A stunning 92,000 items were raffled or auctioned this past weekend to bring an amazing total of $2,718,301 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Both of those totals are the most ever collected from the annual event. According to KASO/KBEF owner Mark Chreene, the previous high collected was $2,500,444 in 2024.

This year, bidders and raffle participants hailed from all 50 states and 78 countries. Officials said the auction had 500,000 web page views and made $1.14 million just on the internet. They also said Aeorpres purchased a grand prize ticket for every employee. Brandon Gaston was the lucky winner.