Country music star Darius Rucker raised over $2 million to benefit St. Jude Children’s hospital after raising almost half a million for the group this year.
“10 years ago I visited @StJude and knew I wanted to do everything I could to help those kids and the amazing doctors who work tirelessly to find cures. Because of all of YOU, we’ve raised over 2 million dollars for them,” Rucker said Thursday on Twitter.
10 years ago I visited @StJude and knew I wanted to do everything I could to help those kids and the amazing doctors who work tirelessly to find cures. Because of all of YOU, we’ve raised over 2 million dollars for them. Thank you. #DariusandFriends ? https://t.co/gGhqFgtbIl pic.twitter.com/hQh1DXxUzs
— Darius Rucker (@dariusrucker) June 6, 2019
The money was raised at Rucker’s 10th annual “Darius & Friends” benefit concert and golf tournament, which raised $425,000 this year bringing his total to over $2 million.
“I was struck on that first visit by how St. Jude not only cares for their patients, but also their patients’ families,” Rucker said. “They believe that a financial burden is the last thing a family should face when their focus needs to be on helping a kid get better, and St. Jude makes sure that their patients never pay a dime. It’s an honor for us to be able to help them continue such an important mission.”
Rucker has made frequent visits to St. Jude and even wrote a song about one of the patients in 2014 titled “Possibilities.”
