Thank you for joining us on April 9, 2026, at The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida for our annual St. Jude Palm Beach Cocktail Party presented by: The DiGiulio Family benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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 sponsorship or volunteer opportunities at next year's event, please contact Kara Patterson at kara.patterson@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.
Thank you to our committee
Event Chairs
Erin Hawthornthwaite and Deborah Miller
Event Co-Founder
Thomas C. Quick
Host Committee
Eric Christu & Maura Ziska Christu • Nancy L. DiGiulio • Mary Frances Garrett • Matthew & Krista Gorelik • Stephen Hawthornthwaite • Nathaniel Kramer & Merrie Harris • Joe Keough Ambassador & Mrs. Earle Mack • Ashley Miller • Dusty & Rhonda Milner • Bruce Miller • MacGregor & Mary Read • Baird & Alexia Ryan • Drew & Kiki Shilling • Glen Sutton & Kate Lubin • Nate & Katherine Ward • Dom & Susan Telesco
Art by St. Jude patient Maelin-Kate
St. Jude stories from Floridians
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Florida teen: St. Jude saved my little brother. This is how I say thank you.
Life was swimming and hanging with friends, then cancer struck the family. When Beckett got a second chance at life, big sister Bianca was spurred to give back.
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Faith defines Selah's St. Jude journey
A family pulls together through the unimaginable
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Homecoming parade welcomes Florida teen treated at St. Jude
Tyler was just glad to be home, but found his two bouts with cancer had inspired his community and a classmate challenged by his own diagnosis.
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Little Lucas is 'Home from St. Jude' after a brain tumor threatened his life.
Family celebrates mundane again after nearly a year of treatments, 'No More Chemo' party, and emotional homecoming.
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St. Jude saved my life...twice
Debbie Coolman, who came to St. Jude for treatment in 1984, went from a life of pain to a lifetime of thank yous.
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