Thank you for joining us on Friday, April 10, 2026, to celebrate 12 years of Toast to St. Jude at the State Room in Boston, Massachusetts. Supporters from across the Boston area enjoyed a memorable evening of dancing, live entertainment, a silent and live auction, the opportunity to hear from a St. Jude patient and more, all to benefit the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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 more information on volunteer and sponsorship opportunities at next year's event, please contact Siobhan Dunn at siobhan.dunn@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.
Photos from past Toast to St. Jude events
Caitlin Flaherty, Event Co-Chair
Matthew Milley, Event Co-Chair
Kayla Gallagher, Logistics Co-Chair
Serissa Jones, Recruitment Co-Chair
Andrea Mark, Recruitment Co-Chair
Brittany Myers, Marketing & PR Co-Chair
Liv Novoselsky, Marketing & PR Co-Chair
Meaghann Graber, Auction Co-Chair
Erin Young, Auction Co-Chair
Michael Nader, Sponsorship Chair
Sai Subathra Anbarasu • Alyssa Auger • Cheri Burns • Elena Chapman • Stephanie Coleman • Matthew Coviello • Lindsay DeMunno • Molly Deneault • Camille Fernandez • Peter Gill • Stephen Griffiths • Zachary Gregoricus • Nathan Hoag • Meghan Houle • Kat Jabbarin • Carrie Kendall • Brigitte Laukien • Kristina Mccann • Jo Moynihan • Michael Nader • Janki Patel • Matt Peters • Alex Qirjazi • Ali Rad • Matt Ribaudo • Kaelin Santelli • Kayla Schmlaz • Saima Siddiqi • Chloe Thompson • Sofia Zhidro
St. Jude stories from New England
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Maine woman runs through pain of cancer for St. Jude kids facing their own marathons
Sarah Emerson knew what it was like to support cancer patients through her fundraising for St. Jude. That support flowed back to her, when she needed it most.
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In a year, this MIT student athlete went from brain cancer at St. Jude to mentoring Boston high schoolers
He’s busy as a student at MIT and member of the rowing team, but this St. Jude survivor has a heart for helping — he mentors high schoolers in his spare time.
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Vermont runner eyes 103 marathons, $100K for St. Jude
Once Sue Kessler started running, she didn’t want to stop. Then she discovered a way to bring extra meaning to all those marathons — running as a St. Jude Hero.
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No Boston Marathon to run, so a St. Jude Hero rounds up his family for a neighborhood relay-style race
Scott Kruse had qualified for his first Boston Marathon, but then the world changed and the global pandemic put a halt to large gatherings. But a hero’s got to be heroic in these times. So Kruse, forced to walk, not run, for exercise these days because of a back injury, had an idea.
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Rhode Island couple streams cooking show with a pinch of silly for St. Jude
"We’re not famous or special, we just wanted to give our time and effort for something we care about."
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In this together
Thirteen St. Jude Heroes® are in step with the most compelling reasons — they'll run for St. Jude kids at the 2018 Boston Marathon.
Get involved locally
Find additional events, volunteer opportunities and more ways to connect with St. Jude supporters throughout Connecticut, Maine, the Boston area, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
