Preparations are underway for the tenth anniversary of the St. Jude Palm Beach Dinner benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® on Wednesday, April 3, at Club Colette in Palm Beach. The event will support the lifesaving mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.®
“I am honored to have been a part of this event for a decade,” said Palm Beach Dinner co-chair Talbott Maxey. “More than 75 percent of St. Jude funding comes from individual contributions, which is why we are calling on our community to lend their support.” Since its inception, Lourdes Fanjul, Talbott Maxey and Thomas C. Quick have co-chaired the event.
Palm Beach Dinner guests will have the opportunity to be a part of the “St. Jude Give to Live Society,” a yearlong exclusive membership that recognizes the generosity donors provide to fund groundbreaking research and treatment. Gifts range from $1,000 to $25,000 and cover expenses such as toiletries for families or a major surgical procedure.
This year’s event will spotlight the ABC’s of Cancer Wall in St. Jude where each patient has the chance to create artwork out of letters and express 26 different perspectives of living with cancer or another disease through art, which will be displayed at the event. Guests will also have the opportunity to hear from St. Jude patient Hannah Kate, a young cancer survivor who will share her firsthand experience.
Philanthropic opportunities and tickets to the St. Jude Palm Beach Dinner are available. For more information, contact Ligia Santos at (305) 537-1429 or visit stjude.org/palmbeachdinner. Because of events like these, families at St. Jude never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food—because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude won’t stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude freely shares the discoveries it makes, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org, sharing stories and videos from St. Jude Inspire, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on Twitter and Instagram and subscribing to its YouTube channel.
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