St Jude

Though the hospital was set up to help children, it has expanded to help cancer victims of all ages depending on their situation. Meet Brook Dupis, another St. Jude success story with an amazing story.

Few people realize how many families from the Acadiana area have benefited from help from St. Jude. Here is one story of a mother from Acadiana who had her life changed by love from St. Jude.

Ellen Degeneres is a very funny lady. Today with our St. Jude Country Cares Radiothon going on and the weighty issues of childhood cancer I thought you might need your own giggle break.

I am fascinated by painters and how the process of painting can turn blobs of color into a picture the eye and mind can appreciate. You could say this guys is like Bob Ross only faster and with less cheesy conversation.

The best of the best marathoners run faster over 26.2 miles than I can run for 26 feet. You and I would consider their pace an all out sprint, they do it for the entire marathon! Do you want to see what that looks like versus normal people?

From Tracy Wirtz: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is very near and dear to my heart. We all have some organization or charity (hopefully) that we support or that holds special meaning for us. Right now, there are a number of children in Acadiana who are patients there. One is my little friend Ella.

Chili's Grill and Bars across the United States will donate 100% of their net profits today to help the kids at St Jude Children's Research Hospital! That means that just by going out to eat at Chili's today, you can save the life of a child...

Tracy Wirtz shares her story of her sweet little friend: I remember vividly a phone call I got from my good friend Deb Savoie a few years ago. Our mutual friend Sue Sue has a niece named Danielle, and she had not been feeling well. She had been having headaches and throwing up and her mom knew something wasn't right so she took her to the doctor...

In December of this year like I have done for the past two Decembers I will travel with a large group of Acadiana friends to Memphis Tennessee. Our goal is to complete the St Jude half marathon (13.1 miles). We run, we walk, we  laugh we talk the entire route. We know that the small steps we take help the doctors at St Jude take even bigger steps in ending childhood cancer. The video I have includ

I am registered with the National Marrow Donor Program. So is Jude, so is Krista, so is Tracy, so are many of the people who work here at 97.3 The Dawg. We want you to become a registered Marrow Donor too. Why register? Your bone marrow could be the miracle match countless thousand of people are looking for to save their lives. Two of our St Jude Kids need bone marrow tranplants, one has found a m

We are so proud of John Rich! Not only is he an awesome guy, country singer, and mentor, but he donated his winnings from "The Celebrity Apprentice" to ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL. Way to go, John-and thank you from all of us here at 97.3 the DAWG!

I am very happy the end of the world, judgement day, the rapture or what ever we were calling it didn't happen yesterday. I still have things on my to do list and I would like to make it to the beach this Summer.  I don't dare criticize any one's faith. I am not attempting to poke fun or even make light of what turned out to be a pretty big news story this past week. But still, I am just cynical e

First to clarify, I am talking about "Fresh Prince" Will Smith, not New Orleans Saints Will Smith. The Saints Will Smith is a stand up guy, he even made a special trip to town just to buy a St Jude Dream Home Ticket! The other Will Smith, the actor, he seems to be an alright kind of guy too, except he does love to travel in style and that has some New Yorkers a bit upset with him. Read M

So many times we get to share stories of young people fighting and winning the battle against cancer thanks to your kind support of St Jude Hospital. Other times we share the stories of brave children whose fight has a different outcome. Meet  Brayden, he is from South Louisiana, he is one our St Jude babies, his fight is tough, he needs your prayers.

Tracy Wirtz, from KATC and the voice on 97.3 The Dawg this afternoon, and I have had a long standing relationship with St Jude hospital. We've both come to know and love the families, the doctors, the nurses, the fund raisers and especially the kids on a personal level. St Jude is an amazing place. I just got goosebumps typing that last line, that is how amazing St Jude is. One of "our babies

So many of us in South Louisiana support and believe in the work of St. Jude Hospital in Memphis TN. Here is a holiday hug and big thank you in the form of a musical message from a former American Idol.