SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — A new home is being built in Pooler, but this one has a special purpose. The St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway is back and is raising money to help children who are fighting cancer.
Construction will begin today on 2025's St. Jude dream home right here in the coastal empire.
The giveaway is part of a nationwide effort that raised nearly $650 million for the hospital.
Landmark 24 Homes, one of the country's largest homebuilders, will kick off construction on this year's dream home at 26 Blues Drive. The project is part of a nationwide effort to raise money for children fighting cancer, ensuring families never have to pay for treatment, travel, housing, or food.
The official groundbreaking for the home giveaway took place at 11 a.m. WSAV's Ben Katko and Ben Senger were live on the scene with Eric Sanford, Director of Operations at Landmark 24 Homes.
This fundraiser has been changing lives since 1991 across the country. All of the money raised from ticket sales goes back to St. Jude to help children and families on their road to recovery.
"The only thing I had to do was care for my child, and that's because someone decided to spend 100 bucks for a ticket. 100 dollars doesn't seem like a lot but when you think about the amount of donors there are... that goes so far," said Lachaka Davis, a mother of a St. Jude patient.
This year, the goal is to sell 8,000 tickets at $100 each to raise $800,000 for the hospital's lifesaving mission.
Tickets aren't on sale, yet, but once they are they are expected to go fast.