Children's Medical Center Foundation

Help Us Make Life Better for Children

Throughout the year, we provide unique engagement opportunities all in support of our primary goal – making life better for children. Check out our featured campaigns and ways to get involved below.

North Texas Giving Day

Make a gift leading up to North Texas Giving Day (Sept. 17) and your donation will be matched thanks to a generous gift from Panda Express.

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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

There are many ways to get involved with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, including an auction and Play Yellow golf week.

Get Involved

Donate

Whether you’re looking to make a one-time donation or are considering a major gift, Children’s Health makes the process as easy as possible. Every gift helps us provide world-class care for the children who need us.

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Advocate

Let friends, family and the community know that you choose Children's Health. Share our mission online or participate in our annual events like Cape Day, North Texas Giving Day and Red Balloon Run & Ride.

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Volunteer

We could not serve all of our families without help from a generous community of friends and volunteers. Your contributions of time and energy are most appreciated and sure to bring a smile to a young face.

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Upcoming Events

If you’re looking to get involved, a calendar full of fun is below.

Aug

Dec

Gamestop Gives

When you make a purchase at GameStop, round up to the nearest dollar and your donation will benefit Children's Health.

Sep

Oct

Children's Health Auction

Bid on unique experiences like 2021 Ryder Cup tickets and gift certificates to your favorite local restaurants and stores.

Sep

Kendra Gives Back

Customers have a chance to give back when shopping at Kendra Scott in September through donations at checkout and a special giveback promotion.

Sep

Oct

Spirit Halloween 10 for 10 Campaign

Save 10% off your entire purchase at Spirit Halloween, and Spirit will give 10% to Children's Health

Sep

Love's National Coffee Day

Get a coffee from Love's on Love's National Coffee Day (Sept. 29) and a portion of your purchase will go to the Children's Medical Center Foundation

Oct

BOO Yard Sign Challenge

The BOO Yard Sign Challenge takes simple neighborhood trickery to a community fundraiser.

Oct

Children's Health Family Golf Week

Join PGA pro John Senden and his family as they Play Yellow during the inaugural Children’s Health Family Golf Week.

Oct

Innovators Launch

Join us to hear about Innovators - our newest program aimed at advancing pediatric care through philanthropy and scientific discovery.

Full Events Calendar

Why Give?

Kids can do amazing things with a little help. So can we. And your donations of time and money make it possible for us to do what we do best.

Care

Enhance comprehensive care for children in need and expand our emergency room services with a complete renovation of the Dallas ER
Cures

Advance medical research to discover lifesaving cures and new treatments for our pediatric patients
Community

Improving health and wellness across North Texas through community programs and outreach

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Our Children’s Stories

Learn more about some of our remarkable patients whom received the gift of childhood from Children's Health and supporters like you.

Jaxon

The pain in his right leg started as a limp Jaxon thought he could walk off, but by the weekend, he had trouble even standing up.

Abby

A victim of online bullying, Abby questioned her worth. 'What if I wasn't here anymore?' she thought. That's when her journey led her to the SPARC program at Children's Health.

Myra

If you spent time with the always-smiling Myra, you’d never believe she was in an unthinkable battle against mixed phenotype acute leukemia for most of her life.

Bol

After fleeing as one of 'The Lost Boys of Sudan' in the late 80s, Bol found a passion for healthcare. Now he's fulfilling that passion at Children's Health.

Betty

“She felt like this was her hospital. When she met someone, she’d say, ‘I am James Farnsworth’s wife, and he built Children’s.’ She felt a big connection to having been part of that process and was proud of him.”

Children's Health Heroes

In their own words and through their own lens, workers at Children’s Health describe what life now looks like in the face of a global pandemic.

Lylah

Research treatment at Children's Health has allowed Lylah a chance to do ballet and play baseball, even while battling Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Volunteers

'We’re more like sisters’: More than two decades of volunteering turned these strangers into best friends

Mitchell

Crossing the finish line at a 5K is something Mitchell wasn't sure he'd ever be able to do. Through physical therapy done at Children's Health, now he's running as much as he can.

Harrison

Fighting cardiomyopathy during COVID-19, Harrison has been waiting patiently for his new heart at Children's Health.

Kepley

Arriving at 24 weeks and five days, Kepley James entered the world at 1 pound and 10 ounces. Still so small that you could see her lungs through the skin on her chest.

Elli

As they peered over the isolette in the NICU, Jennifer and Angie saw past the crooked smile of Elli’s cleft lip and the congenital heart defect and saw a child they loved instantly

Arya

“As of that moment, our lives would never be the same,” Arya's mom said. “I felt strongly that if God had chosen me to care for her, then my job was to do whatever it takes to do exactly that.”

Amelia

Looking at this bubbly 5-year-old, you wouldn’t know she had a complex medical history, and that when she was a baby, the Children’s Health foster clinic saved her life.

Clara and Dianne

Clara and Dianne have been peddling a "fun cart" through the halls of Children's Health for two decades through their volunteer work.

Arlton

“When God doesn’t give you children, he gives you the opportunities to help other children,” Arlton said.

Leo and Reagan

Diagnosed with sickle cell disease as babies, brothers Leo and Reagan have learned to live life in pain. And even though the disease is invisible, the pain is real.

Addison

Adopted at birth, Addison suffered from frequent ear infections and severe balance issues, which compromised her hearing and delayed her walking until she was almost 18 months old.

Noah

One of our Halloween-loving patients, Noah, made a special trip to Spirit Halloween to get a behind-the-scenes look at how their spooky animatronics work.

Ava

Ava loves Broadway musicals, is obsessed with sharks and wants to be a marine biologist. And like many people, she hasn’t always liked how she looks.

Camila

Her aunt taught her how to apply blush to accentuate her cheekbones and eyeliner to brighten her eyes. But no one prepared Camila on how to fight cancer.

Davion

A muggy Friday evening in late May, wearing a polyester blue gown over a shirt and tie, is not the stuff of teenage dreams. But this day was 18-year-old Davion's dream.

Finley

“We’d sang her a million-and-one songs trying to put her to bed or rock her to sleep at night, and she’d never heard any of it,” Finley's mom said. “She’d never even heard us say, ‘I love you.’”

Rome

Her future was bright. The sky was the limit. Until one day last December when it almost all came crashing down.

Obie

Elaine, mother of four, doesn’t take for granted the chance to rock her youngest, Obie. For almost the first two months of life, Elaine couldn’t hold him. An incubator at Children’s Health was his crib.

Eli

“I want Eli to have a normal life,” Eli's dad said. “And the only thing I want to be different about him is the scar on his chest, which is a badge of honor for going through what he did.”

Jacob

Friends and neighbors of PGA golfer John Senden used to ask how to improve their golf game when they’d see him. Now, they want to know how his 15-year-old son is doing.

Zena

For six months, a Children’s Health hospital room adorned with cutouts of butterflies, hearts and unicorns has been a temporary home for 2-year-old Zena and her mom, Kenda.

Hanna

During her journey at Children's Health, Hanna collected more than 700 Beads of Courage to represent different milestones or treatments, more than any other patient in the trauma program.

Elianna

Elianna was born with two severe heart defects and had her first heart surgery when she was just 13 days old and her heart was the size of walnut.

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