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Marlo Thomas celebrates Thanks and Giving’s 20th year and raising $1 billion for St. Jude hospital

Marlo Thomas speaks at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in 2022, in Memphis, Tenn. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Thanks and Giving campaign is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. (AP)

NEW YORK — When families thank Marlo Thomas for the medical treatment they received at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, she kindly corrects them.

“I say, ‘Well, you know, I’m not a scientist, I’m a wheelbarrow,’” the actress, producer and activist says with a smile that has been famous since her days starring in “That Girl.” “I take the wheelbarrow, put the money in it and bring it to the scientists.”

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