Who We Are
Welcome friends! Thanks for visiting Haunt On High's Skeletons for St. Jude team donation page! If you don't know me, I'm Jamie Datino-DeMaio, and decorating for Halloween is my favorite obsession since youth. I'm so excited to be joining over 400 other home "haunts" across the country, scaring the neighbors and raising money for a wonderful cause in the process! Our collective goal this year, is to raise $100,000 for St. Jude, an amount that will bring a combined total of $250,000 direct donations since 2020.
I've always gone ALL OUT decorating for Halloween, creating a spooky experience on High Street since 2010. This is now the second year we are using these efforts to benefit the community.
Inspired by my dad's stories of how when he was a kid in the 50s and 60s, his boy scout troop would receive kits to decorate their houses, as a way to raise awareness and fund raise. I thought, what a great idea!
I've spent my entire life working with children and families, and everyone knows somebody who has been affected by cancer. The mission of St. Jude as well as Skeletons for St. Jude aligns with these passions. In every community you will find someone who has been helped by St. Jude. Each dollar raised goes directly toward their mission/families, that's meaningful to me.
My personal goal, in honor of my dad, who was taken earlier this year by glioblastoma, is to raise $1,000.
Haunt On High's 2023 Events
Enlisted with the help of my young friends next door, Charlie and Calvin, to turn their RV into a haunted feature "Haunzel and Gretel" on Sunday October 29th from 4PM-6PM at St. John Paul II School. On Halloween night, full Halloween production of "Alien Crashes Haunted Ho-Down" will be in place, with tricks and treats at 454 High Street. Hope to see you there!
For more information - skeletonsforhope.org
Why St. Jude?
Thanks to you donors like you, no family ever receives a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food - because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
Treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to more than 80% since it opened more than 50 years ago.
Join me! Together we can help St. Jude change the world.