By Mark Kimmel, UNC Health Foundation It’s well established that UNC Children’s has set a standard for world-class care for newborns and their families. Though the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) provides care for more than 900 infants each year, … Read more
By Mark Kimmel, UNC Health Foundation Jersey Mike’s Subs raised a record-breaking $21 million by accepting donations nationwide during the company’s 13th Annual Month of Giving in March. Among the more than 200 local charities selected to receive critical funds … Read more
The UNC Children’s For the Kids Concert is always a special event. This year will be no different when country music star Cooper Alan headlines the show on Saturday, June 3, at Lincoln Theater in Raleigh. Alan, a Winston-Salem, North … Read more
By Mark Kimmel, UNC Health Foundation March is National Kidney Disease Awareness Month, but for the Ward family of Holly Springs, kidney disease has been an all-consuming circumstance for the past two years. In 2021, the youngest of their three … Read more
By Mark Kimmel, UNC Health Foundation “The ability to hear is one of those senses that’s critical to our success.” Those are the words of Linda Cook, who knows first-hand how the ability to hear can shape a person’s quality … Read more
UNC Children’s physician-in-chief Stephanie Duggins Davis, MD, along with members of the UNC Children’s development team and Child Life, distributed teddy bears to patients at the N.C. Children’s Hospital in December. “A hospital bed is never where a child wants … Read more
Donors Vaughn and Nancy Bryson have funded a new program for research and treatment of mucopolysaccharidoses at the UNC School of Medicine and will name the program in honor of Joseph Muenzer, MD, PhD, Bryson Distinguished Professor in Pediatrics. Longtime … Read more
Jerri Ellington is a Nursing Assistant II at the UNC Center for Rehabilitation Care where she has worked for more than 11 years. Jerri has been nominated by her colleague, Dr. Elizabeth Barton, as someone who demonstrates each of our … Read more
Dear friends of the Lee Fitch Fund, Over the past year, Mack and I have enjoyed seeing all of you come forward to help raise awareness and funding for the Fitch Family Comprehensive Pediatric Rehabilitation Program at UNC Children’s. You … Read more
It’s been an exciting year of fundraising, planning and growth for the Fitch Family Comprehensive Pediatric Rehabilitation Program Fund. Thanks to the generosity of Roku and other generous donors, we’ve been able to raise funds to support many of our … Read more
