St. Jude

It's that time of year again. Time for the St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend and I'm headed back to Tennessee to see if I've got what it takes!

I've had people asking me for three weeks now what I am going as for Halloween and until today I've really haven't known what I was going as or if I was even going to worry with it.

One of the most meaningful things I do each year is run the St. Jude Memphis Half Marathon for the kids of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Performances from Kenny Rogers and Corey Smith, a surprise from one-third of Lady Antebellum, and an all-star version of ‘Wagon Wheel’ were amongst the many highlights at Darius Rucker’s fifth annual charity concert for St. Jude on Monday night (June 2).

Decorate your own Easter egg for the kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and bring hope to children facing childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

On March 6 and 7, Taste of Country partnered with 16 Townsquare Media radio stations to help raise money for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The two-day radiothon/webathon featured stories from St. Jude patients and parents who've called the campus home. Additionally, country stars like Dierks Bentley, Sheryl Crow, Lee Brice and Justin Moore stepped up for the kids at St. Jude, and the

Thanks to our many Partners In Hope this year, we raised a grand total of $38,023 for the work to continue at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital!

Sara Evans has visited the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital twice -- once before she had kids, and once (this past January) after. The most recent visit changed her perspective, she tells Taste of Country.

The Swon Brothers were familiar with the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital long before competing on 'The Voice' or signing a country record deal. Zach and Colton Swon say their mom has been a longtime supporter of the children's hospital. Still, visiting there for the first time was much different than what they expected.

Like so many country stars, Billy Currington remembers expecting his first St. Jude visit to be depressing -- they are treating sick kids after all, he figured. If there's one lesson to remember from Taste of Country's two-day webathon, however, it's that that couldn't be further from the truth.