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System (SCLHS) will match contributions up to $100,000.   

The contributions will be divided equally among the following three agencies:

·         The American Red Cross

·         Catholic Relief Services

·         Partners in Progress in Haiti (an organization that has been supported by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth for several years)

Checks and money orders should be made payable to the St. James Healthcare Foundation and clearly specify “Haiti Earthquake Disaster Relief.”  Contributors are asked to provide their name and address so the Foundation can track the tax deductible donations.  The Foundation and Granite Mountain Bank will take no fees for administering the project.

Private contributions can be mailed directly to the St. James Healthcare Foundation at P.O. Box 3300, Butte MT  59702 or dropped off at Granite Mountain Bank at 605 Dewey Blvd.

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 Cherry Creek Radio and Harrington Pepsi Cola Bottling recently held a radiothon in support of the children of St. Jude.  Thanks to you the listener, we were able to raise $12,262! 

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility.  Discoveries made there have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.  With research and patient care under one roof, St. Jude is where some of today’s most gifted researchers are able to do science more quickly.

All patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude are treated without regard to the family’s ability to pay and it costs $1.4 million dollars per day for the facility to operate.  Therefore, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has relied on radiothon fund-raising for over 30 years.  Last year, KAAR FM helped to raise almost $10,000.

More than 800 members of the country music industry, from executives to recording artists and radio representatives gathered in Memphis Jan. 15-18 to join Country Music Hall-of-Famer Randy Owen in applauding past accomplishments and looking to future goals.  KAAR FM was on hand and brought along a guitar donated by Len Waters Quality Guitars of Butte to be autographed by some of country music’s brightest stars.

The guitar, a Johnson “OOO” with a Flower Pot abalone headstock inlay with abalone diamond fret position markers, rosewood fret board, ebony bridge and bone nut and saddle upgrades done by Scott at Len Waters, is signed by major recording artists such as Randy Owen, Jessica Andrews, Jason Michael Carroll, Lee Ann Womack and many more!

Congratulations to Mary Rowe, who after becoming a Partner in Hope for the second year in a row, won the guitar along with knowing that she has made a difference in the lives of the children of St. Jude.

Special thanks  to Ed Tech FCU and First Citizens Bank for being pin-up sponsors!

The  St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/92.5 KAAR FM Radiothon was also brought to you in part by:

St. James Hospital, Butte Produce, Bruce and Bob's Good Guy Pawn, Butte GM/Subaru, Lori Renz Farmer's Insurance Agency, Summit Surgery Center, Les Schwab Tire Center, Zobenica Sheet Metal, Brenda's Florist, and Dr. Neal Rodgers. 

Please support these local businesses as they help to support the children of St. Jude.

To learn more about St. Jude’s mission, visit www.stjude.org or www.countrycares.org