Dream Home Giveaway raises $1.3M for kids at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Arizonans helped raise $1.3 million to help save lives in this year’s St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway!

The donations from 13,000 tickets sold will go toward helping a child fighting the battle of their life. Tickets for the 2026 St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway sold out in just under three hours after the launch on Good Morning Arizona on Wednesday!

The St. Jude Dream Home in Glendale and other prizes will be given away live on Good Morning Arizona on May 6! Make sure to tune in.

The home for this year’s drawing is in the Icon at Thunderbird neighborhood, southeast of the Arrowhead Towne Center. It was built and donated by Woodside Homes, who also constructed the Queen Creek home given away last year.

Over 40 cities across the country host a St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway. When you reserve your Dream Home ticket, you also enter for several other prizes donated by generous corporate sponsors.

About the Dream Home:

  • Valued at $580,000
  • 3 bed, 2½ bath
  • Approximately 1,800 sq. ft.
  • Home does not come furnished but does come with all appliances
  • Spacious Open-Concept Living – Seamlessly connected spaces perfect for entertaining or relaxing in style
  • Dream-Worthy Oversized Primary Closet – A luxurious retreat for your wardrobe with room to spare
  • Expansive Pantry & Butler’s Area – Designed for effortless hosting and everyday convenience
  • Inviting Covered Patio – Enjoy outdoor living year-round with shade and comfort built in

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital:

  • Located in Memphis, Tenn., St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
  • Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food – so they can focus on helping their child live.
  • Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened in 1962. And they won’t stop until no child dies from cancer.
  • Since the majority of St. Jude’s funding comes from individual contributions, St. Jude has the freedom to focus on what matters most – saving kids regardless of their financial situation.
  • St. Jude cares for some of the world’s sickest children regardless of their race, ethnicity, beliefs or ability to pay. Patients receive the customized care they need to treat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases, no matter what barriers they may face.
  • St. Jude has treated children from all 50 states and from around the world.
  • St. Jude treats more than 8,000 patients each year for childhood cancer and other catastrophic diseases, the majority of whom are treated as outpatients.

DONATE TO ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL HERE

Childhood cancer facts:

  • Pediatric cancer is the leading cause of death by disease among U.S. children ages 1 to 14.
  • Each year, approximately 16,000 children and teens in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer.
  • Nearly 10% of children with cancer develop the disease because of a genetic condition.
  • Thanks in part to better therapies St. Jude has helped to develop, more than 80% of U.S. childhood cancer patients now become long-term survivors.

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