Thank you for attending the 15th Annual St. Jude Taste of Oxford, a regional culinary experience and charity gala in Oxford, Mississippi to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
This highly anticipated community event welcomed St. Jude supporters from the Mississippi Delta, Northeast Mississippi and the Memphis area. We enjoyed the beauty of The Jefferson Oxford and the featured cuisines from local Oxford restaurants.
To date, this event has raised $680,815! All proceeds from this event benefit St. Jude, where families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food – so they can focus on helping their child live.
Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped raise the survival rate for children with cancer in the United States, where 4 out of 5 children survive cancer.
In many developing countries, however, only 1 out of 5 children diagnosed with cancer will survive. We won’t stop until no child dies from cancer, no matter where they live.
St. Jude patient Raven
Help shape the future
Continue your support of St. Jude through charitable gift annuities, donor-advised funds, bequests and more.
Contact us directly to get involved and find ways to connect. You can also like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram to stay up-to-date about the exciting events in northern Mississippi and the Mid-South.
Memphis, Tennessee
1350 Concourse Avenue
Suite 563
Memphis, TN 38104
Phone: (901) 288-1250
Our committee
Committee Chair - Elizabeth Randall
Culinary Chair - Elizabeth Heiskell
Stephanie Barrett
Kristy Bridgers
Richard Cross
Lee Lee Dessler
Kate Green
Jenny Rayner
Annie Robertson
Carlyle Thomas
St. Jude stories from Mississippians
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Emma, the reigning Miss Teen Magnolia State, was treated for cancer at St. Jude
But she wondered: Can you claim an experience you don’t remember?
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Spurred by the mission and inspired by a trailblazer, Mississippi doctor gives to support St. Jude
As Dr. Rayford learned more about St. Jude — how it had opened as an inclusive hospital in 1962 at the height of civil rights strife in the South and welcomed children regardless of race, and how it employed and promoted doctors, scientists and staff of color, as well — Rayford knew this was a cause that deserved his support.
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St. Jude treatment of sickle cell disease hits close to home for this Mississippi pottery shop
A business literally shaped from Mississippi mud, Peter’s Pottery makes the world a brighter place — and a better one, too, with its support of St. Jude.
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Plan in Progress: St. Jude celebrates first year of telehealth services in Tupelo
St. Jude is celebrating a successful first year of providing telehealth services for children with chronic hematological diseases in North Mississippi. Read the story.
Photo Gallery - 2023
Photo Gallery - 2022
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One red blood cell transfusion
Children undergoing treatment for cancer and other life-threatening diseases often need transfusions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.®
* 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.
Other ways you can get involved:
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Shop the Gift Shop
Help St. Jude kids by shopping in the St. Jude Gift Shop. Find presents that make a difference for your friends and family and help end childhood cancer.
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Employer Donation Match
Find out if you can double the impact of your donation to St. Jude through your employer's matching gifts program.
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Donor Advised Funds
Granting through your donor advised fund helps further the lifesaving mission of St. Jude.