Jude's Jingle Tree back for 8th year to collect ornaments, donations for Home of the Innocents

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- WDRB meteorologist Jude Redfield is once again inviting viewers to help decorate his annual “Jude’s Jingle Tree” as the station kicks off its eighth year of holiday cheer.

The festive tradition encourages viewers to send in ornaments to help create the most perfect Christmas tree — and support a good cause. This year’s effort will once again benefit Louisville’s Home of the Innocents, which provides care and support for vulnerable children and families.

Send ornaments!

Ornaments can be mailed to WDRB News at 624 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd., Louisville, KY 40203. Viewers are asked to include their name, hometown and any special Christmas memories they’d like to share. Jude often reads those stories during WDRB Mornings. The deadline to mail them in is Dec. 12.

Please understand that ornaments will not be returned. Each will be donated to the Home of the Innocents.

Make a donation!

We're asking again this year for contributions to help support the Home of the Innocents. Click the graphic below or use the QR code to make a monetary donation in any amount!

Jingle Tree 2025 Donate Link

Donate to Jude's Jingle Tree! All the money he raises goes to the Home of the Innocents in Louisville, Ky. Just click on the picture above.

The deadline for ornaments to arrive by mail for Jude's Jingle Tree is Dec. 12, 2025, but you can make a financial donation anytime. Please make checks payable to the Home of the Innocents with a memo to Jude's Jingle Tree.

WDRB Mornings will have a grand total and a check presentation to the Home of the Innocents on the show on Friday, Dec. 19!

A Holiday Bonus for You

To make things even better, our friends at Louisville Mega Cavern are providing $15 off their Glowing Zip Line Experience to everyone who donates here. This is the world’s only fully underground zip line course, consisting of 6 zip lines and 2 challenge bridges.

Once your donation is complete, you’ll receive an email with the special promo code. Sale ends January 1, 2026; only applies to Mega Ziplines; and cannot be combined with any other promotion or attraction.

Local businesses supporting Jingle Tree

Brownboro Hardware & Paint is allowing customers at both the Louisville and Prospect locations to donate to Jingle Tree at the register.

All Craft House Pizza locations across Kentuckiana are allowing customers to round up their totals to donate to Jingle Tree.

Grassa Gramma, Village Anchor and Le Moo Steakhouse Charity night: On Nov. 23, all three restaurants will be donating 10% of proceeds. Each location will also be a drop-off point for ornaments to be donated to the Home of the Innocents starting that night.

The History of Jude's Jingle Tree

Jude's Jingle Tree started in 2017 with an idea to just collect ornaments, decorate the station tree and then donate the decorations to the Home of the Innocents.

By 2018, Jingle Tree started collecting donations for HOI and raised $6,750. In 2019, the total was about the same collecting $7,000, and in 2020 the total went to $7,879, and by 2021, the total grew to $12,793.

But Jude wanted to do more, and so did our viewers. In 2022, the donation raised by Jingle Tree went up to $98,359! In 2023, it was $105,000.

In 2024, Jude Redfield and WDRB Mornings presented a check to the Home of the Innocents for a record $225,022.99!

About the Home of the Innocents:

Established in 1880, Home of the Innocents enriches the lives of children and families with hope, health, and happiness. Programs include residential and community-based behavioral health services, therapeutic foster care and adoption services, supportive services for homeless young adults, and long-term care for medically complex or terminally ill children.