On Saturday, July 11th, close to 500 high profile guests will come together for the Inaugural St. Jude Hope in the Hamptons, the premier South Fork event celebrating the life-saving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. Hosted by FOX News National Security Expert, Columnist and Commentator, KT McFarland, this casual but chic red carpet event will feature gourmet farm fresh fare, cocktails, an exclusive live and silent auction, and a performance by Billy Joel’s Broadway tribute band, The Movin’ Out Band. Guests will have an opportunity to hear from a local Hamptons family, Dave and Sue Birdsall, and their journey at St. Jude, where they are working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent in the next decade.

Sue Birdsall [above on tractor] tells KDHamptons, “In June 2013, our grandson, Drew Birdsall, was diagnosed with leukemia one week before his third birthday. We always knew and heard about St Jude, but until we had that personal connection and got to see it for ourselves, we had no idea how great a place it is. Everything is for the children and that is their top priority while being treated for cancer and other serious diseases. The fact that the parents do not have to worry about the bills when they are going through so much already, is so important. Because of this, we are hosting a fundraiser at our Water Mill home, in hope of giving back a portion of all that has been given to our grandson and many other children.

More about St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. Everything we do is centered on finding cures and saving children. And families never receive a bill from St. Jude. We pay for treatment, travel, housing and food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. St. Jude has the world’s best survival rates for the most aggressive childhood cancers, and treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent since we opened more than 50 years ago.

WHEN: Saturday, July 11, 2015, 6:00pm – 10:30pm

WHERE: 1143 Deerfield Road, Water Mill, NY 11976

HOW: For sponsorship information or to purchase tickets, call (212) 239-3239 or visit stjude.org/hopeinthehamptons *For more information about fundraising efforts in the New York/NJ area, contact:

Karla Micalizzi
Senior Regional Event Specialist
ALSAC/ St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
14 Penn Plaza, Suite 1615, New York, NY 10122
P: 212.379.1620 | F: 212.239.3279 | M: 917.364.3036
karla.micalizzi@stjude.org; follow at #stjudenynj