St. Jude patient Rinoa
Explore holiday giving, donations and gifts during the St. Jude Thanks and Giving® campaign
In this season of thanks and giving back, this campaign is a holiday tradition in which our supporters, donors, corporate and organizational partners inspire giving by joining in to support the lifesaving mission of St. Jude
As we celebrate 20 years of St. Jude Thanks and Giving, you can give St. Jude families a gift that could last a lifetime. Make your holiday or Christmas gifts even more meaningful by exploring the many ways you can give back to the kids 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.
Meet patients you are helping this holiday season
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Meet Luna
Luna has a beautiful smile and a light that shines everywhere she goes. Read about her diagnosis of leukemia and her treatment at St. Jude.
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Meet Kamryn
Kamryn has a love of learning. But at two years old, he started crying all day at daycare and showing other unusual behaviors. His mother took him to the pediatrician, where bloodwork indicated he had a form of blood cancer called acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Read Kamryn's story.
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Meet Abraham
Abraham has always been happy engaging in activities like painting and piecing together puzzles. He was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor called a medulloblastoma in 2018. He is now cancer free. Read more about Abraham.
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Meet Eliza
Eliza is a joyful little girl. Her pediatrician referred her to an ophthalmologist after testing her eyes. In turn, she was referred to St. Jude as a tumor was visible in her right eye. Read about Eliza.
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Meet Aspen
Aspen's parents describe her as happy, bubbly and intelligent. At age 1, she was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma. Read Aspen's story.
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Meet Avyan
Avyan is introverted and quiet but carries himself with confidence. When he became sick, neither Avyan nor his parents were expecting what came next ... they were told he had a cancerous tumor in his brain. Read about Avyan.
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Meet Adalyn
Adalyn lights up when talking about her brothers and her cousin. In 2022, she had stomachaches that came and went then episodes of severe pain. At the ER, doctors found a large mass above her kidney, stage-4 high-risk neuroblastoma. Read Adalyn's story.
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Meet Rinoa
Rinoa is artistic and imaginative. In the summer of 2022, she had an MRI due to headaches and, later, double vision. Doctors found a cancerous brain tumor called medulloblastoma and was soon referred to St. Jude. Read about Rinoa.
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Meet Natalie
Natalie, the youngest of 5, has a huge personality. After taking a fall and becoming inconsolable, her parents took her to the hospital, and a bone scan revealed that she had stage-4 neuroblastoma. Read Natalie's story.
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Meet Luxe
Luxe is a force with “CEO energy." As a kindergartener, Luxe’s legs became so covered in bruises that her parents took her to the doctor. Luxe was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia. Read Luxe's story
Give back through donation gifts
Your gift can make a difference
See what your holiday donations can do.
Don't miss out on maximizing your donation! Find out if your employer will match your gift.
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A platelet count test
Your $10 gift could help provide one platelet count test for a St. Jude patient.*
Art by St. Jude patient Sydney
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Patient meals
Your $50 gift could provide two days of meals to a patient.*
Artwork by St. Jude patients and siblings of St. Jude patients Luana, Dahiralis, Macey, Abigail, and Aliza
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A red wagon
Your $100 gift could help provide a red wagon, which is the preferred mode of travel through the halls of the hospital for our youngest patients.*
Artwork by St. Jude patient Diego
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Family meals
Your $250 gift could help provide five days of meals for a St. Jude patient and their guardian. St. Jude provides patients and their families breakfast, lunch and dinner in Kay Kafe, the hospital’s cafeteria.*
Artwork by St. Jude patient Ethan
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School supplies for patients
Your $1,000 gift could help provide seven sets of schools supplies so patients can continue their education while receiving treatment away from home.*
Artwork by St. Jude patient Roman
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Support of our mission
Any amount supports kids around the world. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save even more children.*
Artwork by St. Jude patient Jack
*When you make a donation using this information, 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. Read more about approximated costs.
St. Jude patient Eri'Elle
St. Jude celebrates 20 years of Thanks and Giving
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Hear our stories from the TODAY show
Hear the amazing stories shared by Marlo Thomas and St. Jude patients on the TODAY Show. Share the hope and get inspired this holiday season.
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Support St. Jude on Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is Nov. 28, 2023. Join us on the national day of charitable giving to support the kids of St. Jude.
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We give thanks for you
We give thanks for you. Because of your support. families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food.
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Send holiday wishes to the kids of St. Jude
Choose a Christmas card or festive holiday card inspired by patient art to brighten the holiday season for patients and their families.
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Celebrating Christmas in the Hospital
Patient families share how they spent Christmas at the hospital and ways to brighten the holidays if someone you know is in the hospital too.
Every St. Jude patient deserves a chance to live their best life and celebrate every moment. Your support helps St. Jude give kids with cancer and other life-threatening diseases a chance.
This holiday season, give a gift that could last a lifetime.
St. Jude patient Luna and her dad
Meet our Thanks and Giving partners
Learn more about St. Jude
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Why support St. Jude?
Learn how supporting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital helps pediatric cancer patients worldwide.
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Our stories
Meet the patients, families, supporters and staff of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and experience the stories that happen here every day.
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Our global impact
St. Jude Global has been improving the survival rates of children with catastrophic illnesses all over the world.
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Our unique operating model
There are great research institutions, great hospitals and great charities — we’re all three. See how we’re funded, how our operating model works and our plans for the future.
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Frequently asked questions
Find the answers to your questions about St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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Our history
In 1962, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital opened in front of a crowd of 9,000 in Memphis, Tenn. Learn about the history of St. Jude, how our hospital came to be and the amazing things we’ve accomplished.
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Send holiday wishes to the kids of St. Jude
Choose a Christmas card or festive holiday card inspired by patient art to brighten the holiday season for patients and their families.