The children of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® are helping to inspire an incredible fundraising project by five local luxury homebuilders.
These homebuilders - Atwood Custom Homes, Beckett Graham Luxury Homes, Heritage Homes, Kensington Custom Homes and Willow Tree Custom Homes - are creating a Dream Home Showplace Community in Southlake's exquisite Carillon Parc neighborhood to raise funds for St. Jude and its lifesaving mission of finding cures and saving children. John Terrell with Carillon Parc is the developer of this unique project.
Along with their trade partners, vendors, suppliers and other campaign sponsors, these five homebuilders have committed to collectively raise at least $1 million for the children of St. Jude. This program is a pilot for St. Jude and is the first of its kind in the nation - with each builder giving toward the project in honor of their team's child, and all five spectacular homes being built next to each other in the same neighborhood.
This Dream Homes neighborhood will be located in the heart of Southlake at the northeast corner of N. White Chapel Blvd. and E. State Highway 114.
Carillon Parc is a welcoming, walkable 42-acre mixed-use development featuring a luxury boutique hotel, innovative office spaces, upscale residences, advanced health and wellness offerings, chef-driven dining and luxury shopping, anchored by an expansive park with water features and a beautifully landscaped central plaza. When completed, these beautiful Dream Homes will be for sale.
The children of St. Jude are the reason for this outpouring of so many hearts, hands and talents. Featured here are the stories of Coraliz, Clayton, Kenzie, Rinoa and Ty.
CORALIZ
Coraliz was 10 years old when she became a patient at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. Her treatment for a type of bone cancer called osteosarcoma included chemotherapy and surgery to remove the affected bone. She also underwent physical therapy to help her regain strength and mobility in her leg. Coraliz returns to the hospital every 3-4 years as part of the St. Jude Study. She’s a senior in college, studying medical laboratory science and loving her major. Her dream is to return to St. Jude, work with the research team and help save kids as they saved her. When Coraliz is not busy with her classes, she loves to paint and draw.
CLAYTON
In 2018, blood tests indicated that Clayton had a rare type of blood cancer called hypodiploid acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He began treatment at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. But even with chemotherapy, there were still detectable amounts of disease in Clayton’s body. Seeking a lasting remission for Clayton, St. Jude doctors placed him on a type of immunotherapy called CAR T-cell therapy. The CAR T-cell therapy, though, did position Clayton to receive a bone marrow transplant with his mother as the donor. Today, Clayton is in remission and doing great. He’s outdoorsy and athletic and “loves life and doing all the fun things,” said his mom.
KENZIE
In October 2017, when Kenzie was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, her family turned to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®. “We knew St. Jude offered care for free, but we didn’t realize the extent of it,” said Kenzie’s mom Paige. “The doctors and cures are beyond anything I’ve seen anywhere. They’re amazing.” After two and half years of chemotherapy, Kenzie finished treatment in July 2020. She graduated from high school in 2022 and plans to pursue a career in nursing. Kenzie’s dream job? “I want to be a nurse at St. Jude,” she said. “St. Jude is my second family. It 100% means the world to me because they saved my life."
RINOA
In the summer of 2022, Rinoa was scheduled for an MRI due to headaches and other symptoms. The night before the scan, she developed double vision, and her mother, Kary, knew they would find something wrong in her daughter’s brain. It was a cancerous tumor called medulloblastoma. Following surgery at the hospital near her home, Rinoa had posterior fossa syndrome, a condition that severely limited her functioning. When they were offered a referral to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, her parents didn’t hesitate. Not only did St. Jude relieve the financial burden of treatment, but St. Jude offered proton therapy, one of the most advanced and precise forms of radiation treatment today, as part of Rinoa’s treatment plan. She has also received chemotherapy. “I love St. Jude, and I am thankful for it,” she said.
TY
When Ty was two years old, his family noticed that in certain lighting conditions, there appeared to be a flat whiteness in the center of his right eye. The eye doctor recommended Ty be taken for scans, which confirmed he had a rare eye cancer called retinoblastoma. After a referral to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®, his family learned exactly what was at stake. The tumor filled Ty’s eye socket and spread to the surrounding tissues. It was necessary to remove Ty’s right eye. After surgery, he underwent chemotherapy. Even at his young age, Ty had a special interest that seemed to take his mind off treatment: art. St. Jude staff always made sure to have art supplies waiting for him in recovery from procedures. Cancer has been in Ty’s past for more than a decade now. But art is still very much a part of his life. So is St. Jude.
Pull Quote: St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.