Alabama's Siran Stacy to headline St. Jude Field of Dreams fundraiser at Grand Bohemian
The Grand Bohemian Mountain Brook will play host to the second-annual St. Jude Field of Dreams event Saturday, May 7. The fundraising cocktail and cuisine celebration, sponsored by Merrill Lynch, will serve to raise awareness and funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Local St. Jude patients Slade Anderson, Sophia Schefano, and Cole Tanner will be in attendance at the event.
Former University of Alabama, NFL and NFL Europe star Siran Stacy will also be honored at the event. Following a successful football career, Stacy transitioned into a career in mortgage banking. Along with his corporate banking jobs, Stacy worked with Bill Glass Prison Ministry, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and spoke to many small churches.
In November 2007, according to his online biography, Stacy’s life changed forever. He, his wife Ellen, his son Bronson and his daughters Lequisa, Sydney, Shelly and Ellie Ann-Marie were traveling in the family's van, when their van was struck by a drunk driver. Only Siran and Shelly, age 4 at the time, survived that night. Following the tragedy, Stacy started his ministry and now speaks to a variety of groups including churches, high schools, corporate groups, military branches, and prisons.
Guests of St. Jude Field of Dreams will enjoy cuisine, cocktails and entertainment by Razz Ma Tazz, all while raising money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® through silent and live auctions. Items available at last year’s event, which took place at Regions Field, included a three night stay at Capella Resort in St. Lucia, tickets to see the sold out Garth Brooks show and an SEC sports package including a signed football by Nick Saban and Gary Pinkel.
According to a news release about the event, St. Jude patients and families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food. Field of Dreams aims to help ensure this practice continues in the future. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to more than 80 percent since it opened more than 50 years ago.
The Grand Bohemian Mountain Brook is located at 2655 Lane Park Road. Doors to the event will open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now for $125 per person or $200 per couple. Group tickets and sponsorship opportunities are also available. To purchase tickets, visit www.stjude.org/fieldofdreams.