As a Circle of Care member, you have the freedom to choose which program your gift supports. You may choose to make a gift to the Lucile Packard Children's Fund; or to the program of your choice at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital or the pediatric programs of the Stanford University School of Medicine, including specific research funds or patient services programs.

As a certified child life specialist at Packard, Shannon Gullion helps to lessen the stress that affects many young patients when they are hospitalized. Your donation to the Children’s Fund will support unreimbursed programs such as child life therapy that are essential to a patient’s treatment and recovery.

The Lucile Packard Children's Fund offers three options for giving:

• Family and Community Services
  Family and community services -- such as chaplain services and information hotlines for parents and teens -- reach nearly every child seen by Packard.

• Pediatric Research
  Your donation to the Children's Fund can help support groundbreaking research at Packard, helping to ensure that children in the Bay Area benefit from medical discoveries.

• Subsidized Care for Families Without Health Insurance
  Lucile Packard believed that every child deserves the best possible medical care, regardless of his or her family's financial circumstances.

Support other programs at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the pediatric programs at the Stanford University School of Medicine, through the Breaking New Ground at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Campaign.