Why support St. Jude families this Father's Day?
It's our supporters who help ensure that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — so they can focus on helping their child live.
Watch the video of Jason Myers, who left a legacy of support for St. Jude, and how his family continues supporting our lifesaving mission to honor him.
Find a Father’s Day gift in the St. Jude Gift Shop
The St. Jude Gift Shop is your one-stop shop for a meaningful Father's Day gift. Every purchase supports the important work done by St. Jude doctors and researchers.
Make a donation and send a card for Father's Day
Making a donation to St. Jude is beautiful way to honor Dad while supporting a worthwhile cause. When you make a Father's Day donation, we'll send a card or email to notify him of the gift and the amazing work the gift supports.
Father's Day cards are no longer available.
Support companies that give to St. Jude
You can also help support St. Jude this Father's Day by shopping with companies that donate a portion of their sales to our lifesaving mission. Explore charitable Father's Day gift options from our partner brands.
Send a Virtual Card to St. Jude Dads
You can share support by sending St. Jude dads a virtual card with a heartful message paired with a funny "dad joke". Your kindness makes a world of difference.
Father's Day virtual cards are no longer available.
Read some humorous words of wisdom from the dads of St. Jude
The dads of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are there for their kids, caring, supportive — and bringing the groan-inducing dad jokes. They tell you why it matters.
Bid on auction items
Explore auction items and experiences with proceeds benefiting St. Jude. Your bid helps ensure families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment travel, housing or food.
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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.
*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, lodging, travel or food.
$10
Could help St. Jude provide one platelet count test for a St. Jude patient.*
$25
Could help provide one patient with rehabilitation balls.*
$50
Could help provide two days of meals to a St. Jude patient.*
Meet the families you are helping
St. Jude patients are amazing and so are their dads.
Celebrate Father's Day by reading their inspiring stories and joining the mission of St. Jude.
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Meet Luna
When Luna started to feel sick and stopped acting like herself, her parents became concerned. Doctors in her hometown in Guatemala confirmed what her parents had feared, Luna had leukemia.
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Meet Janelle
Janelle underwent surgery in Puerto Rico to remove the tumor and was later referred to St. Jude, where she was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a brain tumor of the cerebellum, when she was 17 months old in 2021.
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Meet Beckett
Even at 2 years old, Beckett was a very verbal child, able to describe how he felt, and how he felt was "dizzy". He was also sick to his stomach from time to time, and had developed a head tilt.
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St. Jude patient Liliana and her family
Every dad deserves the opportunity to see their child live and celebrate every moment of their life.
With a monthly donation as little as $19 or more, you could become a Partner in Hope and help St. Jude children through their treatment.
Learn more about Father's Day
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Father’s Day is a holiday held each year to celebrate the fathers and father figures in our lives. Inspired by Father's Day celebrations, President Richard Nixon made Father’s Day an official holiday in 1972.
Father’s Day is often celebrated with cards, gifts and quality time spent with our fathers and father figures and all they do. This year, help us honor the dads at St. Jude.
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It is always the third Sunday in June. In 2025, Father's Day is June 15.
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Making a donation for Father's Day is a special way to help support St. Jude families and our commitment to providing children with quality cancer care and treatment every day.