St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway: Understanding St. Jude

MEMPHIS (KBTX) – $100 can make a world of difference for a child diagnosed with cancer and thanks to generous support from programs like the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for travel, treatment, housing, or food.

The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.

That’s why KBTX traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, to the campus of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to speak with doctors, researchers, patients, and families to learn what this donation goes toward.

The campus consists of everything from hospital buildings to research laboratories, and housing options for families.

“You know in the lab we test therapies, we treatments, trying to figure out how to best attack blood cancers,” St. Jude researcher Paulina Velasquez said.

“They’re not just a cancer hospital, it’s studying the toughest illnesses that are terminal to children,” said Michelle West, a mother of a St. Jude patient. “Knowing that we have a gem like this here and that everything is taken care of, you know, from occupational therapy, to physical therapy, to treatment, to chemotherapy, to school is absolutely amazing.”

It all stems from a simple quote with a powerful message from the founder of St. Jude Danny Thomas. “No child should die in the dawn of life.”

Thousands of people are working every day at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to make that a reality.

Research conducted at St. Jude is shared openly and freely with other hospitals helping cure pediatric cancer patients, making an impact far beyond the campus in Memphis.

Tickets are on sale for the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway. For just $100 you can be entered to win the house and all of the bonus prizes, including a Tudor Watch courtesy of David Gardner’s Jewelers.

You can reserve a ticket here or by calling (800) 219-8230. The 3bd, 2ba, 2,000 sq. ft. house, built by Ranger Home Builders, will be given away live on KBTX in June.

Bonus prizes you are put in the running to win in addition to the house include:

Secure your ticket by April 11 to be eligible for the “Tickets on Sale Prize”
Tudor Black Bay GMT 41mm watch courtesy of David Gardner’s Jewelers
Secure your ticket by May 2 for the “Early Bird Prize”
American Airlines AAdvantage miles, valued at $5,000 courtesy of American Airlines
Secure your ticket by May 16 for the “Bonus Prize”
$10,000 VISA gift card courtesy of Dream Day Foundation
Secure your ticket by June 4 for the “Last Chance Prize”
Gas and Grocery gift cards valued at $2,500

As with any prize giveaway, the taxes on the home are the responsibility of the winner.