Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Caring for Our Community During COVID-19

The outbreak of COVID-19 this spring brought challenges and uncertainty to our world. We are proud to share how Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford quickly ramped up frontline efforts to care...
Ruthann RichterMonday, June 3, 2019

A Century of Service: Celebrating Our Auxiliaries

For 100 years, the Auxiliaries have devoted their energy, talent, and passion to ensure that our community’s children receive the medical care they need. An integral part of Lucile Packard Children’s...
Megan AlpersThursday, September 6, 2018

New Gift Shop Opens at Packard Children’s

“I want to cut this ribbon in honor of Lucile Packard,” said Roth Auxiliary co-president Esther Ellis, standing before a bright red ribbon with giant red scissors to match. “More than 30 years ago,...
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Ali KoideTuesday, July 14, 2015

Summer Scamper raises $500,000

More than 3,200 participants joined us at Stanford on June 21 for the Summer Scamper 5k, 10k, and kids' fun run and helped raise over $500,000 for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and the...
Samantha DormanFriday, June 12, 2015

An Evening at the Oasis for our patients

The hospital school’s prom celebration is called an “event to look forward to, not because the kids are in the hospital, but because they deserve to be regular kids.” The transformation of a hospital...
Monday, March 16, 2015

Lifetime of service includes estate gift

Maureen Roskoph began volunteering for the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in 1973, and attorney Paul Roskoph has for many years been helping people give to charity through their estates...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Giving Today and Tomorrow: Auxiliaries Endowment Continues the Legacy of Commitment from Members

Our Auxiliaries and Affiliates are made up of more than 1,000 members between San Francisco and San Jose who host events and run businesses benefiting Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. In...
Megan AlpersMonday, September 15, 2014

Special Delivery: Volunteers go the extra mile to make a patient’s day

Recently the Roth Auxiliary volunteers who staff our hospital’s gift shop received a special note from Don Goad of Nashville, Tennessee. Don’s 4-year-old grandson, Micah, has a rare heart defect...
Megan AlpersThursday, May 29, 2014

What's in a name? A lot of love.

Amid the hustle and bustle of the lobby at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, artist Lynne Glendenning is sitting quietly, organizing a colorful array of markers, paints and glitter in...
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By Theresa JohnstonTuesday, May 1, 2012

Comfort Always: Helping Young Patients Manage Pain

When 2-year-old Lexsea Morgan of Ben Lomond was scheduled for surgery at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital last February to fix a congenital kidney problem, her mother had an unusual request: Would...