NORWICH – Community members are welcome to take part in the effort to save lives by participating in a local fundraiser to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Cassie and Robert Clipston, local Tykes-N-Tots Daycare owners, are sponsoring a St. Jude Trike-A-Thon from 1 to 4 p.m. April 20 at 10 Griffin St. in Norwich.

Funds raised will go to the internationally recognized hospital St. Jude, a hospital with an ongoing fight against childhood catastrophic diseases.