For the second year, Brookfield, Conn.-based CULTEC, Inc., manufacturer of stormwater management chambers, will sponsor the St. Jude Give thanks. Walk on Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Hartford Holiday Light Fantasia in Hartford, Conn.

The walk is one of 90 events taking place in communities across the country on Nov. 17 to help kids battling cancer and other deadly diseases. The noncompetitive 5K is an annual fundraiser that serves as the official kick-off event for the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign.

“For every child treated at St. Jude, thousands more have been saved worldwide through the Hospital’s research discoveries,” says Jill Workman, New England regional director at ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

“Thanks to the generosity of companies like CULTEC, St. Jude is able to provide excellent care and consistently support children who are facing a life-threatening diagnosis.”

Gina Carolan, CULTEC chief operating officer and director of marketing, adds: “CULTEC sponsored and participated in this event last year and it was such a great experience that we are thrilled to be doing it again. All of us are just so moved by the inspirational stories of the precious kids treated at St. Jude’s. This is just one small way we can help make a difference.”

Although St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has helped push overall U.S. survival rates from 20 to 80 percent, pediatric cancer remains the leading cause of death due to disease among U.S. children older than one. Donor dollars will help ensure that the Hospital’s pioneering research and lifesaving treatments continue to save countless lives in Hartford and beyond.

To make a donation online, join the walk or for more information, visit CULTEC’s page, and help the fight against childhood cancer.

CULTEC manufactures a variety of chamber sizes able to accommodate almost any site parameter. The product’s perforated sidewalls and fully open bottoms promote maximum infiltration capability and allow for the transfer of high volumes of water at a low velocity. The units can be installed singularly or in series in single- or multi-layer beds.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 
Since opening 50 years ago, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has changed the way the world treats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. No family ever pays St. Jude for the care their child receives and, for every child treated here, thousands more has been saved worldwide through St. Jude discoveries. The hospital is the first and only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. It is also a leader in the research and treatment of blood disorders and infectious diseases in children. St. Jude was founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas, who believed that no child should die in the dawn of life. Join that mission by visiting www.stjude.org or following us on www.facebook.com/stjude or www.twitter.com/stjude.