Credit Unions Help St. Jude Patients

Credit unions in Quincy and the surrounding area are coming together in July to support the third

 annual St. Jude Quincy to Peoria Run, a fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Participating credit unions will compete against each other by seeing which one can sell the most

 paper feet pin-ups to their members during the month of July. Each pin-up will cost $1 and will

 be displayed with the purchaser’s name throughout the month.

Each credit union that sells pin-ups will have the opportunity to draw a member’s name from their

 collection of pin-ups, and that member will receive a prize.

All proceeds will go to the Quincy to Peoria Run, which will take place Aug. 3-4. Fifty area

 runners will cover 130 miles in 21 hours during a relay-style run, ending at the Peoria Convention

 Center during St. Jude’s regional telethon. Other running groups from around the state also will

 meet in Peoria.

The proceeds from the run benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, a world-renowned

 center for the treatment and research of life-threatening childhood diseases, such as cancer,

 sickle cell anemia and pediatric AIDS.

Since the hospital’s founding in 1962 by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, it has treated more

 than 17,000 children from around the world, including children from Quincy and the surrounding

 area. All children are treated regardless of race, religion or ability to pay.

              Members First Credit Union at (217) 223-4377                  www.membersfirstcunion.com

  United Community Credit Union at (217) 224-1093            www.myuccu.com

              Quincy Postal Employees Credit Union at (217) 224-3188 www.qpecu.virtualcu.net

              Great River Community Credit Union at (217) 222-5427    www.greatrivercu.com