Charites

Vinitech is committed to the battle against childhood cancer and proudly supports the following two organizations.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – www.stjude.org

The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. As per the vision of founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family’s ability to pay.

St. Jude is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. The Cancer Center supports five major interdisciplinary research programs organized with the specific intent of translating basic science discoveries into curative therapies for children with cancer, while minimizing long-term side effects.

Their comprehensive disease-oriented programs focus on Developmental Biology and Solid Tumors, Hematological Malignancies, and Neurobiology and Brain Tumors; their Cancer Prevention and Control Program strives to improve the quality of life of individuals surviving childhood cancer; and their Cancer Genetics, Biochemistry and Cell Biology Program embeds basic cancer research within the heart of the center, facilitating direct interaction between the disease-oriented programs and the major laboratory resources in the center.

St. Jude also supports a shared resources program designed to accelerate research and foster innovation by freely sharing data and analytical tools with the global scientific community.

While St. Jude’s programs work to advance cures, Vinitech plays a role in helping with the home front.  Each year, the entire Vinitech team looks forward to our traditional holiday shopping spree for children undergoing treatment. Our organization strongly believes in supporting St. Jude’s amazing mission and our staff members thoroughly enjoy hand picking an assortment of toys, games and crafts for the children.  It brings our team immense joy knowing we may help to personally lift the spirits of a sick child or ease the struggle of a worried family while doctors work to bring those families home.