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Latin Stars Join Daisy Fuentes in the Fight Against Childhood Cancer
 Live performances by Jose Feliciano, Cristian Castro, Albita and Fanny Lu

    MIAMI, May 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital(R), the world's premier pediatric cancer research center, will
celebrate its fifth annual FedEx/St. Jude Angels & Stars Gala on Saturday,
May 19 at The Intercontinental Hotel in downtown Miami. Model and
television personality Daisy Fuentes will serve as the celebrity chair for
the fifth consecutive year.
    The gala will feature live performances by legendary singer-songwriter
and Grammy(R) Award winner Jose Feliciano, pop singer and multi-platinum
recording artist who is now releasing his first ranchero-regional Mexican
album Cristian Castro, Grammy(R) Award winning Cuban singer and composer
Albita, and number one Billboard(R) ranked pop-tropical singer Fanny Lu.
Hosting the evening is CBS4 News weekend anchor and entertainment reporter
Jade Alexander.
    The evening's activities will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a cocktail
reception featuring a high-end silent auction. The ceremony will include
testimonial by a St. Jude patient survivor, live performances and an
elegant dinner.

    "For the past five years, countless of Latin artists and singers have
truly embraced the life-mission of St. Jude by supporting the Angels &
Stars Gala," said Daisy Fuentes. "Thanks to their contribution and
charitable donations, they are helping us save the lives of children with
deadly diseases."
    "FedEx is proud to continue increasing critical awareness and
philanthropic support for St. Jude," said Julio C. Barrionuevo, Vice
President of Finance, Planning and Engineering for FedEx Express, Latin
America & Caribbean, and Chair of the St. Jude Gala Planning Committee. "By
partnering with talented celebrities and community leaders, we help St.
Jude children overcome illness and triumph over disease, giving them much
needed hope to persevere." FedEx has been the title sponsor of St. Jude
Angel & Stars Gala since its inception in 2002.
    FedEx/St. Jude Angels & Stars Gala, presented by FedEx Express, brings
out some of the brightest Latin artists in entertainment. Barbara Bermudo,
Giselle Blondet, Romero Britto, Rashel Diaz, Luis Enrique, Erika Ender,
Luis Fonsi, Javier Garcia, Jose Jose, Jorge Moreno, Eduardo Osorio,
Francisco Paz, Carlos Ponce, Neida Sandoval, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Sissi,
Gaby Spanic and the late Soraya are just few of the other talents who have
participated at the Angels & Stars Gala and supported the life-saving
mission of St. Jude over the past few years.
    Since opening, St. Jude has developed protocols that have brought
survival rates for childhood cancers from less than 20 percent to better
than 70 percent overall. St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states
and around the world since opening in 1962. St. Jude improves the survival
rates of children with catastrophic illnesses worldwide, through the
transfer of knowledge, technology, and organizational skills. St. Jude
transfers the progress achieved in the treatment of childhood cancer to
countries with limited resources.

    Gala sponsors include FedEx Express, Stanford Financial,
4411pinetree.com, Univision Radio, The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald,
Selecta Magazine, Yahoo! Telemundo, ABAD Corp., Bacardi U.S.A., and VISA
International, Latin American and Caribbean region.
    To purchase tickets, become a sponsor or donate items for the auction,
please call (305) 265-1375 or visit http://www.stjude.org/miamigala.
    ABOUT ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
    St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for
its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with cancer and
other catastrophic diseases. Founded by late entertainer Danny Thomas and
based in Memphis, Tenn., St. Jude freely shares its discoveries with
scientific and medical communities around the world. No family ever pays
for treatments not covered by insurance, and families without insurance are
never asked to pay. St. Jude is financially supported by ALSAC, its
fundraising organization. For more information, please visit
http://www.stjude.org.
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