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Geno for the Kids Charity Golf Tournament
At Geno for the Kids, we're driven by a simple yet powerful belief: every child deserves a chance at a healthier, brighter future. Led by Coach Geno...
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Fashion Funds the Cure
Connecticut Children’s Foundation is partnering with the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation and The Shops at Evergreen Walk to host Fashion Funds...
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Eversource Hartford Marathon
Team Connecticut Children’s welcomes runners and walkers at any level, from the recreational runner to the experienced marathoner, for the 5K, 26.2...
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Playing offense against a rare disease
Meet Jack, a high school soccer player and future doctor and medical researcher. When he was 14, mysterious pain in his legs led to a one-in-four-million diagnosis. Jack had myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a type of blood cancer. His bone marrow wasn’t making enough healthy blood cells, and he needed a bone marrow transplant. Today, he’s in remission and back to his passion, soccer. Read more about Jack’s story and the heartbreaking choices his family had to make to get him the lifesaving care he needed.
Dancing through the day-to-day of a chronic illness
Meet Chloe, a busy sixteen-year-old who shares a rare genetic condition with her brother and sister. They were all born with Gitelman syndrome, in which the kidneys are unable to hold on to potassium and other electrolytes. It can cause severe muscle weakness and dangerous heart arrhythmias. It requires lifelong monitoring and treatment, but that isn’t slowing down Chloe. In addition to dancing six days a week, she mentors younger ballerinas and is active in her school and church. Read more about Chloe’s maturity and daily perseverance as she copes with a rare, chronic illness.
A Teen Athlete’s Comeback
Meet Alexa, a talented athlete who isn’t letting a rare chronic autoimmune disorder slow her down. But that wasn’t always the case. She and her parents struggled to find a treatment that could successfully manage symptoms like double vision and fatigue so severe that it impaired her ability to talk or breathe. After a seizure brought her to Connecticut Children’s, she finally found effective—and life-changing—treatment. Read Alexa’s story to discover how she and her family are winning the fight against myasthenia gravis.
Explore Our Impact
7,310
Babies received critical care in 14 NICUs we staff in Connecticut and New York.
60,815
Patient visits to the Emergency Department.
137,737
Every child who came through our doors last year received expert, compassionate care.
Our Mission
At Connecticut Children’s Foundation, our mission is to support the health system. By bringing together patient families, donors, community members, philanthropic partners and others to raise the financial resources needed to invest in people, research, technology and state-of-the-art equipment, we can support Connecticut Children’s in providing the care our children need and deserve.
