Monday, May 18, 2015

The Auxiliaries and Affiliates

Our seven Auxiliaries and five Affiliates are entirely volunteer-run and support our hospital through members' personal service and philanthropy, raising funds from events and businesses, and...
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Monday, May 18, 2015

Thanks to our Donors

Dear Friends, At Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and Stanford University School of Medicine, our goal is to provide extraordinary care to extraordinary kids and expectant mothers. From...
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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Strength in Numbers

In 2014, 12,938 donors gave a total of $107 million to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and the child health programs at Stanford University School of Medicine. Your support enabled us to:
Sunday, May 17, 2015

2014 Highlights: Philanthropy at Work

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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Lucile Packard Children's Fund Gifts at Work

In 2014, nearly 9,000 donors gave a total of $6.7 million to the Lucile Packard Children's Fund, supporting some of the hospital's highest priorities. Children's Fund gifts at work: The impact the...
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Ruth SchechterFriday, May 15, 2015

Raising the Bar: Hospital Expansion Update

Thirty years ago, Lucile Salter Packard envisioned a warm and welcoming hospital that would transform the way children and expectant mothers receive care. To gather ideas, Mrs. Packard, along with a...
Jennifer YuanFriday, May 15, 2015

It Takes a Village: Rallying Support to Cure Food Allergies

Nine years ago, David and Kori Shaw moved to Palo Alto with their 3-year-old daughter, Keegan, and 1-year-old son, Carter. Along with the usual adjustments of relocating—new job for dad, new...
Melanie ThernstromFriday, May 15, 2015

I Can Eat It: Taking a Bite Out of Food Allergies

Food allergies are a peculiar disease. Unlike other life-threatening conditions, the people they affect are completely healthy unless they are exposed to the allergen. They and their families live a...
Friday, May 15, 2015

A Catalytic Investment in Allergy Research: Q&A with Sean Parker

In December, entrepreneur and philanthropist Sean Parker donated $24 million to establish the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy Research at Stanford University. His gift, one of the largest private...
Megan AlpersFriday, February 27, 2015

Diabetes: One Family’s Fight for “Normal”

Tierra Bergh, a busy mom of five, still vividly recalls this moment from nine years ago: “Maleki woke up, looked at me, and asked why we were in the hospital.” Her son Maleki, then 3 years old, had...