AMERICAN LEBANESE SYRIAN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES, INC. (ALSAC) WAS FOUNDED IN 1957 AND EXISTS SOLELY TO RAISE FUNDS AND BUILD AWARENESS TO SUSTAIN AND GROW THE MISSION OF ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, INC. TO ADVANCE CURES, AND MEANS OF PREVENTION, FOR PEDIATRIC CATASTROPHIC DISEASES THROUGH RESEARCH AND TREATMENT WHILE HONORING THE MEMORY AND HERITAGE OF OUR FOUNDER, DANNY THOMAS.