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St. Jude Evening with the Stars

Friday, April 4, 2025  |  East Peoria, Illinois

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For years, Central Illinois has gathered to celebrate and raise funds at the annual St. Jude Evening with the Stars Gala. With your support, this gala has grown into a major fundraising event supporting the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: Finding cures. Saving children.® Everywhere.

We hope you’ll join us for this inspiring event on Friday, April 4, 2025 at Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino in East Peoria, as your support helps ensure St. Jude patients can continue to receive the customized care they need to treat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases, no matter what barriers they may face.

Location

 
 

Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino
21 Blackjack Boulevard
East Peoria, IL 61611

 

Date and Time

 
 

Friday, April 4, 2025
5-11 p.m.

Attire: Black-Tie Optional

 

Tickets and Sponsorships

 
 

To reserve your sponsorship, please contact Gina Seghetti at Gina.Seghetti@alsac.stjude.org.

Sponsor Details

 
 

Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped raise the survival rate for children with cancer in the United States, where 4 out of 5 children survive cancer.

In many countries, however, only 1 out of 5 children who develop cancer will survive. We won’t stop until no child dies from cancer, no matter where they live.

 

St. Jude patient Everly

 
 
Patient Everly smiles in a St. Jude community room wearing a T-shirt that reads, "I fought the battle and won. Childhood cancer survivor. "

Highlights from the 2024 St. Jude Evening with the Stars

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:

Gina Seghetti
Gina.Seghetti@alsac.stjude.org

 

Thank you to our event committee

Event Chairs:
Steve Gardner  •  Jodi Lindsay  •  Liz Wilson

Event Committee:
Ashley Bradshaw  •  Amanda Campbell  •  Curt Curtis  •  Melissa Fox  •  Kristy Howell  •  Meghan Jackson  •  Evan Jenkins  •  Tracy Korger  •  Jim Lindsay  •  Mike & Amy McCoy  •  Ryan & Kari McCracken  •  Amy Morgan  •  Tammy Risinger  •  Sherry Semonis  •  Annette Slyman  •  Megan Wineland

 

Award Winners

Juanita & Dan Deeb Volunteer Service Award
Jim Carlson

Corporate Service Award
Jim Maloof/REALTOR®

 
 

St. Jude stories from Central Illinois

Every dollar makes a difference*

 

  1. One red wagon

    Wagons are the preferred mode of travel through the halls of the hospital and around campus for our younger patients.

    Donate $100

  2. One red blood cell transfusion

    Children undergoing treatment for cancer and other life-threatening diseases often need transfusions.

    Donate $250

  3. One hour of physical therapy

    Physical therapy is provided to patients because children with life-threatening diseases like cancer may develop developmental, cognitive or physical impairments as a result of their illnesses and their treatments.

    Donate $500

  4. Parent necessities for 20 patient families

    Parents who bring their children to St. Jude often leave home in a hurry and forget to pack day-to-day necessities such as shampoos, razors, deodorant, toothbrushes and lotion. At Tri Delta Place, our short-term housing facility, parents can obtain these essentials free of charge.

    Donate $1,000

  5. 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.

    Donate $2,500

  6. 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.

    Donate $5,000

  7. Support St. Jude patients and their families

    Your donation will be used to provide breakthrough research, treatment and cures as you join St. Jude in its livesaving mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®

    Donate Any Amount

 

* 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.

 View information about tax-deductible donations.

 
 

Get Involved Locally

Click below to find additional events, volunteer opportunities and more ways to connect with St. Jude supporters in Peoria, Bloomington-Normal and all across Central & Southern Illinois and Iowa.

Ways to Support St. Jude in Central & Southern Illinois and Iowa

 
 

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