Four members from Ruston’s Zeta Rho chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha participated in this month’s groundbreaking ceremony for the 24th annual Monroe St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway.
The Zeta Rho-ESA service organization is among the main volunteer groups supporting the project. Additionally, Ruston’s Big Z Country 107.5 is a key sponsor.
Local ESA members attending were Nancy Darland, Zeta Rho philanthropic chair and Louisiana State Council president; Jennifer Patterson, Zeta Rho president; Lester Fife, Zeta Rho treasurer and state St. Jude senior chair; and Dawn Erickson, Zeta Rho pledge.
Tickets to win the house, located in Sterlington’s new DeSiard Trace subdivision, will go on sale in early 2026 at $100 each. Last year’s sales raised $850,000 for the hospital.
A leading children’s hospital, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, treats the most serious childhood cancers and pediatric diseases. Treatments developed there have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago.
The hospital freely shares the discoveries it makes with doctors and scientists worldwide. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food because those associated with the facility believe that all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
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