Thank you for joining us on February 28, 2026, for the seventh annual Celebration at Sundown charity gala at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. This impactful dinner event brought together the Fort Worth community to celebrate and raise funds for the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: Finding cures. Saving children.®
Matching gifts are an easy way to increase your donation to St. Jude — at no additional cost to you! Many employers support your altruistic efforts by offering matching gift programs to your favorite charities. Check if your employer will match your gift to St. Jude or contact us at matchinggifts@stjude.org.
For information on sponsorship or volunteer opportunities for next year's event, contact Jennifer Kimble-McCauley at jennifer.kimble@alsac.stjude.org.
St. Jude patient Winston
Regardless of the duration or the cost of care, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.
St. Jude patient Winston
Choose the right planned gift for you
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.
Thank you to our sponsors!
Presenting Sponsor
Photo Booth Sponsor
Blake Fulenwider Automotive Companies
Centerpiece Sponsor
Realty Capital Analytics
Gold Sponsors
The Shields Family
Ridgemont Commercial Construction
Silver Sponsors
TTI, Inc.
Southwest Petroleum Realty
Highlights from Celebration at Sundown
Event Co-Chairs
Kari Hutchison • Brooke McWhirter
Marianne Brawner • Kristen Buchanan • Dresden Eddleman • Brooke Green • Betsy Johnson • Marissa Kelly • Lindsay Lawrence • Claire McInnis • Debby Miller • Shannon Moore • Kelly Mooring • Katie Price • Jennifer Redwine • Harriett Shields • Marlie Thomas • Allison Warner • Lizzie Whitmire • Haley Yott
St. Jude stories from Texans
-
The heart of Cleburne
St. Jude patient Brody made his small corner of the world a better, kinder, more caring place. His spirit lives on in the hearts of all those who knew him.
-
New treatment offers hope for 6-year-old Texan
Lizzie is back home in Texas going to school, participating in jiu-jitsu, and hoping to become a triathlete just like her older brother and sister.
-
Life lessons in a Texas garage
What does a garage in Texas – and the lessons learned there – have to do with cancer treatment more than 10 years ago? Everything, it seems.
-
Chip & Joanna Gaines become official ambassadors of St. Jude
The Gaines family will help support Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Thanks and Giving holiday campaign and shares the St. Jude mission year around.
-
St. Jude dads' bond forged through shared worry and hope
With their daughters in treatment, Dan and David relied on each other for support, found friendship through common experience.
Get involved locally
Find additional events, volunteer opportunities and more ways to connect with St. Jude supporters in Dallas, Fort Worth and across North Texas.
Other ways you can get involved:
