Chip and Joanna Gaines donate $1.5 million to St. Jude
'Fixer Upper' stars make major donation to children's hospital
'Fixer Upper' stars make major donation to children's hospital
Chip and Joanna Gaines donated $1.5 million to St. Jude Children's Hospital. The pair presented the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, with a check earlier this month and gifted the nearby St. Jude Target House with a massive playhouse they personally designed for the kids.
바카라 게임 웹사이트When we heard that the space outside of Target House could use a little love, we knew right away that we wanted to create a sweet playhouse for the kids to enjoy,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Joanna said at the event, according to .
바카라 게임 웹사이트There바카라 게임 웹사이트s something so special about spending time together outside and while we바카라 게임 웹사이트re hopeful that these families will not have to stay here for very long, we wanted to create a retreat for them to explore while they are here.바카라 게임 웹사이트
바카라 게임 웹사이트As we walked in today, a little boy told us that he바카라 게임 웹사이트s 바카라 게임 웹사이트demo day-ing바카라 게임 웹사이트 his cancer treatment and that바카라 게임 웹사이트s pretty much the best thing I바카라 게임 웹사이트ve ever heard. In our world, demo day marks the end of one chapter and the beginning of a newer, more exciting one,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Chip said at the event, according to People. 바카라 게임 웹사이트And that바카라 게임 웹사이트s exactly what we want for you. We바카라 게임 웹사이트re pulling for each and every one of you.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The playhouse is behind an archway covered in flowers and has a play kitchen where kids can pretend to be chefs, an area for reading and plenty of space to play, according to People.
The donation was raised through Chip's recent Challenge. In 2017, Chip helped raise $230,000 for St. Jude, and this year's goal was to top that.
Since raising that kind of money is "a tall order," Chip called in some reinforcements. He tapped support from fellow celebrities Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez, , Kacey Musgraves, the members of Florida Georgia Line, Jessie James Decker, Lauren Daigle, Kevin Love and Taylor Calmus, just to name a few.
In the same week the challenge was announced, it was shared that Chip's marathon trainer, 바카라 게임 웹사이트 who is also known as Gabe 바카라 게임 웹사이트 and had been battling a rare form of cancer for nearly 10 years had gotten sicker overnight.
"I understand that Gabe is not a patient at St. Jude, but right now, she is fighting for her life. Cancer is ugly and it is mean and it doesn바카라 게임 웹사이트t fight fair. This has gotten extremely personal," Chip wrote in an Instagram post.
In the post he promised to match all donations made to the Chip-In Challenge by midnight that night, with a goal of hitting $500,000. He said he would also double that amount "in the form of a donation to the , in Gabe's honor." Gabe died that same day.
In total, supporters helped raise more $2 million for both charities, according to Chip's :
"THANK YOU ALL 바카라 게임 웹사이트 you blew this thing out of the water. Because of YOU, we have raised $1.49 million for and $512,000 for the Foundation. Over TWO MILLION DOLLARS raised for the fight against cancer! This campaign is proof that when we all work together for something bigger than ourselves, anything is possible," he wrote.