Thank you for joining us on June 7, 2024 for The Boston Hope Dinner: An Evening Together for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at the Boston Harbor Hotel featuring President and CEO of St. Jude, Dr. James Downing. St. Jude supporters from Boston and across New England came together for an intimate evening that included a cocktail hour, an installation of patient artwork, a seated dinner, musical entertainment and dancing.
This event was co-chaired by Judy Habib, Chair of the Board at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and Dr. George Dekki of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Thank you for joining us for our inaugural Boston Hope Dinner to celebrate the dream of our founder, Danny Thomas: “No child should die in the dawn of life.”
All proceeds from this event help further the lifesaving mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.® For information on becoming a sponsor at a future event, contact Sarah Potter at sarah.potter@alsac.stjude.org.
St. Jude patient Mayela
St. Jude provides comprehensive care and health equality for children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. We tailor treatment for each child's unique needs, improving outcomes for some of the world’s sickest children.
St. Jude patient Mayela
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St. Jude patient Han, pictured with family
IRA charitable contributions
If you're 70 ½ or older, you can contribute to St. Jude from your IRA and potentially receive tax benefits. You can have your IRA administrator use our sample letter.
St. Jude patient Nora Kay
Donor-advised funds
You can recommend a grant from your donor-advised fund by calling your fund manager or by signing in to your granting institution and selecting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
St. Jude patient Maelin-Kate
Gifts of stock
When gifting stock, you can reference our transfer form, or call us at (800) 395-4341 to inform us of your gift, so we can properly acknowledge your gift and provide you with a tax receipt.
St. Jude patient Franser
Charitable gift annuities
Charitable gift annuities may interest you if you want to transfer cash or securities to St. Jude and receive lifetime payments for yourself or a loved one.
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St. Jude stories from New England
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In a year, this MIT student athlete went from brain cancer at St. Jude to mentoring Boston high schoolers
He’s busy as a student at MIT and member of the rowing team, but this St. Jude survivor has a heart for helping — he mentors high schoolers in his spare time.
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No Boston Marathon to run, so a St. Jude Hero rounds up his family for a neighborhood relay-style race
Scott Kruse had qualified for his first Boston Marathon, but then the world changed and the global pandemic put a halt to large gatherings. But a hero’s got to be heroic in these times. So Kruse, forced to walk, not run, for exercise these days because of a back injury, had an idea.
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Rhode Island couple streams cooking show with a pinch of silly for St. Jude
"We’re not famous or special, we just wanted to give our time and effort for something we care about."
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Maine woman runs through pain of cancer for St. Jude kids facing their own marathons
Sarah Emerson knew what it was like to support cancer patients through her fundraising for St. Jude. That support flowed back to her, when she needed it most.
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Vermont runner eyes 103 marathons, $100K for St. Jude
Once Sue Kessler started running, she didn’t want to stop. Then she discovered a way to bring extra meaning to all those marathons — running as a St. Jude Hero.
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