St. Jude Dream Home Showplace construction is underway in Kilkenny Farms West in Waunakee! The home will be open to the public in June as part of the 2025 Madison Area Parade of Homes.

Madison and Milwaukee home builder Victory Homes of Wisconsin Inc., along with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, broke ground in Kilkenny Farms West this month for the inaugural Madison St. Jude Dream Home Showplace. Lot 148 of Kilkenny Farms West will be the construction site for this new home giveaway. Businesses and supporters from the Madison and surrounding areas have come together to support children battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases.  

Don Tierney, of Livable Communities by Don Tierney, assisted in the Ground Breaking Ceremony on December 9th, 2024. "It's pretty awesome to see builders and contractors collaborating for a great cause. We're all looking forward to seeing it come together in time for the 2025 Madison Area Parade of Homes."  

St. Jude Dream Home Showplace is an extension of the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, which is one of the largest fundraising programs for St. Jude. Net proceeds from the sale of the home will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Waunakee Tribune article excerpt below by  :

Waunakee’s Kilkenny Farms West development will be the site of the inaugural St. Jude Dream Home Showplace in Wisconsin, raising funds for the pediatric hospital and research center.

“I’ve always been a fan of St. Jude,” said Waunakee developer Don Tierney, of Livable Communities by Don Tierney. “It’s a tremendous situation to have a place like this.”

Tierney’s comments came at a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday morning for Victory Homes of Wisconsin, Inc. and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Jennifer Herrera, development specialist for ALSAC/St. Jude, ALSAC standing for American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude, said the Madison area is the first market in the state of Wisconsin where this program will begin. “All eyes are on here,” said Herrera.

Net proceeds from the sale of the house will go to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and its efforts to help kids battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

St. Jude Dream Home Showplace is an extension of the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, one of the largest fundraising programs for St. Jude.

These fundraisers help raise money to ensure families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, housing, travel or food.

Herrera said that St. Jude treatments have led to improved cancer survival rates for kids, as they’ve gone from 20% to 80% since the hospital opened in 1962. The majority of St. Jude funding comes from individual contributions.

David Roembke, of Victory Homes of Wisconsin, explained how the Waunakee site was chosen.

“We’ve done a lot with Don Tierney, who’s obviously a big developer in the Waunakee market, and we’ve had a good presence in the Waunakee market over the last five, six, seven years,” said Roembke. “So, with this brand-new subdivision kicking off, the fact that it’s going to be a parade of homes site, we thought why not Kilkenny West?”

Among those in attendance Monday were Waunakee Village Administrator Todd Schmidt, President of the Waunakee Board of Trustees Kristin Runge and incoming Dane County Executive Melissa Agard.

Roembke said it didn’t take long to pick the Waunakee site.

“We were in talks to do a parade model, and when we had the opportunity to do the St. Jude Dream Home Showcase, we also decided to do that here as well,” said Roembke.

Please click the link below for the full article from the Waunakee Tribune along with photos from the ground breaking:  https://www.hngnews.com/waunakee_tribune/news/business/st-jude-dream-home-showplace-coming-to-waunakee/image_6ee502b2-b64f-11ef-ac19-ff7874f6a19c.html

 

Additional Articles:

In Business Greater Madison: 
https://www.ibmadison.com/business-report/st-jude-dream-home-showplace-to-break-ground-in-waunakee/article_e1be5582-b3ec-11ef-81ba-a334a51554f7.html

 

Channel 3000: 
https://www.channel3000.com/video/st-jude-dream-home-showplace-construction-underway/video_0c87bebf-24a0-5b5a-aea3-630c17032762.html