Up ‘til Dawn board members worked through the homecoming festivities to raise awareness and funds for St. Jude.

“Up ‘til Dawn is a philanthropic organization that raises money and awareness for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This year awareness week happened to be the same as homecoming week,” said Katee Fairchild, a junior pre-pharmacy major.

“We educated everyone as much as we could about the costs of St. Jude and what all the patients go through,” said Fairchild, sponsorship chair for Up ‘til Dawn.

Fairchild said the trivia event was her favorite part of the childhood cancer awareness week.

“A lot of people were surprised to find out it takes two million a day to run St. Jude. No family ever pays for anything. They even have a school on their campus so the kids don’t fall behind,” Fairchild said.

The organization held a T-shirt sale and team registration early in the week. During “Capture for the Cure” on Tuesday, members tried to raise funds to escape “jail.”

Twenty-four teams will participate in Up ‘til Dawn this year, according to Fairchild.

“I feel like we have already reached more people than last year and with this many teams already together it will be a change for the best,” Fairchild said.

Karly Hubbard, executive president of the board, said the week was definitely successful.

“We raised close to $500 as well as tons of awareness on our campus,” said Hubbard, a senior mass communications major.

Teams can be formed all semester.