Join us on June 21, 2025 for the I Heart St. Jude charity event in Louisville, Kentucky. We'll come together at the beautiful Waterfront Botanical Gardens to celebrate the lifesaving mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.®
All proceeds from this event benefit patient and patient families of St. Jude. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – so they can focus on helping their child live.
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.
Location
Waterfront Botanical Gardens
1435 Frankfort Ave
Louisville, KY 40206
Tickets
Become a sponsor today! Sponsorship packages include brand recognition and other benefits.
Every child deserves a chance to live their best life and celebrate every moment. When you support St. Jude, you can help make cures possible for kids with cancer. Together, we can save more lives.
St. Jude patient Camila
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.
To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact:
Dillon Miles
dillon.miles@alsac.stjude.org
St. Jude stories from Kentucky
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Growing up in Kentucky, Dwane Casey learned the value of an assist, on and off the basketball court
‘It was from the heart’: Former national-champion point guard and current NBA coach Dwane Casey followed his grandfather’s lead in supporting St. Jude.
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Andrew Dean, dressed as elf, embarks on 36-hour holiday fundraising journey for St. Jude
Collecting donations and dishing out holiday cheer, Andrew hopes to ease the burden of children with cancer.
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St. Jude mom finds love after heartache
After losing her son to cancer, Leigh Ann found new meaning through fitness – and a new partner with whom to share her life.
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“Bear Hunt” connects communities
The 1989 children’s book “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” is coming to life in communities across the globe. To help children pass the time as school and activities are cancelled, people are displaying stuffed animals for kids to spot when they go on walks with their parents.
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Mary Browder and the patients of St. Jude shine at the World Golf Championships
Saved by St. Jude after a cancer diagnosis, she’s excelled at golf and life. Now she’s college bound.
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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.
Get Involved Locally
Click below to find additional events, volunteer opportunities and more ways to connect with St. Jude supporters in Louisville and across Kentucky.
Other ways you can get involved:
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Explore online auctions
Explore online charity auctions for vacations, events, collector’s items and more while giving back to St. Jude
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Employer donation match
Find out if you can double the impact of your donation to St. Jude through your employer's matching gifts program.
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Donor-advised funds
St. Jude provides customized care for some of the world's sickest children. Your end-of-year donor-advised fund (DAF) grant can help save lives.