Join us on February 22, 2025 for the sixth annual Celebration at Sundown charity gala presented by Elevate Protection Group at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. This impactful dinner event will bring together the Fort Worth community to celebrate and raise funds for the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: Finding cures. Saving children.®
Matching gifts are an easy way to increase your donation to St. Jude — at no additional cost to you! Many employers support your altruistic efforts by offering matching gift programs to your favorite charities. Check if your employer will match your gift to St. Jude or contact us at matchinggifts@stjude.org.
For information on sponsorship or volunteer opportunities, contact Tabatha G. Olaechea at tabatha.g.olaechea@alsac.stjude.org.
Date and Time
February 22, 2025
6 p.m.
Attire: Cocktail
Tickets and Sponsorships
Become a sponsor today! Sponsorship packages include a reserved table, brand recognition and other benefits.
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 Everly
Become a sponsor
By partnering with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and sponsoring this event, you will align your company name with the strong, nationally recognized St. Jude mission and brand, and instill pride in your employees, consumers, vendors and company executives.
For information on becoming a sponsor, please contact:
Tabatha G. Olaechea
tabatha.g.olaechea@alsac.stjude.org
Our sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Gold Sponsor
The Solway Foundation
Photo Booth Sponsor
Mooring USA
Centerpiece Sponsor
TTI, Inc.
Silver Sponsors
The Shields Family
Southwest Petroleum Realty
Bronze Sponsors
Paula and Terry Drennan
HB Global
Hillwood, a Perot Company
Shannon and Michael Moore
Pollard Aircraft Sales, Inc.
Ridgemont Commercial Construction
RSM US LLP
Satori Capital
TTI, Inc.
UMB Bank
Highlights from Celebration at Sundown
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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*
During treatment, 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.
St. Jude stories from Texans
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The heart of Cleburne
St. Jude patient Brody made his small corner of the world a better, kinder, more caring place. His spirit lives on in the hearts of all those who knew him.
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New treatment offers hope for 6-year-old Texan
Lizzie is back home in Texas going to school, participating in jiu-jitsu, and hoping to become a triathlete just like her older brother and sister.
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Life lessons in a Texas garage
What does a garage in Texas – and the lessons learned there – have to do with cancer treatment more than 10 years ago? Everything, it seems.
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Chip & Joanna Gaines become official ambassadors of St. Jude
The Gaines family will help support Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Thanks and Giving holiday campaign and shares the St. Jude mission year around.
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St. Jude dads' bond forged through shared worry and hope
With their daughters in treatment, Dan and David relied on each other for support, found friendship through common experience.
Get Involved Locally
Click below to find additional events, volunteer opportunities and more ways to connect with St. Jude supporters in Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and across North Texas.
Other ways you can get involved:
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Volunteer Locally
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With planned giving, you can achieve your financial goals while supporting the lifesaving mission of St. Jude.
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