Palm Beach Tan Donates $100,000 to St. Jude Hospital

Representatives from the Palm Beach Tan franchise group in Arkansas presented a $100,150 check to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital after winning a system-wide contest to support the hospital’s mission, which indicates that no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family’s ability to pay.

More than 400 Palm Beach Tan salons participated in the contest in October, raising funds from customers to support St. Jude patients and childhood cancer research. Now in its seventh year, Palm Beach Tan is proud to annually conduct this fundraiser and has raised more than $400,000 for the hospital to date.

The contest winners were granted the opportunity to visit downtown Memphis, Tennessee to present the check and tour the hospital to discover firsthand its much-deserving facility, patients and staff.

Pictured in the photo in the back from left to right are Henry Turner (owner, PBT Arkansas); Jonathan Turner (son of Henry & Mary Jo Turner); Roy Sneed (vice president of franchising, PBT). Pictured in the front from left to right are Audrey Elphingstone (general manager, PBT Arkansas); Barbara Gill (owner, PBT Arkansas); Mary Jo Turner (owner, PBT Arkansas); Cathy Mathers (franchise business consultant, PBT).