Employee Giving Campaign

As employees, we know firsthand that it takes extra resources to provide the right healing environment for children and families. Gifts to CHKD help offset the costs of many of the special programs we offer that are not reimbursed, such as Child Life, Social Work, and Art and Music Therapy. Gifts also support things like staff education and training programs. And philanthropy also helps us provide state-of-the-art equipment and treatments. In short, philanthropy ensures that all children who need our services are able to access the health, healing, and hope that we promise.

• Payroll Deduction
• PTO Donation
• Check
• Credit Card
• Transfer of Securities

We hope that you continue to give and even consider increasing your gift. Beginning in July of 2018, all Employee Giving payroll deductions were set up to continue unless you noted otherwise or contacted us. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Philanthropy Office at (757) 668-7070.

Yes, PTO is taxable income, so you are liable for the taxes on the donated amount. You may donate additional PTO to cover the taxes on the donated amount. The pledge form provides both options for you. If considering a PTO donation and you have further questions, please call Laurie Sparrow in Payroll at (757) 668-7103..

We are inviting our employees to make a special gift to the Lighting the Way campaign for mental health in addition to their employee gift. Commitments to this campaign can be paid over a 5-year period. Should you choose to make an additional mental health gift through payroll deduction, it will appear on your paycheck as a separate deduction.

With our new Children’s Pavilion set to open for inpatient care in October, we are asking for a special gift to the Lighting the Way campaign. We established this campaign to support our efforts to bring critical mental health services to our region’s children and families. Thanks to our generous donors, we exceeded our initial goal to raise $60 million in support of this campaign. But with the mental health needs of our children continuing to escalate, we have decided to push past our initial target to a new goal of $75 million. Every gift makes a difference as our health system expands to create a brighter future for our children.

In addition, our patients continue to rely on our hospital for all the unique CHKD services that create a healing environment – some of which are funded entirely through philanthropy and our campaigns like Employee Giving. This is a special opportunity for employees to help with both crucial needs.

All employees who donate $26 ($1 per pay period) or more will be recognized on the first floor of the main hospital on our employee donor board. In addition, those who pledge gifts of $1,000 or more to the Lighting the Way campaign, which can be made over 5 years, will be recognized as a permanent part of a special wall on the second floor of the Children’s Pavilion.

All donors who make a gift to either the Employee Giving campaign or Lighting the Way campaign will receive a special edition badge clip with the hospital’s new mission statement: Health, Healing, and Hope for All Children. Badge clips will be mailed out weekly throughout the campaign.