About Us
Saddle Up for St. Jude – Central Illinois was formed twenty-six years ago to raise money to help the children of St. Jude and their families.
Events
Our annual event is
June 1, 2024
Saddle Up for the Fight Against Childhood Cancer.
Donations
Our annual event and efforts to raise money are only made possible by the generous donations of people like you!
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our Camp, Dance, & Ride Event yesterday! We had a wonderful turnout and are incredibly grateful to everyone who spent their whole weekend, or just their Saturday evening with us! Even though we had a couple hiccups with food vendors finding us and a generator issue, we had a great time and we hope you did, too! Next Thing Smokin’ was fantastic!! 🎵 We appreciate your continued support for the kids at St. Jude.![]()
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We want to give an extra special thank you to the Loren Streitmatter family for generously donating the beef for our raffle, which sparked the idea for this fall event. Paige Streitmatter ![]()
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We’ll share a total amount raised once we have everything tallied up. See y’all in June!!
Park is filling up quick! Hope everyone has time to attend! Food will be available at 5pm and Next Thing Smokin’ will be here from 7 – 10pm! Come out for a great time!
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As we get ready for this weekend, we ask that everyone be mindful of how they park and the space occupied. In June, we had rigs leave because of no space. We want to get as many people as possible to be able to attend and help the kids and families of St. Jude.
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📣🐎EXCITING NEWS‼️ ![]()
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Our first ever fall event is this Saturday!!! Some important things to know:![]()
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✅ Please bring cash or check if you can! We will be able to accept card but those pesky card companies like to charge us a fee and we want all the 💰to go to St Jude!![]()
✅ Event is only this Saturday and will feature food trucks, a band, silent auction, and drawing for 4 winners to win some beef🥩 ![]()
✅ You do not need a horse to attend! We would love for everyone to just come have fun and enjoy the band!![]()
✅ Bring chairs if you can. There are plenty of picnic tables but it’s always better to have extra seating just in case! ![]()
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This is going to be such a fun event! Bring your friends and the family out for a great time! Can’t wait to see you there! 🎉
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Our Fall Event is fast approaching! Contact any of our committee members to purchase raffle tickets or stop in at Branded Country Wear if you’re in Peoria- we have plenty of raffle tickets to purchase at the shop. Hope to see you all on October 12!!
🌟 We all know how outrageous the price of groceries is, get your chance to win 1/4 cow to stock up before the cold months!! Just comment on this post and one of our members will make sure to hook you up with tickets to win! Drawing is LESS than one month away!! 🥳
We’re excited for our Camp, Dance & Ride Event on Saturday, October 12! ![]()
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We’ll have 2 food vendors at the park around 5pm so you can grab a bite to eat before Next Thing Smokin’ takes the stage at 7. We’re excited to welcome Voorhees Genetics Farm to Table BBQ Voorhees Showpigs and The phoenix Food Truck to our event!!!
Happy Monday!!! Many of you have seen the post regarding our fall raffle 1/4 beef (yes, we’ll have 4 winners). We’re having a more low key event this fall where we’ll draw the winners and have a silent auction- as always, all proceeds will go to St. Jude. Please join us Columbus Day weekend for riding, camping, music, and food. ![]()
Contact Doug Shipley with silent auction donations or any questions.
Hello all! Exciting news! Our spring raffle was such a success we decided to do a fall one for a quarter of beef to four lucky winners! Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. The drawing will be Oct 12th at Jubilee Equestrian park. The winner does not need to be present to win. Let us know how many tickets y’all would like. 🙂
The results are finally in…As a result of your generosity, all of our donors and sponsors, our committee, our awesome auctioneers, and the Jubilee Riders dance earnings, we will be able to send a total of $65,500 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital this year!!! Thank you all for a GREAT year!!!
Is anyone missing a folding hoof pick and knife while attending the event last weekend? One was found, please let us know, thanks!
We would like to thank everyone who came out on Fri. evening and Sat. to the Saddle Up for St Jude event. It was awesome to see so many familiar faces and meet new ones as well. We are extremely appreciative of your generosity and support! THANK YOU!