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Advancements in cancer prevention, therapies, and outcomes are driven by innovative research. Gifts power the wheel of cancer innovation, translating promising ideas into new standards of care.

Extraordinary care means our patients have access to the most innovative treatments, technologies, and expertise when it matters most. Gifts provide real-time solutions that directly improve a patient’s journey.

Academic medical centers have the honored responsibility of training the next generation of physician-scientists. Gifts foster a culture of continuous education and training, fueling the cycle of cancer innovation.

Many personal and socioeconomic barriers outside the hospital can impact a patient’s overall healing process and access to care. Gifts create a holistic and personalized approach to cancer that meet people where they are with premiere care designed to treat the entire person—beyond the hospital walls in our community and throughout the world.

Precision radiation therapy at The S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center at Siteman Cancer Center

 

Illumination Gala

At Illumination, our mission is to raise funds for leading-edge research to improve the way we prevent and treat the many forms of cancer. Your cancer research support at the Illumination Gala will save lives by speeding lab breakthroughs into better treatments for cancer.

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Cancer is vast, complex, multidisciplinary, and personal. Search our resource library by cancer type, keyword, or simply browse the documents below to see how philanthropy is having a dramatic impact on cancer innovation.

Spire Partnership Improves Health Outcomes One Meal at a Time

Thursday, October 26, 2023

A bold partnership between North Sarah Food Hub and BJC Community Health Improvement, fueled by the generosity of SPIRE, is making an impact on food-insecure patients with uncontrolled diabetes and their families at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Christian Hospital. “Nutrition is the foundation for good health,” says Gibron Jones, executive director of North Sarah Food Hub, in a new video.

The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital is grateful to Spire for their grant to BJC HealthCare’s Food as Medicine program and their long-term, trusted partnership to improve the health and well-being of our neighbors and our community.

Watch below to see the Food as Medicine program in action.


 

Learn about the Food as Medicine program creation and impact.

 

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