FRANKLIN —A Clarksville man won a $650,000 home in Westhaven on Sunday, helping Southern Land Co. and media partners WZTV-Channel 17 and WSIX-FM raise $1.6 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a new fundraising record.

This is the fourth year that St. Jude has operated a campaign in Middle Tennessee and the fourth year that a Westhaven home has been the grand prize. According to a press release from the Memphis hospital, the volunteers' and community sponsors' participation and amount of money raised are unprecedented on a national scale.

In their 30 years of marriage, Julie Tarrents has always had more of a knack for winning tickets than husband David.

But that changed Sunday when David's $100 ticket purchased online was drawn as the winner of the Nashville St. Jude Dream Home contest. 

The Clarksville couple won a new home valued at $650,000 in the Westhaven community of Franklin.

Tickets are still available for a chance at winning the St. Jude’s Dream House constructed in honor of Murfreesboro resident Ally Cameron.

The goal of the 2008 St. Jude Dream Home campaign is to raise $1.6 million for the internationally known research hospital dedicated to finding cures and saving children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.

There is still time to purchase a ticket for a chance to win the St. Jude Dream Home, which will be given away Sunday. The four-bedroom home is in Westhaven and is valued at approximately $650,000.

Fewer than 2,000 tickets remain for the Middle Tennessee Dream Home — one of 34 in the country — to raise $1.6 million for the children's hospital, making it the nation's largest Dream Home campaign to date.

Time is winding down and tickets are running out for your chance to win a more than half-million dollar home in Franklin.

It's the final full-weekend before the 2008 Saint Jude Dream Home Giveaway.

Tickets still remain - they are 100-dollars each.

Going green is a trend that's picking up momentum across the U.S. as homeowners struggle with high utility bills.

The green effort stretches all the way to this year's St. Jude dream home; the lucky winner gets eco-friendly house.

From an energy efficient roof to a special low flow commode, Fox 17's Laura Faber shows us some of what makes up nearly $50,000 worth of green amenities.

FOX 17 airs a 3 part series, Medicine and Miracles, about the 2008 St. Jude Dream home campaign. It focusses on patient stories, the hospital and the Dream Home Campaign.

Courtyard Garden Tour details
The Courtyard Garden Tour will be held from
10 a.m.-2 p.m. today,
10 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the Westhaven Residents' Club, 401 Cheltenham Ave., in the development, which is just west of Franklin off Highway 96.
Proceeds benefit WAVES, a nonprofit agency that provides support and services to adults and children with developmental disabilities in Williamson County.

The St. Jude Dream Home, located in Southern Land Company’s Westhaven community in Franklin, will open for free tours on Saturday, May 17. The house will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. every Sunday, May 17 until June 15.

Visitors to the house can register free for a chance to win a $5,000 shopping spree with American Signature Furniture. A limited number of $100 tickets for a chance to win the $700,000 home, constructed by SLC Homebuilding, will also be available during free tours of the house.

The tour will begin on Friday, May 16, and end on Sunday May 18. On Friday, the tour will be open from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.; on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.; and on Sunday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. Tickets for the tour will be $10 per person with all proceeds benefiting WAVES Inc., a 35-year-old non-profit agency that provides a wide range of support and services to adults and children with developmental disabilities in Williamson County. To learn more about WAVES Inc. please visit www.wavesinc.com.