St Jude Dream Home Giveaway winner announced

Fox - 26 Houston
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Nov 12, 2026
And hey, what's a big giveaway without a little bit of suspense, right?
Let's get back out to Melissa Wilson
for our St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway.
Yes, sir.
Oh, yeah.
You know, Anthony, because of the love of technology,
we have people sitting on the
edge of their seats right now. So no more freezing signals.
I'm making all the equipment behave
itself. Hey, I have Tracy Brown here from Empire Home,
who is, we've really gotten to know each
over the past couple of years working together with St. Jude.
You came back for more because
it was so meaningful last year. This is incredible.
It is such a great organization,
with the help of Johnson Development for the lot and the George.
I mean, it's just so great.
The organization, everything about this fits into our culture
and fits into me personally,
just because we've been to the hospital.
We understand that everything there is paid for,
and it takes the burden off the family.
It does, and I think that's been such a
blessing for all of us to learn more because
so many Houston kids were treated there,
and we find out how it helps them.
Every single dime of $100 ticket, one ticket at a time,
goes to make a difference in those lives.
And Houston stepped up, 13,500.
Tickets, I mean, over $1.3 million
and every single penny of that goes to St. Jude.
It is just remarkable. Well, again,
I wanted you to take a look behind all the partners who
are a part of this. We have a lot of people from Johnson Development.
I see Master Spas out there
who donated the beautiful hot tub that somebody won today.
That was fun to make that phone call.
And now I'm ready to call you. Are you ready for the drawing?
Okay, so let me tell you how this
This all goes down.
We have a certified accountant here, Sam.
He's not-
Not involved in any way with St. Jude, Fox26,
or any of these fine partners behind us.
But he is going to put in the,
so someone won the last prize, that name gets to go back
in here.
They get another chance, that name goes in,
and then all the final names go in.
So he has certified that every single person,
all 13,500 of you, has your name in here.
Do you know what a job that is?
I think we should all, let's put our hands together for Sam.
I mean, that is remarkable.
Everybody giving of their time, their love, their energy,
their talents, their spinning talents going on right here.
That's heavy. Let me tell you,
I couldn't even hardly move this thing
with that many cards in it. It is remarkable what
Houston has done. And I am so proud of Houstonians.
So now this is done so privately.
He's going to open it up. It's been locked the whole time.
We have had no access. He's had the
key to himself so that we know every single card is in there.
He will turn his head once every card
And here we go. Okay, Houston, who is going to win this home
in Richmond for the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway?
And the winner is, I can't do this. This is so
exciting. Are we ready? Are you ready at home?
Okay, she lives in Lamarck and it's Bertha Archibald.
Congratulations, I'm handing this off as fast as I can
to the St. Jude people
because they're gonna call you right now.
I hope you're watching.
Answer the phone, it's the real deal.
What do you think, everybody?
Now that's a way right there to say we are so excited.
Again, Tracy, it's been an unbelievable,
emotional two months watching this house come to life.
We were out here when it was dirt,
and we put our shovels, the first in the dirt,
and now the foundation poured, and now this beautiful home.
Signed the floor, moved to here, and can't wait for the next one.
I can't wait.
Okay, so what we're going to try to do is get a hold of...
Bertha, right now, we're going to call her.
I hope she answers.
And hopefully, in just about half an hour, we'll come back
and we'll tell you what she has to say about this exciting day.
We're so excited.
Anthony, back to you.
Love it, love it, love it.
Melissa, great job.
Thanks to our partners there at St. Jude.
Thanks to everyone at home, too,
who purchased a ticket to make this even possible for us to sell out.
It's been a great campaign.
Let's get Bertha on the phone.
Congratulations.
Melissa, great job.
We'll check back with you in a little bit.
