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Health, Healing, and Hope for All Children

Every day throughout our health system, we see the generous support of our donors at work. Gifts help to ensure specific services children need most are close to home.

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Why Give?

At CHKD, working to improve the lives of our community's children is a twofold endeavor, deeply ingrained in our mission, our history, and our daily work. On one hand, we are the regional referral center for pediatrics, trusted by parents and fellow providers alike to offer the most advanced pediatric technology, training, and care. On the other, we are the safety net provider for the children of our region, assuming the financial responsibility of caring for all children, knowing that we will never be fully reimbursed for many of the services we provide.

Every donation made to CHKD makes a direct impact on our ability to care for our young patients every day, allowing us to provide the best quality healthcare for children throughout our community. 

Your support allows CHKD to:

  • Purchase medical supplies and equipment, including incubators for babies weighing less than 2 pounds and ventilators for patients who need help breathing.
  • Fund life-changing pediatric medical research that allows children suffering from life-threatening illnesses to participate in clinical trials such as the breakthrough treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Elevidys.
  • Fund crucial programs like Integrative Care that are not covered by insurance. This program helps reduce the anxiety of patients and their families as they adjust to the hospital experience. Through the use of age-appropriate interventions, they help children understand their illnesses and medical procedures and develop positive coping skills.
  • Purchase surgical gloves, IV poles, and hospital beds for the more than 5,000 overnight patient admissions at CHKD each year.
  • Fund specialized health programs and services for children in our region, giving them hope for the future.

Explore some of the many ways community support impacts our patients and families below. Read our Community Benefits Report here.

Better Mental Health Care for Kids

Our community is in crisis. One out of every five children has a diagnosable mental health condition. While early intervention can make a life or death difference, fewer than 25 percent of those children receive treatment. Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for children ages 10-24.

CHKD’s new pediatric mental health hospital and outpatient center, Children's Pavilion serves as the centerpiece of a comprehensive plan to address our children's mental health needs. The facility stands out among the nation's top pediatric mental health hospitals for its thoughtful patient and family-centered design, evidence-based treatments, academic training program, and clinical research to guide innovation.

Your support will help us bring children the mental health services they need and deserve. With the annual programming cost of $45 million, it is easy to understand how critical your support is to this endeavor.

Health, Healing and Hope mural by Joe Wardwell found in our Children's Pavilion.

Art That Elevates the Human Spirit

From the artistry of the 14-story architecture that showcases stunning views and light-filled spaces for children, to the exquisite artworks created especially for the facility, Children’s Pavilion is designed to bring comfort, inspiration, and healing to all who enter its doors.

Read more to take a look inside Children's Pavilion and see remarkable artworks from esteemed artists like Joseph Wardwell, Paul Villinski, and Ann Gardner, to name a few.

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The Latest Pediatric Technology

Your support makes it possible for CHKD to invest in the medical technology that helps us diagnose childhood diseases, provide complicated life-saving surgeries and treatments, and maintain a state-of-the-art communication and security system for the protection and safety of our patients and their families.

Advanced medical technology gives doctors access to innovative diagnostic and surgical equipment and offers advantages to the children being treated in our health system.

For example, CHKD's new 3 Tesla MRI scanner can produce enhanced images of extremely small structures and detailed images of soft tissue damage such as lesions in the cartilage. It can assist in diagnosing some spine injuries and produce images of brain structures to help diagnose conditions such as multiple sclerosis.

Technological innovations are also a critical part of everyday life for many children. Many of our patients require ventilators to breathe, incubators to grow, or motorized wheelchairs to move from place to place. Your support offers young patients access to technologies that enhance their ability to survive and thrive.

Lifechanging Treatments and Research

Your support allows CHKD to participate in medical research as part of our ongoing commitment to provide the most advanced treatments to children with childhood diseases. CHKD participates in pediatric research programs for cancer, sickle cell and bleeding disorders, cystic fibrosis, neurology, and more.

Funding pediatric medical research allows children suffering from life-threatening illnesses to participate in clinical trials such as the breakthrough treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Elevidys.