Central New Yorkers have been supporting St Jude Children's Research Hospital since the very beginning. In the early 1960s, Danny Thomas came to Utica to ask for help with his mission to build a shrine to St Jude.
Visitors to the Danny Thomas Pavilion at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital were asked what inspired them during their visit and these were their answers.
Zachary Dievendorf lived for 13 years. This year marks the same number of years he's been gone. His memory lives on through his sister who became a nurse in Buffalo in his honor.