Lucile Packard Children's Fund
The Auxiliaries of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Advancing Pediatric Medicine
uring
the calendar years 2003 and 2004, fundraising for Lucile Packard Children's
Hospital and the pediatric programs of the Stanford University School of
Medicine exceeded $60 million, leading to many medical advances on behalf
of children. Highlights include:
The Campaign for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
In fall 2004, the five-year Campaign for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital surpassed its initial $500 million goal two years ahead of schedule. Thanks to this unprecedented support from the community, Packard now is ranked among the top children's hospitals in the country. Campaign investment has led to the recruitment of more than 30 leading pediatric specialists, and has created new opportunities for physician and researcher collaborations that will bring improved treatments and cures to children.
By 2004, more than 11,400 donors contributed to the Campaign, including 136 donors who made gifts of $100,000 or greater. Campaign gifts also added $121.7 million to the Hospital endowment and $55.8 million to the endowment for pediatric programs at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Campaign Initiatives
Campaign-inspired initiatives that got under way during 2003-2004 include:
Pediatric Emergency Medicine - In partnership with Stanford Medical Center, Packard now offers the area's only emergency services for children. The program is headed by Bernard Dannenberg, M.D., the Davies Family Endowed Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, who was recruited to Packard in early 2004.
Mary L. Johnson Center for Ambulatory Care - Packard's busy outpatient pediatric and specialty care clinics have a new and expanded home across the street from the main Hospital. The center, which opened in summer 2004, features state-of-the-art technology and child-friendly décor.
Neurosurgeon Michael S.B. Edwards, M.D., an expert in developing treatments for children with brain tumors, joined Packard's neurosurgery team in 2004.
Surgical Program Expansion - The number of surgical specialists at Packard has more than doubled over the last several years. In 2003, Thomas Krummel, M.D., chair of the department of surgery, was appointed the Susan B. Ford Surgeon in Chief at Packard to develop a more comprehensive surgical program. Construction also has begun on the Ford Family Surgical Suite, including six new operating rooms designed specifically for pediatric patients.
Center for Children's Brain Tumors - Building on the strength of its neurosurgery and neuro-oncology programs, and the 2004 recruitment of renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Michael S.B. Edwards, M.D., Packard has established a new Center for Children's Brain Tumors. The Center will integrate clinical and research expertise throughout the Hospital and University to develop more effective treatments for this deadly cancer.
Lucile Packard Children's Fund
The Lucile Packard Children's Fund supports child-life services that help children have a positive experience in the Hospital.
As a result of efforts to broaden community support, the number of donors to the Lucile Packard Children's Fund has increased by 44 percent since the Campaign's start three years ago. Children's Fund gifts fill the Hospital's greatest needs by funding patient and family services and community programs; innovative pediatric research projects; and care for children with limited or no health insurance. In total, Children's Fund donors have contributed $22.8 million to Hospital programs since 1997.
The Auxiliaries of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
For more than 85 years, auxiliary volunteers have raised funds for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and its predecessors.
During 2003 and 2004, the seven auxiliaries, whose current membership is more than 1,600, donated nearly $1.75 million in proceeds to the Hospital, primarily for uncompensated care for patients whose families cannot meet medical expenses. Special project funds also pay for equipment, research, and important new program initiatives.
Additionally, an endowment established in 1999 by the Association of Auxiliaries, the leadership group through which the auxiliaries collaborate, reached $11.3 million in 2004, and the payout for 2003-04 totaled $650,000. These funds are being used to renovate family lounges on inpatient units, to create medical interpretation services through videoconferencing, to underwrite comfortable waiting areas for children and families in the new Mary L. Johnson Center for Ambulatory Care, and to develop new concierge services to help families during their children's hospitalizations.
Each of the auxiliaries continued its ongoing fundraising activities. Of particular note was the renovation and reopening in 2004 of the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park.