Give back this holiday season with gifts for friends, loved ones from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and St. Jude Thanks and Giving partners

This holiday season, shoppers can give the gift that gives back from the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® official holiday gift guide that is perfect for anyone in your life – with gifts available for family, friends, children and more. Each purchase made through the St. Jude Gift Shop provides a thoughtful, caring gift that provides a way for consumers to support children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases, further benefiting the lifesaving mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.®

Holiday-focused merchandise includes décor, food, home items, apparel, candles and office supplies. Thanks to generous support through purchases like this, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

Featured products from St. Jude include the 2020 Holiday Bear, Holiday Cosmetic Bag, Chocolate Chip Dip, 'Be Fearless' keychain, St. Jude ornaments and more.

America's favorite brands also continue to give back this year. Shoppers interested in brands that give back can find holiday gift ideas through merchandise offered by St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign partners. For example, St. Jude and celebrity chef, Adrianne Calvo, have come together to offer a new, limited edition, 'Make it Count' measuring cup. Every year, chef Calvo prepares a Cuban-style Christmas dinner for St. Jude families, bringing a little bit of her holiday to their home away from home at St. Jude. This product is inspired by restauranteur, author, and long-time St. Jude supporter, Chef Adrianne Calvo's motivational phrase, "Make it count."

Additional partner items that benefit St. Jude include HomeGoods limited edition holiday snow globes, Kay®  Jewelers plush bear and puppy, Pottery Barn ornaments, Williams Sonoma holiday gift cookies, West Elm hand woven throws, Mark & Graham totes, TUMI luggage tags and accent kits and JOANN fabric inspired by St. Jude patient artwork. These and other brands that give back to St. Jude can be found at stjude.org/thanksandgiving.

St Jude Walk/Run - Sept 21 in Dallas

This September during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital^® is inspiring hundreds of thousands of people across the nation to unite behind a shared goal of ending childhood cancer.

Throughout September, St. Jude supporters from coast to coast will join St. Jude Walk/Run events taking place in 63 communities. Supporters can also register for the St. Jude Walk/Run Virtual Event to walk, run and fundraise for the kids of St. Jude. Funds raised through events like these help ensure families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food—because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

The Dallas event will take place September 21 at AT&T Performing Arts Center - Sammons Park.

Sign up to walk or volunteer here. 

In addition to events taking place nationwide, more than 30 national partners are supporting St. Jude through various Childhood Cancer Awareness Month activities in September. Partners include Kmart, Chili's® Bar & Grill, Pier 1, Amazon, Shaw Floors, CBS Sports, Touchdowns Against Cancer, CARS, Varsity Brands, Window World, Paypal, Lancôme, Jewelers for Children, Cox Automotive, Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse, ARS Rescue Rooter, Texas de Brazil,Nora Fleming, Publishers Clearing House, Pollo Campero, Nurse Mates, My Salon Suite, Coton Colors, Bimbo USA, Blo Blow Dry Bar, Winston Flowers, Sears, Ocean Spray, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, SAINT, Lamps Plus and New Balance.

After supporting St. Jude for nearly 20 years, Target returns as this year's National Series Sponsor for the St. Jude Walk/Run. Nearly two dozen corporations and organizations joined the St. Jude Walk/Run as National Team Partners, including Greystar, Window World, Lancôme, Chili's, Domino's, Tri Delta, DXL Group, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Gamma Rho, Delta Sigma Theta,New York & Company, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Brooks Brothers, Phi Delta Chi, Lambda Theta Alpha, Iota Phi Theta, Amazon, American Airlines, Trane, H&R Block and Kmart/Sears.

Individuals can also join the cause by donating to participants or volunteering at one of the events. Learn more at stjude.org/together or register for one of the St. Jude Walk/Run events by visitingstjude.org/walkrun.

Ride with Brett Eldredge for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®

Ride with Brett Eldredge for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^®

 

Eight months and $4 million later, passengers have proven that through Round Up & Donate, the more we ride, the more we raise! Starting January 30th, your ride can go the distance by impacting the lives of courageous kids fighting cancer and other life-threatening diseases. For the first time ever, passengers nationwide can donate to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^® and by making this donation, you’ll be in pretty good company!

 

Lyft teamed up with longtime St. Jude supporter and Nashville favorite, Brett Eldredge, to celebrate St. Jude’s introduction to the Lyft community and show the difference we make when we take a seat together.

