Children’s Hospital New Orleans announces TAYLOR SWIFT ǀ THE ERAS TOUR ticket raffle, with seven winners of four tickets each, all proceeds to benefit its Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders

The raffle is live at chnola.org/taylor with 5,000 maximum chances at $200 per raffle ticket

NEW ORLEANS - Children’s Hospital New Orleans is grateful to have the opportunity to raise important funds for the hospital’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders as part of its 42nd annual Sugarplum Ball, through a ticket raffle for the Oct. 26, 2024, New Orleans TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR.

Launching this week, Children’s Hospital New Orleans is offering a raffle for 28 suite tickets for the New Orleans TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR. Participants will purchase chances to win tickets to see Taylor Swift perform live Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in the Caesar's Superdome in New Orleans. Tickets are $200 each with 5,000 maximum chances sold. Seven winners of four tickets each will be drawn and notified Saturday, March 23, 2024.

“This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity, and for no greater cause,” said Children’s Hospital New Orleans President and CEO, Lucio A. Fragoso. “Raffle ticket sales will benefit the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Hospital New Orleans, with proceeds being put to use immediately to help fund a new Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Unit at Children’s Hospital. We are calling all Swifties to join in and enter for your chances to win.”

The Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Hospital provides advanced treatments for children with leukemia, lymphoma, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia and other childhood cancers and blood disorders. Children’s Hospital is the only accredited pediatric stem cell transplant facility in the state, performing bone marrow transplants and CAR-T cell therapy. Children's Hospital is also actively conducting cancer research at the forefront of medicine and has the largest, most experienced group of pediatric cancer specialists in the region, staffed by faculty from LSU Health New Orleans and Tulane University School of Medicine.

Patients undergoing stem cell transplantation are profoundly immunosuppressed and require prolonged hospital admissions that can last months. They are at high risk for infections and require enhanced protection while in the hospital. Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Units are specially and expertly designed with children's needs in mind and allow for play and socialization within the unit and outside their room because infection risks are minimized through the HEPA filtration system and separation from patients that may spread infections. This creates a much-improved patient experience, as stem cell transplant patients are often in the hospital for one to two months, and sometimes longer.

Children’s Hospital cared for 20 transplant patients this year, and expects this population to grow as the hospital continued to develop its Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program, including gene therapy for Sickle Cell disease patients which is now FDA-approved and will begin in 2024 as the only facility in Louisiana to offer this life-changing treatment.

All proceeds from the TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR raffle will support this effort. To learn more, to purchase raffle tickets, and to read the official rules of participation, visit chnola.org/taylor.

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About Children’s Hospital New Orleans
Children’s Hospital New Orleans is a 263-bed, nonprofit academic pediatric medical center that offers comprehensive healthcare services, including over 40 pediatric specialties, delivered just for children. With more than 600 pediatric providers, Children’s offers a comprehensive array of pediatric healthcare services in Louisiana and the Gulf South. In addition to its main campus located in New Orleans, the hospital operates a network of specialty clinics across Louisiana, including in Covington, Baton Rouge, Alexandria, Lafayette and Diamondhead, MS. Children’s offers primary care services at 14 convenient locations and remotely via its Virtual Care for Kids program. Children’s is a proud member of LCMC Health, a Louisiana-based, not-for-profit hospital system which also includes New Orleans East Hospital, Touro, University Medical Center New Orleans, West Jefferson Medical Center, East Jefferson General Hospital, Tulane Medical Center, Lakeview Hospital and Lakeside Hospital. Learn more at chnola.org.