From motorcycle rides to black-tie galas, special events are a fun way to support Dell Children's Medical Center and get involved with the Children's Medical Center Foundation.
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Children's Trust Annual Grants Meeting and Vote
April 22, 2010 in the Dell Children's Medical Center Auditorium
Children’s Trust members meet annually to decide where to allocate current year pooled funds. The meeting is fun and serious, compelling and rewarding. Hear the physicians present their projects and ask them questions. Vote and help decide how Children’s Trust will make a difference this year!
GRANTS FUNDED IN FY09
Pediatric Palliative Care Emergency Family Fund The Palliative Care Team works in collaboration with health care practitioners to provide care to children with life-threatening and life-limiting illnesses, including children still undergoing curative treatments as well as those for whom curative efforts are unsuccessful. An Emergency Family Fund to help pay for funeral and other related expenses for family members when they don’t have financial resources was funded through Children’s Trust.
Child Life Program Medical Education Program Child Life specialists help to prepare patients for specific procedures through the use of child friendly replicas and objects. This equipment lessens children’s anxiety about their upcoming procedures by educating them and answering their questions. Children’s Trust helped provide funds for current needs.
Pediatric Palliative Care Comfort Cart This is literally a cart they use when a child is going to pass away. Oftentimes, relatives and others come by to visit the family. The comfort cart is left in the room with snacks, drinks, etc. to keep the family comfortable during this difficult time. Children’s Trust members wanted to help in this way.
Trauma Safety Store This in-hospital store makes child safety devices available at low costs to all families visiting the hospital because of a child’s injury. Visitors learn about injury prevention and have an inexpensive way of purchasing quality items. Children’s Trust is committed to keeping children safe and helped provide funds to support this effort.
Clinical Nutrition and Clinical & Metabolic Genetics Precision Gram Scale Program High-precision and portable scales which are accurate to 1/10th of a gram are compact and durable too. These scales are distributed to the families of pediatric patients with inborn errors of metabolism and seizure disorders who must follow strictly calculated diets prescribed by their metabolic geneticist or pediatric neurologist. Children’s Trust helped provide this for families who otherwise did not have access.
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family. The comfort cart is left in the room with snacks, drinks, etc. to keep the family comfortable during this difficult time. Children’s Trust members wanted to help in this way.
are distributed to the families of pediatric patients with inborn errors of metabolism and seizure disorders who must follow strictly calculated diets prescribed by their metabolic geneticist or pediatric neurologist. Children’s Trust helped provide this for families who otherwise did not have access.