Talk about a win/win. One lucky recipient will get to live in a brand-new Cameron Park home, currently under construction, while all proceeds from the raffle of it benefit St. Jude Research Hospital.

Since 1991 484 homes have been raffled and more than $400 million has been raised through the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway. St. Jude is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food “because all a family should worry about is helping their child live,” it states in company literature.

“Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent since the hospital opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent, and we won’t stop until no child dies from cancer,” it further states.

Sites are selected nationwide for a dream home giveaway once a local homebuilder steps forward and a local television station agrees to promote it. At the groundbreaking on Aug. 14, representatives from KXTV ABC 10 attended along with local St. Jude patient Damien Chiasson-Larson. The home’s construction is courtesy of Turn-Key Construction based in El Dorado Hills.

“We are very excited for this project,” said Kent Sciutto, president of Turn-Key Construction Group Inc. “My wife and I have been proud supporters of St. Jude for several years and we are so excited to be a part of this process.”

Other sponsors making the 2019 dream home giveaway possible include New Country 105.1 KNCI, McCreery’s Home Furnishings and national sponsors Brizo, Shaw Floors, Trane and Bosch.

The home, valued at $580,000, is located at 3429 Majar Court in Cameron Park. The goal is to raise $1 million by selling 10,000 raffle tickets for $100 each. To learn more about the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway or to purchase tickets visit dreamhome.org.