On a single Sunday morning in January, the local chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity collected $1,500 in donations to benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

The group's collection was part of the fraternity's nationwide ``Sunday of Hope'' campaign, which aims to raise $500,000 for the research hospital within five years. The Sunday of Hope campaign will run annually in January.

For 2006-07, the national fraternity raised $100,000, according to Trumaine Thomas, event marketing representative for St. Jude Region 11, which includes Michigan and Ohio.   more »