Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health

🌳 Gift planning is like planting a tree that enriches our environment and provides shade for years to come. Start by gathering your important documents, listing what you own, and thinking about the causes or people you want to support. 📝 This week, Estate Planning Awareness Week, is the perfect time to take your first steps toward leaving a lasting impact! 💙    Learn more at the link below. https://lnkd.in/gFd6Rp4V   #estateplanningawarenessweek 

💡Did you know you can make a big impact on patients at Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford even after your lifetime?!  ❤️ Estate Planning allows individuals to dictate what happens to their assets once they are no longer with us. This week is Estate Planning Awareness Week, the perfect time to think about the influence you want to have on child and maternal health. 🧑🧑🧒🧒 By setting aside a portion of your assets within your will or trust for a charity or nonprofit, like Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, you can help fund pediatric research, patient programs, and more to ensure all patients have access to the best care possible.  📄 Our Estate Planning Starters PDF is below to help you get started! If you’d like to chat about how you can leave an impact for future generations our team can help: https://lnkd.in/gFd6Rp4V #estateplanningawarenessweek

🎃✨ Halloween magic took over the playroom at Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford this week! 👻 Huge thanks to Spirit Halloween and our amazing Child Life & Creative Arts team for hosting a day of DIY slime, felt crafts, BINGO, and more. The celebration brought endless smiles and laughter to our patients. We’re so grateful for the joy and creativity you share with our hospital community!   Through the Spirit of Children campaign, Spirit Halloween helps make hospital stays less scary by supporting Child Life Departments. 🧡 Click the link here https://tr.ee/I84D3rsnnC to save 10% at Spirit, and they’ll donate 10% back to Packard Children’s! 🎃 #spiritofchildren

🎃🍁 The Great Pumpkin, or should we say ‘pumpkins’, came to Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford last week to kick off the fall season!   In partnership with Webb Ranch, Ambassadors for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford hosted Family Day at the Pumpkin Patch for the 13th consecutive year! Community members collected 130 pumpkins to bring the pumpkin patch to the hospital.   Thank you to the amazing Ambassadors, as well as our hospital’s Child Life and Creative Arts team, who provided games, decor, and more to (pumpkin) spice things up for patients and their families. 🧡 

👋 Meet Ruth Lathi, MD, renowned researcher and physician at Stanford Medicine, dedicated to understanding pregnancy loss and helping families conceive. 💙    Dr. Lathi’s groundbreaking work brings hope to families everywhere:    👩⚕️ She focuses on uncovering the causes of miscarriage, helping patients find answers, heal, and try again with confidence. 🧪🔬    💬 On supporting loved ones through loss, Dr. Lathi reminds us:    "Everyone grieves differently. Well-meaning words like, ‘this is for the best’ or ‘you can try again’ can be painful. It’s okay to be sad. Validating your friend's feelings and being present is more important than finding ‘the right words.’” 💙    🔍 Dr. Lathi is committed to finding a cure for miscarriage and advancing fertility research. Her work continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible. ✨ Interested in learning more about Dr. Lathi’s research into repeat miscarriage? Follow her HOPE study on Instagram: https://lnkd.in/g_yBmh4g   💜October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Today, we honor those who have experienced loss and support efforts to provide answers and hope.    #PregnancyAndInfantLossAwareness  

For #PediatricNursesWeek, the LPFCH teamed up with Lifetime Cardinal to pass out pizza by the slice! 🍕    The dedication of our incredible nurses at Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford never goes unnoticed. We appreciate the compassion and nurturing you extend to all our patients and families. Here’s to you and your everlasting impact! ❤️ 🩺 

📣 Give me a D! Give me an A! Give me an F! What does that spell? DAF! 🎊 A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) provides you with a way to set aside assets to donate to a charity of your choice. Celebrate DAF Day by visiting our website below to learn how you can make a lasting impact with your DAF. https://lnkd.in/d4x8g99Z #dafday

As the days grow cooler and we settle into fall, we want to take a moment to celebrate our summer champions who went above and beyond to support patients and families at Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. ☀️🌟 From hiking mountains to hosting tournaments to driving across the country, these incredible advocates turned their passions into meaningful impact. Join us in applauding their efforts and generosity: 🏔️💪 BeWarrior took on their annual hike up Mt. Rose in honor of Ben, raising $38K for ALD research and Dr. Keith Van Haren’s Lab! 🎣💙 Dean hosted his legendary Bass Fishing Tournament and reeled in $8K for the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford! 🚗🇺🇸 Jan-Erik drove across the U.S for Käthe, a little girl in Germany with “butterfly disease,” raising $5K for butterfly disease research in her name! 🚴♀️🎗️Cycle for Kids Cancer pedaled their hardest, raising $50K for pediatric cancer research at Packard Children's! We are so grateful to all our champions and their communities! Thank you for making a difference for children’s health. 💛

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. This and every month, we are grateful for leaders like Ruth Lathi, MD, who studies the causes behind recurrent pregnancy loss—bringing hope and healing to so many families. Consider joining this free webinar featuring Ruth Lathi, MD, Director of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Program at Stanford Medicine on Friday: https://lnkd.in/gNdmne-W #PregnancyandInfantLossAwareness

We are thrilled to share that Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford has once again been recognized among the nation's best pediatric medical centers in the U.S. News & World Report 2024-25 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings! 🎉   This recognition is a reflection of the compassion, expertise, and dedication of our incredible care teams. It's also a testament to the unwavering support from our community and donors—ensuring world-class care for children and families. 💙   🔝 Highlights: - Top 10 Specialties: Neonatology (#5), Nephrology (#7), Pulmonology (#10) - Ranked in every pediatric specialty, including the newly added Pediatric & Adolescent Behavioral Health - Tied for highest-ranked hospital in Northern California For 20 consecutive years, our hospital has been honored for exceptional care, and we couldn’t be prouder of the impact we continue to make together.