It seems simple—just tell fami­lies to eat less sugar. But added sugar is everywhere, sometimes in foods we think are healthy. These “sneaky sugars” are lurking in foods where we’d never suspect it...

Hi, Children’s Fund donors! I’m Athena. I’m almost 16 years old, and I want to share my story of how Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford—and you—saved my life. I was born and raised here in...

Dear Friends, Isn’t Athena amazing? I am so inspired by her story, and by her desire to attend Stanford University School of Medicine to pursue a career as a pediatric cardiologist. Through your...

Opening: Units for cancer, stem cell and gene therapies, and clinical trials The new fifth floor at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is opening to patients in the winter. The focus? Cancer...

It’s fitting that the top floor of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford offers cures that seemed pie in the sky only a few years ago. The new fifth floor, which is opening in the winter, is a...

From our first week with Andrew in the hospital in December 2014, we have dreamt of having a music therapy program that would bring moments of joy to the children and families dealing with the...

Every day, donors like you make gifts of all sizes to build a healthier future for children and expectant mothers. Your support makes our hospital a special place for our patients and families, and...

Stanford Children’s Health Achieves Magnet Recognition In September, the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program awarded Stanford Children’s Health with Magnet status as a...

Let us introduce you to our team: Crystal Mackall, MD, is a leader in immuno-oncology and director of the Stanford Center for Cancer Cell Therapy. She specializes in cancer immunotherapy, endowing a...

Dear Friends, As you may know, when you support the Children’s Fund , you uphold three important pillars of child and maternal health in our community and beyond: providing care for all families,...