Thank you for joining us on June 21, 2025 for the I Heart St. Jude charity event in Louisville, Kentucky. St. Jude supporters came together at the beautiful Waterfront Botanical Gardens to celebrate the lifesaving mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.®
All proceeds from this event benefit patient and patient families of St. Jude. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – so they can focus on helping their child live.
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 and volunteer opportunities at next year's event, please contact Hollie Hayden at hollie.hayden@alsac.stjude.org.
St. Jude patient Erma
Every child deserves a chance to live their best life and celebrate every moment. When you support St. Jude, you can help make cures possible for kids with cancer. Together, we can save more lives.
St. Jude patient Erma
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.
St. Jude stories from Kentucky
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Growing up in Kentucky, Dwane Casey learned the value of an assist, on and off the basketball court
‘It was from the heart’: Former national-champion point guard and current NBA coach Dwane Casey followed his grandfather’s lead in supporting St. Jude.
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Andrew Dean, dressed as elf, embarks on 36-hour holiday fundraising journey for St. Jude
Collecting donations and dishing out holiday cheer, Andrew hopes to ease the burden of children with cancer.
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St. Jude mom finds love after heartache
After losing her son to cancer, Leigh Ann found new meaning through fitness – and a new partner with whom to share her life.
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“Bear Hunt” connects communities
The 1989 children’s book “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” is coming to life in communities across the globe. To help children pass the time as school and activities are cancelled, people are displaying stuffed animals for kids to spot when they go on walks with their parents.
Get involved locally
Find additional events, volunteer opportunities and more ways to connect with St. Jude supporters in Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, Paducah and across Kentucky.
