Artwork by St. Jude patient Coraliz
Join us on December 3, 2025, for the St. Jude Houston Christmas Luncheon at the River Oaks Country Club of Houston. Guests will enjoy a festive afternoon including a three-course meal, champagne toast and inspiring stories of St. Jude patients and their families, all to benefit the lifesaving mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.®
All proceeds from this event benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, where families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.
Date and Time
December 3, 2025
10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Attire: Cocktail
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St. Jude patient Liliana and her family
Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped push the U.S. childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80%. Yet, around the world, about 1 in 5 will survive. That’s why we’re helping make lifesaving treatments available to more children in more places — because where they live shouldn’t determine if they live.
St. Jude patient Liliana and her family
Thank you to our co-chairs
Jenny Raffoul and Amal Zakem Nassar
Highlights from the 2024 St. Jude Houston Christmas Luncheon
St. Jude stories from Texans
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Houston teen's holiday letters raise more than $50,000 for St. Jude
Witness the power of compassion as Asher Bravo's dedication and determination lead him to fundraise for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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With St. Jude on his team, Emmanuel worked hard and kept the faith on the football field
'Root for that guy,' says Emmanuel's high school coach.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Amid our family’s loss, my purpose in life became clear
Bennett’s Bash brings together a community in memory of beloved nephew.
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