 

I am so thankful to St. Jude for the opportunity to meet these incredible kids. The courage and zest for life that they have is something that will inspire me forever. Now everyone can help make an impact with Lyft’s Round Up & Donate. I hope that everyone can see how powerful and simple it is to help by donating.  Let’s give these children the life that they deserve.” - Brett Eldredge

St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. And your support also means that families will never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food -- because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.

 

Ready to join Brett by opting in? Go to ‘Settings’ in your app, tap ‘Round Up & Donate,’ choose St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^® as your cause, then take a ride. Once you’ve chosen your cause, Lyft will automatically round-up your fares to the nearest dollar and donate the difference. lyft.com/round-up/causes

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^® joins many other causes you can support when you ride with Lyft. By tapping Round Up & Donate, the Lyft community has contributed to some important causes, like closing the gender gap in technology with Girls Who Code and supporting service men and women on active duty through the USO.

 

So, what are you waiting for? Hit the button. Ride with Lyft. Be a changemaker.

 

Sprinkles Ice Cream Partners with Michael Strahan -- Proceeds donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Swing by Sprinkles Ice Cream at Plaza at Preston Center this month and check out the new flavor - Mom & Michael's Masterpiece Mix - created by Michael Strahan and his mom.

Order the yummy vanilla ice cream with chocolate covered peanuts, chocolate chips, ribbons of caramel and topped with freshly baked butter cake crumbles and celebrate that 100% of the purchase price of Mom & Michael's Masterpiece Mix will be donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 



St. Jude Evening Under the Stars was a Successful Night of Bubbles & Bling!

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is thrilled to announce that the 2013 Evening Under the Stars Party and Golf Classic, held recently at the Omni Dallas Hotel and Stonebriar Country Club, raised $900,876 for St. Jude in their efforts to advance cancer research.

Event co-chairs Marian Haggar Bryan and Lydia Haggar Novakov, along with party chair Cindy Feld, hosted about 830 guests at the festive cowboy chic party Saturday night at the Omni Dallas Hotel, complete with live and silent auctions, performances from some of Nashville’s top singer-songwriters, a seated dinner and much more.  Guests mingled amongst the silent auction to start the evening, and the room was filled with glasses of Bubbles & Bling (they sold 100 glasses of champagne for $100 to raise funds for St. Jude – one glass had a 1 carat diamond, and the other 99 had a 1 carat CZ stone) and blinking star pins (each star cost $100 and raised money for the Platelet Fund at St. Jude).

Lydia Novakov, Marian Bryan and Cindy Feld

Carole and Scott Murray

During the seated dinner, emcee Carrie McClure welcomed Rick Shadyac, the CEO of ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, for a special presentation to thank Chili’s Grill & Bar for their donation of $50 million, the largest donation from a single-partner campaign in the hospital’s history. After the dinner and presentation, Leticia Frye captivated the crowd with her auctioneering skills and successfully auctioned off 10 packages, the highlight being a Dine Around Town with Kent Rathbun. Rathbun took the stage and ended up donating two packages to the two highest bidders.

Evening Under the Stars ended with an unforgettable performance by songwriters from Nashville, including Sonny Curtis, Tommy Lee James, Don Poythress and Phillip White.

Order BIG at Chili's on Sept. 23

On September 23rd 100% of Chili's profits go to St. Jude and the fight against childhood cancer. Tell all your family and friends to visit a local Chili's restaurant and order big!

http://morehope.chilis.com/

Create and share your pepper with #MoreHope and inspire others to help St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Nicky's Week Returns to Ra Sushi

RA Sushi at Shops at Legacy will host its ninth annual “Nicky’s Week” fundraiser Sunday, May 26, through Saturday, June 1, to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s premier centers for research and treatment of pediatric cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

RA will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from the sale of a variety of menu items and beverages to St. Jude to help support the hospital’s lifesaving mission.

The special Nicky’s Week menu can be viewed here.

Happy Hour prices will be honored on applicable items.

Nicky’s Week was developed in memory of St. Jude patient Nicholas “Nicky” Mailliard, of Scottsdale, Ariz., who lost a long battle with brain cancer in February 2005 at the young age of 13. A nephew of one of RA Sushi’s founders, Nicky held a special place in the hearts of RA Sushi associates throughout the organization. RA Sushi initiated the fundraiser to honor the memory of Nicky and to raise awareness and funds for St. Jude, where no child is ever turned away because of a family’s inability to pay for medical treatments.

St. Jude Hosts Annual Events, Big & Rich Style

Hundreds gathered at The Omni Dallas Hotel on Saturday evening, October 13th to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and their annual Evening Under the Stars Party.

Co-Chairs Lydia Novakov and Marian Bryan greeted guests at the fabulous event that featured cocktails, dinner and a private performance by superstars Kenny Alphine and John Rich of the duo - Big & Rich.

Co-Chairs Lydia Novakov & Marian Bryan

This year’s event honored Mary and Mike Terry for their continued commitment to St. Jude.  Following the main party, St. Jude hosted the first Evening Under the Stars After Party with Dallas-based band The Rusty Brothers.

Maggie Cupit (former St. Jude patient, now St. Jude student researcher), Isabell Haggar

$805,000 was raised this year for the kids of St. Jude, between the party and the golf tournament, which took place Monday, October 14th.

Kenny Alphine and John Rich of Big & Rich

Photographer: Tricia Schoon for Rebecca Lorrine Photography

St. Jude Kick Off Party

Co-chairs Lydia Novakov and Marian Bryan greeted more than 150 people at the Diamond Doctor on June 25th and shared why 2012 is a special year for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. In their second year as event chairs they announced the top ranking St. Jude Golf Classic will be held at Stonebriar CC and the Evening Under the Stars (EUTS) Party will be held at a new venue – the Omni Dallas Convention Center. The EUTS Party will feature live entertainment by country and western music sensation Big & Rich and be proceeded by the first Evening Under the Stars 'after party'. In addition, St. Jude celebrates their 50th Anniversary this year!

Holly & Doug Brooks, Mike & Mary Terry

Jayne Haggar and Joe Haggar III

Emily Miller, Sarah Hameyer, Heather Weber

St. Jude Celebrates Another Year of Fundraising

Players including Tim Brown, Chad Campbell, Harrison Frazar & Lee Trevino kicked off the first of St. Jude's two annual fundraising events on October 17th at the St. Jude/Derek Harper Golf Classic. More than 200 additional golfers joined these notables at Stonebriar Country Club to help raise awareness and funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Vickie Blanding, Audra Blanding, Emily Blanding

Best known for his chart-topping hits "Almost Home", "Red Neck Yacht Club", and "That's What I Love about Sunday", Craig Morgan headlined the second annual fundraiser on October 22nd —the St. Jude Evening Under the Star Party. Despite the neighboring World Series game at the Rangers Ballpark, 700 plus guests walked onto the field of Cowboys Stadium in Arlington where they enjoyed cocktails, dinner and a chance to bid on exclusive items during a live and silent auction.

Amy Vanderoef, Mistress of Ceremonies, led a lively presentation which included a few words from 16 year old local St. Jude patient Brittany Yeager. She shared that the guests in the audience, not Superman or any Cowboys or Rangers player, were her heroes.
Lydia Novakov, Bob Baillargeon, Colleen Baillargeon

These two events raised more than $620,000, and the proceeds go directly to St. Jude to help fund the research and treatment of children with catastrophic diseases. All research and treatment conducted at St. Jude is then shared freely with hospitals around the country and world including our local hospitals in the DFW metroplex.

Tyler Bates (St. Jude patient) with mom Jennifer Bates

This year's events honored Doug Brooks, Brinker International CEO, his wife Holly and the Chili’s Grill & Bar team for their longstanding support of St. Jude. Chili's has donated more than $40 million to date. Chili's overall efforts have, among other achievements, helped build a state-of-the-art-building named the Chili's Care Center, which houses the bone marrow transplant inpatient floor, the Department of Radiological Sciences, inpatient activity areas and research laboratories.

St. Jude is excited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the hospital at their 2012 event next year. For more information on how to participate contact Christina Baugh at 972.594.8080.

Recent St. Jude Events Raise $700,000

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital just wrapped up their annual Evening Under the Star Party and the St. Jude/Derek Harper Golf Classic which raised $700,000 for the kids of St. Jude.

The golf tournament attracted big names at Stonebriar Country Club, such as legend Lee Trevino and Tim Brown. Within the same month guests had a wonderful evening while dining on the Dallas Cowboys new turf, Cowboys Stadium. Silent and live auctions included Super Bowl XLV tickets, dinner and kitchen tour at Abacus, a whopping 27.65 carat blue topaz pendant and much more.

Both of these events continue to help raise awareness and funding for children with cancer. Congratulations to all the attendees, committee members, St. Jude's, donors and everyone involved in making these North Texas events successful for St. Jude Children's Hospital!