I ate dinner at Chili's tonight. It's St. Jude night and 100% of their proceeds are donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Chili's has pledged $50 million over the next 10 years dedicated to the Chili's Care Center.
The Chili’s Care Center combines 21st Century imaging and treatment technology with St. Jude’s almost half-century approach to medical research: put patients and scientists in the same building to fast-track the translation of new knowledge into better care for our children. The seven-story, 340,000-square-foot facility will house major research initiatives in both diagnostic and therapeutic radiology. The Chili’s Care Center possesses state-of-the-art equipment such as a cyclotron that will provide an array of new research initiatives in nuclear chemistry and nuclear medicine by using novel radiolabeled pharmaceuticals to track tumor extent and response to therapies. Additionally, the department’s Radiation Oncology division will use highly sophisticated 3-D imaging and linear accelerator technologies to produce highly conformal treatment plans. In short, better technology means better research and better medical outcomes.
How cute is this dress? The front has St. Jude embroidered and the back has Hope 
St. Jude loves Chili's!
Here is a local St. Jude patient getting her arm painted ~ a ladybug!
Leslie and I get to spend a few days doing work functions in Santa Clara and Walnut Creek ~ near San Francisco
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