St. Jude Orlando Gala

Thank you for joining us for the eighth annual St. Jude Orlando Gala at the beautiful Four Seasons Orlando in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on Saturday, February 17, 2024. We hope you enjoyed cocktails, dinner, dancing and live entertainment, as well as the silent auctions and inspirational St. Jude lifesaving mission moment.

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.

For information on becoming a sponsor and next year's event, please contact Kelsey Lehr at kelsey.lehr@alsac.stjude.org.

Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened in 1962. And we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.

St. Jude patient Kiki with her mom

Thank you to our committee

Event chair: Rosalind Hajjar

Amine Harb • Ana Stanfield • Ann Geagea • Elizabeth Patel • Fiorela Lindsey • Fouad Hajjar, MD ALSAC/St. Jude Boards of Directors and Governors • Janice Colon • Janice Curatolo • Joanne McNamara • Karla Radka • Kaylene Woo • Laila Maali • Laila Nemeh • Lauraine Quintana • Luz Batista • Marlene De Cespedes • Mary Carpousis • Maya Valdivia Ekbatani • Miladi Johnson • Millie Ramirez • Nicole Argabright • Paula Harb • Pegah Simaan • Rania JeBailey • Sam Wakim DDS • Toby Chanes • Vaneza Roberts • Yama Ariza

Photos from past St. Jude Orlando Gala events

Every dollar makes a difference*

One red blood cell transfusion

Children undergoing treatment for cancer and other life-threatening diseases often need transfusions.

Donate $250
One hour of physical therapy

Physical therapy is provided to patients because children with life-threatening diseases like cancer may develop developmental, cognitive or physical impairments as a result of their illnesses and their treatments.

Donate $500
Parent necessities for 20 patient families

Parents who bring their children to St. Jude often leave home in a hurry and forget to pack day-to-day necessities such as shampoos, razors, deodorant, toothbrushes and lotion. At Tri Delta Place, our short-term housing facility, parents can obtain these essentials free of charge.

Donate $1,000
An ultrasound study for a St. Jude patient

An ultrasound study is among the diagnostic imaging tests that doctors use to diagnose and monitor disease and treatment.

Donate $2,500
Daily room rate of the ICU

The Intensive Care Unit at St. Jude has twice been recognized with the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence given by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. In 2009, the St. Jude ICU became Tennessee’s first ICU to win the honor.

Donate $5,000
Support St. Jude patients and their families

Your donation will be used to provide breakthrough research, treatment and cures as you join St. Jude in its livesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®

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* Your donation will be used to provide breakthrough research, treatment and cures. Items listed here are representative of services and supplies that are part of the treatment and care of children at St. Jude. The cost of each item or service is an approximation, and will vary based on actual costs incurred and individual patient needs. Your donation will be used for the general operating needs of St. Jude, where no family ever receives a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food.

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St. Jude patient Lucas and his mom

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.

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.

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.

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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