How the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway benefits patients, families

A $100 ticket could win someone a brand new home, but for children battling cancer, the St. Jude Dream Home giveaway means something much bigger. It absolutely does. Melissa Wilson is live at the St. Jude Dream Home with how you can get involved. Good, beautiful morning to you. Well, good morning to you. Let me show you a rainbow out here in Richmond. Look at this beauty that just popped up. That's so nice. That's because the rain is coming down on me right now, so I gotta go. Here we go. Oh my goodness, look at the beautiful sunrise while we were, it's pretty on that side, it's wet on this side. All that matters though is what this is all about. Let me get my photographer out of the rain. I'm so sorry, it just gives these little pop-up showers that Allison was telling us about. I have Jackie Valdez here from St. Jude. This is so incredible. What matters is what this is all about. So remind everybody where their $100 goes if they scan that QR code on their screen. Yes, it goes all to support the families and kids at St. Jude. That really is truly what that money is going towards. All of that benefits us continuing our life-saving mission of St. Jude Children's Hospital. And I got to be there actually with you. We were there and spent some time on that campus. It's so magical. What does it mean to you to be a part of something so special? You know, it means everything to be able to provide hope for those families. And then of course, provide one lucky Houstonian the opportunity to win a brand new house. How exciting is that? I wanna make sure that everybody knows If they get that ticket today and today only, talk about a massive bonus. Tell us what that is. So today and today only, they'll be able to be entered in to win a $10,000 Visa gift card. How exciting is that? And of course the home, and of course our other great prizes, but today is that last opportunity for those $10,000. 10 grand that you can spend on anything, and then you could also win the house. So what if you're the luckiest person alive and you get them both? Now we're gonna go buy some furniture for the house, right? Exactly. Okay, let's talk a little bit about this house. So four bedroom, three and a half bath. What else do you want to make sure people know about it? Yeah, a little under 3,000 square feet. There's going to be a beautiful Generac generator. We know how unpredictable Houston weather can be. So we've got you prepared. This lucky winner will have all of the bells and whistles in this beautiful home. Beautiful cabinets, beautiful appliances, Bosch appliances, Kichler lighting, all the works. I can't stop looking at that rainbow because I'm picturing the pot of gold at the bottom of this beautiful rainbow is this house that is right here with us to help kiddos at St. Jude. I mean, it is just perfect. Okay, it has come a long way. I can't believe in a week what they've been able to pull off. We're talking flooring. We have seen the beautiful lighting, and we'll be showing that next hour. What do you love so much about the house? I mean, everything. Those cabinets are beautiful, the way they did it. The tiling, even in the laundry room, is gorgeous. They've really thought of every detail in this home. Yeah, Empire has done an unbelievable job. And this is what I want to make sure everybody knows, that your money does not go to products like this garage door, right? It is all donated. That's right. They've done a great job. They're what we call a zero hero, right? They're a hero for these kids of St. Jude. And they help and rally their trades to really, really stand behind them and provide their land, labor, and material for this home. Yeah, and I'm going to be talking to some of those people throughout the morning to see how our community is coming together. I want Houston to just get fired up about this because there were other cities doing it and we want to make sure the Houstonians are really up here because we know how generous they are as far as all of these other cities and states across the country who do what they can to help St. Jude. Of course yeah it's programs like this right here in Houston that help us continue to do the work that we do at St. Jude and help provide that life-saving mission for so many families. All right it's as simple as can be let your little pot of gold be this home Somebody's gotta win it, why not be you? So dreamhome.org or scan that QR code. Next hour, I'm walking you inside. I'll show you how far that house has come since we were last here just a week ago. Right now, I'll send it back to you guys in the studio and hope for some clear skies out here. And how ironic the rainbow by the house as well too. I know, that's gotta be a really, really good sign. If you buy your ticket right now, When the rainbow happened, you may be that lucky winner, but either way, it's a win-win all around for everybody. Thanks, Melissa. It sure is.