Attend a Dinner, Gala or Golf Outing
From galas to concerts and golfing, there are fun events across the country that help support our lifesaving mission. Attendees, sponsors, committees and volunteers participate in events to help ensure families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food.
You can help support the lifesaving mission of St. Jude locally while you play a round of golf, send your taste buds on a culinary adventure, listen to stories from St. Jude patients and much more!
Members of our St. Jude Orlando Gala committee
Participate in the St. Jude Walk/Run®
Help support St. Jude by participating in the St. Jude Walk/Run®, held annually in September. St. Jude Walk/Run® is a nationwide 5K hybrid event, taking place in person and virtually during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, with a focus on ending childhood cancer. Together. Do your part by registering as an individual, starting a team or joining a team.
Corporate Engagement
Partner with purpose by creating opportunities for your organization and its team members to engage with St. Jude through their work. Connect with your West and Central Florida St. Jude team on potential sponsorships and partnerships, set up your workplace giving program and build a network of hope and inspiration through your involvement.
St. Jude Heroes Program
Run for a greater purpose when you commit to being a St. Jude Hero®. Register for your race as a St. Jude Hero and gain access to an online training program, race-day perks and possibly even entry into the most exclusive races in the world.
Build Your Legacy with St. Jude
Bequests
Make a lasting impact in the lives of St. Jude patients and their families by leaving St. Jude in your will or living trust. With your bequest, your generosity helps ensure that patients receive world-class care.
Individual Giving
The St. Jude Give To Live Society is a loyal group of donors who consistently give charitable gifts throughout the year at truly impactful levels. As a committed donor, your giving helps ensure our lifesaving mission to find cures and provide world-class care for some of the world’s sickest children — today and in the future.
Plan Your Giving
You can support the children of St. Jude in the way that best suits your financial and personal goals. IRAs, donor-advised funds, stocks, gift annuities, trusts and more — choose the planned giving option that is right for you, and your generosity will help children with cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Meet the West and Central Florida Team
Our team is proud to partner with so many supporters in Orlando, Tampa, Sarasota, Naples and across West and Central Florida. Together, we strive to end childhood childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was considered largely incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and we won't stop until no child dies from cancer.
St. Jude patient Yazleemar and her family
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 West and Central Florida.
4950 West Kennedy Blvd, Suite 605
Tampa, FL 33609
(813) 868-2700
St. Jude stories from Florida
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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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It takes a village
Each year, Bob and Mickie carry on their former spouses' love for St. Jude. Read how their community rallies behind them for St. Jude kids.
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At $70,000 raised and counting, 11-year-old’s swim for St. Jude makes big splash
Each year since he was 5, Sawyer Hansen collects donations and swims one hour of laps for St. Jude.
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From the seas to safari, this Carnival Cruise director promotes St. Jude no matter where he is
Using #groovetheworld, Mike Pack is the face of Carnival's company-wide support of St. Jude. The cruise line has already raised nearly $300,000 for St. Jude since July.
Fill out the form to learn about the ways you can donate your time to help St. Jude.
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... could help provide two rehab balls for physical therapy*
Rehab balls help patients regain strength and mobility after undergoing treatment of cancer.
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... could help provide chemotherapy IV tubing sets*
A $100 donation could provide five chemotherapy IV tubing sets sized especially to help children receive treatment.*
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... could help provide one day of oxygen for a St. Jude patient*
St. Jude patients may need oxygen to help their bodies function properly and aid in healing.
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... could help provide four walkers for St. Jude patients*
Walkers provide St. Jude patients with stability and support, making it easier for them to walk after surgery.
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... could help cover about two-thirds of the cost of one day of chemotherapy*
Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped push overall survival rates for childhood cancers from 20 percent when the hospital opened in 1962 to more than 80 percent today.
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... could help provide 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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... could help cover the cost of the 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 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.*
* 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. 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.
Meet St. Jude patients
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Meet Janelle
When Janelle was just over a year old, her family noticed that she began to regress in her development. Medical tests revealed that Janelle had cancer.
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Meet Kamryn
At 2 years old, Kamryn's bloodwork indicated he had a form of blood cancer called acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Doctors referred him to St. Jude where he would undergo more than 2 years of chemotherapy while growing to love activities like Music Therapy.
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Meet patient Natalie
Natalie seemed like a healthy toddler. But one day, she stopped using her left arm. She had Stage IV neuroblastoma and was referred to St. Jude for treatment.
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Meet Brayden
Brayden received chemotherapy as well as proton therapy for medulloblastoma at the first proton therapy center in the world dedicated solely to children.
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Meet Ashtyn
When Ashtyn’s family learned she had a type of cancerous brain tumor called a medulloblastoma, they turned to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
