Volunteer Leader Resources
Thank You for Your Service!
As volunteer leaders for the Children’s Health℠ System, you are an extension of the Foundation – dedicating your time, talents and treasures to furthering our mission to make life better for children.
Currently, we are in the most significant fundraising campaign in Children’s Health’s history, and our board members and volunteer leaders play an essential role in the successful completion of the campaign by serving as community ambassadors and donors.
Every time you hear or read about an incredible Children’s Health story, your donations are hard at work behind the scenes, powering our people and our programs making life-changing moments possible.
Supporting Children's Health
Set up an online/peer-to-peer fundraising page
Are you part of a community organization that raises money each year and selects a new or rotating beneficiary? Are you celebrating a birthday, anniversary or another special moment in your life soon? Create a peer-to-peer fundraising page and ask your friends and family to donate.
Host a fundraiser in your community
From golf tournaments and pickle ball events to wine-tastings, book clubs and mahjong tournaments, community fundraising events, benefiting Children’s Health, raise nearly $2 million each year.
This opportunity provides you with the ability to utilize your sphere of influence and network of friends to host an event that is both fun for you while making an incredible difference in the lives of Children’s Health patients and families.
Additional opportunities
There are even more meaningful ways to get involved with the Foundation, like joining the Women’s Auxiliaries to connect with a passionate community of advocates or consider sponsoring or purchasing a bay at Swing Fore Miracles, a fun and impactful event that directly benefits Children’s Health. You can also explore additional volunteer, event and engagement opportunities throughout the year on the board resources webpage.
Children's Medical Center Foundation - who we are
The Children’s Medical Center Foundation is the fundraising arm for Children’s Health and collaborates with individuals, foundations, organizations and corporations to provide philanthropic support to help fulfill our mission to make life better for children. All contributions to Children’s Medical Center Foundation directly impact patients and their families, ensuring the best experience, best care and ultimately a fighting chance to get back to being a kid again.
Children’s Medical Center Foundation was founded in 1985 as a separate 501(c)(3) organization with the sole purpose of pursuing and securing philanthropic contributions that enable Children’s Health to fulfill the mission of making life better for children. 100% of each donation supports the donor’s intended purpose.
Use this helpful one-pager (pdf) as a guide and resource about Children’s Medical Center Foundation.
Fundraising Priorities
New pediatric campus in Dallas
The new campus will be unlike anything known today across the North Texas Region – a stand-out complex for delivering exceptional pediatric care and bringing hope to children through game-changing research and leading-edge patient care. Community investment will be essential to ensure we are ready to meet the needs of our growing pediatric population for generations to come.
Greatest Needs at Children's Health
Unrestricted philanthropic gifts provide Children’s Health with the flexibility to adapt, innovate and strengthen the many ways we fulfill our mission to make life better for children. By allowing funds to be directed where they are needed most, unrestricted giving ensures that essential services remain strong and that urgent or unexpected needs can be addressed swiftly and effectively.
Children's Medical Center Plano Campus Enhancements
Continued philanthropic support is needed to ensure Children's Medical Center Plano can support the unique and wide-ranging needs of the rapidly growing North Texas pediatric population. Enhancements to the Plano hospital will allow us to adapt to meet our community’s medical needs closer to where they live, work and play for decades to come.
why a new pediatric campus in Dallas
The pediatric population in North Texas is expected to increase significantly by 2050, underscoring the need to expand access to high-quality pediatric care. To meet this demand, Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center have forged a once-in-a-lifetime vision to create a new pediatric campus, expected to open in 2031.
The new 4.9-million-square-foot campus will expand our ability to pioneer innovative research, lifesaving technology and advanced treatments. Designed to care for children with the full spectrum of health care needs — from common conditions to the most complex cases — the campus will serve as a destination for leading-edge care, academic discovery and the development of lifesaving innovations for generations to come.
We’re in the quiet phase of this unprecedented campaign. Early investments by philanthropic leaders will ensure this vision becomes a reality. Your support will position Children’s Health to meet our community’s needs through the most innovative medical advances and unrivaled patient care across generations to come.
Visit childrens.com/watchusgrow to learn more or use this helpful resource (pdf) (pdf) for a quick snapshot of facts on the new pediatric campus.
Meet our Patient Ambassadors - our why
Meet our 2026 Children’s Health Patient Ambassadors! This group of incredible patients are advocates for Children’s Health through sharing their stories of resilience and hope at events and campaigns. They educate others about their journeys, and they also have the opportunity to fundraise for an area of Children’s Health that is meaningful to them. Together, they help make life better for kids just like them.
Resources for you
More information can be found on our website: give.childrens.com
Children's Medical Center Foundation Publications
2025 Fall/Winter Magazine
Explore the Issue2025 Endowment Prospectus
Read the Report2024 Annual Report
View Digital Edition
