TRI DELTA
Where was Tri Delta founded?
Boston University, MA
Where is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital located?
Memphis, Tennessee
This philanthropic event raises over 80% of all Tri Delta's donations for St. Jude.
Sincerely Yours Letters
The first institution established for the sole purpose of conducting research and developing treatment for catastrophic childhood diseases?
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
How many chapters does tri delta have?
141
What is our Motto?
Let us steadfastly love one another
Families never receive what from St. Jude because all a family should worry about is helping their child live?
A bill for treatment
What is the way patients are taken around the hospital?
Red wagons
How much does the research hospital cost to open every day?
1.6 million
What exact day and year was tri delta founded?
November 27, 1888
What are Tri Delta’s 3 values?
Truth Self-Sacrifice, and Friendship
Who founded St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital?
Danny Thomas
St. Jude is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to what demographic?
Children
On average St. Jude has how many patients visit each year?
More than 67,000
St. Jude was the first institution in the world to develop a cure for what disease?
Sickle Cell Disease
What year did Tri Delta partner with St. Jude?
1999
When was St. Jude founded?
February 4, 1962
St. Jude Thaddeus , the patron saint of St. Jude is named after, watches over whom?
The hopeless
How much has the overall survival rate of childhood cancer increased since St. Jude opened?
From 20% to over 80% today
What is the TRI DELTA mascot?
DOLPHIN
Who are the founders of tri delta? (name 2)
Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Florence Isabelle Stewart, and Isabel Morgan Breed
What type of therapy center is St. Jude the first in the world to begin building?
Proton Therapy Center
This famous Tri Delta funded the waiting room where each family goes when they first arrive at St. Jude
Katie Couric
What was Danny Thomas's motto?
"no child should die in the dawn of life"
What are the tri delta colors?
Silver, gold and cerulean