Advisors Excel raises $1.36m for St. Jude

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Advisors Excel presented a check to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital on Jan 18 for over a million dollars.

At a World Series of Success event, a collaboration between financial professionals and Advisors Excel; $1.36 million was raised to benefit St. Jude.

Advisors Excel recently attended a two-day training event in Las Vegas alongside 450 of the nation’s top financial professionals. At the event, about $1.1 million was raised to benefit Folds of Honor, according to a press release from Advisors Excel.

Advisors Excel and affiliated professionals have raised about $7.7 million for nonprofits and other organizations since 2008, according to Advisors Excel.

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“I can’t think of a worse thing than being told your child is seriously ill and you can’t afford the expensive treatment,’ Advisors Excel Co-Founder Cody Foster said. “Our family of affiliated financial professionals really took St. Jude’s mission to heart, and we are thrilled with the record amount we were able to raise.”

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