Thank you for joining us on Saturday, May 4, 2024 for the 22nd annual FedEx St. Jude Angels & Stars Gala at the InterContinental Hotel in Miami, Florida. Guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner, entertainment, a silent auction, Give to Live and a memorable St. Jude patient speaker, all to help advance the mission of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Finding cures. Saving children.®
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 more information on becoming a sponsor at next year's event, contact Chad Buschell at chad.buschell@alsac.stjude.org.
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 Mayela with her parents
Thank you to our title sponsor
Thank you to our committee
Esperanza Lopez-Virtue
2024 Chairperson
Claudia Rostagno
Immediate Past Chair
Julio Barrionuevo
Gala Co-Founder
Rosie Cruz-Sotero
Circle of Hope Chair
Susan Stipcianos
Public Relations Chair
Cindy Papale-Hammontree • Ingrid Moran • Jessica Younis-Milton • Liliana Torres • Lorena Susso • Luisa Guzman • Martica Mirabal • Nalby Intharaksa • Olga Martinez • Pilar Portela-Webb • Tajhira Omphroy
In 2018, Mayela was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, or AML. In AML, white blood cells, produced in bone marrow, are abnormal and do not become healthy cells. These abnormal cells crowd out the normal ones so that the patient’s body has a harder time fighting off infection.
Doctors in Puerto Rico referred Mayela to St. Jude where she underwent a bone marrow transplant in August 2018, with her dad serving as her donor.
“I was full of joy and emotion, and grateful for St. Jude,” Angel said about being his daughter’s donor.
St. Jude patient Mayela
St. Jude stories from Florida
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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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Tina's quinceañera: a tradition of a lifetime
After overcoming a cancer diagnosis at age 10, this St. Jude patient and her family celebrated her 15th birthday in style.
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Faith defines Selah's St. Jude journey
A family pulls together through the unimaginable
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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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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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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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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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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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... 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.*
* 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.
Get Involved Locally
Click below to find additional events, volunteer opportunities and more ways to connect with St. Jude supporters in Miami and across South Florida.
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 Josie
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.