Join us on April 3, 2025 at The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida for our annual St. Jude Palm Beach Cocktail Party: Spring for Hope benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Guests will enjoy a memorable cocktail reception with great food, drinks and special St. Jude moments alongside fellow supporters to help further advance the mission of St. Jude: Finding cures. Saving children.®
For information on becoming a sponsor, please contact Kara Patterson at kara.patterson@alsac.stjude.org.
Date and Time
Friday, April 3, 2025
6 p.m.
Attire: Cocktail Attire
Tickets and Sponsorships
Become a sponsor today! Sponsorship packages include additional guest tickets, brand recognition and other benefits.
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 Maelin-Kate
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 more information on becoming a sponsor, please contact:
Kara Patterson
kara.patterson@alsac.stjude.org
Our committee
Event Co-Chairs
Erin Hawthornthwaite • Deborah Miller
Host Committee
Mary Frances Garrett • Merrie Harris and Nathaniel Kramer • Stephen Hawthornthwaite • Gloria and Michael Masterson • Bruce Miller • Mary and MacGregor Read • Alexia and Baird Ryan • Kiki and Drew Shilling • Elena Marie Siems • Vanessa Rooks-Stefanski and Marc Stefanski • Katherine and Nate Ward • Leslie and Spence Whitman • Maura Ziska Christu and Eric Christu
Event Co-Founder
Thomas C. Quick
Art by St. Jude patient Maelin-Kate
St. Jude stories from Floridians
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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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... 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.
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