Framing for the Future: Texas community celebrates construction milestone for St. Jude Dream Home Showplace

Five custom builders mark progress with community stud signing and cookout

SOUTHLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Southlake community came together in a powerful show of support at the Stud Signing Cookout, a meaningful step towards the completion of five custom homes that will make up the debut St. Jude Dream Home Showplace Community in Southlake’s Carillon Parc neighborhood. This milestone marks a major step forward in a landmark fundraising initiative aimed at generating one million dollars to support the lifesaving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^®.

The event brought together local leaders, builders, volunteers, and supporters for an afternoon of food, connection, and purpose. Attendees wrote messages and words of encouragement onto the wooden frames of the homes, leaving a lasting imprint of hope and support to live within the walls of each residence. One message read, “Blessings to all the kids and families of St. Jude”; another was a heartfelt message in a child’s handwriting, “Ava loves St. Jude.”

The five participating builders, Atwood Custom Homes, Beckett Graham, Heritage Homes, Kensington Custom Homes, and WillowTree Custom Homes will bring their signature craftsmanship, style, and heart to this unprecedented project. Each builder, along with its trade partners, vendors, and suppliers, has pledged to raise $200,000. The five homes are expected to open to the public in spring 2026. Funds raised will support groundbreaking research and treatment by St. Jude for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

The St. Jude Dream Home Showplace Community would not be possible without the commitment of its builders and the continued support of national sponsors including Brizo, Shaw Industries, Trane, Bosch, Kichler, and foundation sponsor Middleby.

Visit St. Jude Dream Home Showplace Community to learn more and get involved.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^®

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.^® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and it won't stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes to help doctors and researchers at local hospitals and cancer centers around the world improve the quality of treatment and care for even more children. Because of generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live. Visit St. Jude Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories of hope, strength, love and kindness. Support the St. Jude mission by donating at stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on X, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok, and subscribing to its YouTube channel.