Santa Cause School Outreach Project
Partnering with schools to provide Christmas gifts for pediatric cancer patients
Partnering with schools to provide Christmas gifts for pediatric cancer patients
Partnering with schools to provide Christmas gifts for pediatric cancer patients
Our School Outreach Project allows us to partner with schools across America. Our student led fundraising program allows students to give back while gaining valuable experience in leadership.
Partnering with schools to provide Christmas gifts for pediatric cancer patients
Partnering with schools to provide Christmas gifts for pediatric cancer patients
Students at partnership schools design their own fundraising plan and implement it.
Partnering with schools to provide Christmas gifts for pediatric cancer patients
100% of all funds raised or gifts donated go directly to St. Jude Hospital’s Target House pediatric cancer patients and their families in the form of Christmas gifts for the free Christmas shop.
Our School Outreach Project was inspired by Dylan McElduff‘s story and his mom Cindy McElduff‘s toy collection effort. Cindy wanted to pay forward the support her family received by collecting gifts for the pediatric cancer patients at St. Jude Hospital.
For more information go to the Santa Cause website at santacause.info To get your school involved you can contact Cindy McElduff at Cindy@santacause.info or Mike Crask at mikecrask@ccff.info
Dylan’s Story
A survivor inspires a giving spirit
... when severe headaches started he knew he had
to see a doctor...his worst fear was confirmed.
Paying It Forward: Dylan’s Inspiring Battle
While playing high school baseball in Louisiana Dylan started seeing double when the ball was hit or thrown to him. At first he thought nothing of it, but when severe headaches started he knew he had to see a doctor. After receiving an MRI exam, his worst fear was confirmed. Dylan was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor which lead to two brain surgeries to remove the cancerous tissue. After the surgeries Dylan was treated by Doctors at St. Jude Hospital. Over a period of 5 months he received 4 rounds of chemotherapy. During the five months of treatment Dylan and his mom Cindy lived at Target House. Dylan is now cancer free!
To pay forward the immense community support shown to their family during Dylan’s battle with cancer, his mom Cindy McElduff organized a toy drive in Choudrant, La for the patients at St. Jude Hospital. Over 750 toys and hundreds of dollars in gift cards were collected.
--Cindy McElduff
We have taken what Dylan inspired and what Cindy started and created our Santa Cause School Outreach Project where Childhood Cancer Family Fund partners with schools to collect gifts or raise money to buy gifts for the pediatric cancer patients at St. Jude Hospital’s Target House. Cindy is now on our Board of Directors and is the Director of the School Outreach Project.
Contact Cindy at cindy@santacause.info
2018 Participating Schools and School Organizations
Delayne Morris’
Fifth Grade Class
Northpoint Christian School
Southaven, Mississippi
Dance Line
Choudrant High School
Choudrant, Louisiana
Softball Team
Choudrant High School
Choudrant, Louisiana
Junior and Senior Cheer
Choudrant High School
Choudrant, Louisiana
Samantha Stephan
Connections Club
Stephen Decatur High School
Berlin, Maryland
Memphis Catholic High School
Memphis, Tennessee
4H Club
Choudrant Elementary School
Choudrant, Louisiana
Northeast Mississippi Community College Booneville, Mississippi
AO Pi Sorority
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Northpoint Christian School
Footbal Team
Southaven, Mississippi
Northpoint Christian School
Cross Country Team
Southaven, Mississippi
Quitman High School
FFA and
Cheerleading Team
Quitman, Louisiana
Alexandria Senior High School
Alexandria, Louisiana
