NORFOLK, Neb. -- A radiothon fundraiser, which was virtual last year, is back in person.

"We like to call it the best two days of radio here at US92," said Lydee Jo Krueger, promotions director for US92. 
 
Nebraskan radio station US92 is hoping to raise $250,000 for the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital which -- through researching pediatric cancers -- has helped people like Carrie Williams.
 
"I think I grew up a little fast at nine years old because of that, but now I found my passion," Williams, development specialist for St. Jude in Kansas City said. Williams was treated for a type of leukemia by a St. Jude protocol. She was able to get that treatment at home as opposed to staying in a hospital. 
 
"Now because of St. Jude, the survival rate for A.L.L. is 94%," Williams said. 
 
But don't be mistaken, pediatric cancers aren't healed easily. Volunteer coordinator Marisa Meyer lost her three-year-old daughter Makayla to a rare form of brain cancer.
 
"She was such a feisty little girl, and she was very independent," said Meyer. 
 
Makayla would insist to receive sedation on her own, and then afterward, "The doctor would say go home and take it easy but she wanted a donut with sprinkles [...] so every morning they held her a donut with sprinkles," Meyer said. 
 
Meyer notes, the community she found with St. Jude is what made it special -- not just with hospital staff but with other families they met.
 
"Yesterday, Makayla would have turned 27 years, and the family from Michigan called to let us know they were thinking of us," Meyer said. 
 
Because of the research St. Jude did with Makayla, the survival rate of that type of cancer is higher.
 
"So I know how important it is to support St. Jude," Meyer said.
 
Volunteers ask you to call US92 or visit this link to donate. 
 
"If you skip Netflix and Hulu each month, that's 19 [dollars] a month," Williams said. 
 
One new thing they're doing this year is a coloring contest. Cornhusker Nissan has pledged $10 for every coloring sheet that's turned in.
 
"It's so much bigger and so much more important than anything else," Krueger said.