Our Mission
At Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Foundation, our mission is to support Connecticut Children’s. 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.
OUR IMPACT
100,000+ Children
100,000+
Each year, more than 100,000 children receive care made possible by contributions to the Greatest Need―Children's Fund.
Annual Pediatric Transports
532
Patients in need of critical-care were transported to Connecticut Children's from regional hospitals. Of that, more than 300 were NICU babies.
ED Visits
59,485
Patient visits to the emergency department, which equate to 163 per day. No one is turned away due to an inability to pay.
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Upcoming Events
Bring healing and happiness to local kids.
Guests visiting local DQ locations supporting Connecticut Children’s can purchase a paper Miracle Balloon to publicly pledge support and receive $2 or $5 in discount coupons good for food or treat on their next visit.
We are predicting Blizzards® in the forecast for Thursday, July 25!
That’s right, the DQ system’s annual Miracle Balloon campaign caps off with Miracle Treat Day on July 25 where $1 or more from every Blizzard® Treat sold at participating DQ locations will benefit Connecticut Children’s through Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Stop by a participating Dairy Queen and grab a Blizzard® Treat for the kids.
Please note, not all Connecticut locations participate in this program. Please visit the DQ® locator to find your nearest store!
Participating Locations
(as of 7/16/2019)
Cheshire
Kensington
Portland
New Haven
Newington
Niantic
Old Saybrook
Pawcatuck
Taftville
Torrington
Wallingford
Westbrook
West Haven
East Hartford
Willimantic
Groton
Norwich
Milldale
Cromwell
North Haven
Waterford
South Windsor
Guilford
North Haven
Plainville
Manchester
Meriden
Milford
Celebrating more than 30 years and $125 million raised for local kids!
Dairy Queen® loves kids. Whether its kids’ sports teams celebrating at our restaurants after games, children enjoying dinner with their parents or teenagers visiting for cool treats at the end of a date, DQ® and kids go hand in hand. And if these cherished youngsters ever become sick or injured, we want to help assure they have the best medical care available. That’s why the DQ system has been a proud national partner of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) since 1984.
The founders of the Dairy Queen® system were men and women who introduced a new kind of dessert treat and, in the process, developed the foundation of the franchising industry. The history of the DQ® system is a story of a unique product that created an industry. Visit DQ online.
Can you tell me how to get to the Sesame Street Sunflower Maze?
Come and play. Everything’s A-OK.
Come get lost in Lyman Orchard’s sunflower maze! While wandering you can learn more about the history of Big Bird, Elmo, Ernie & Bert, Oscar the Grouch, and more. The words to the Sesame Street opening jingle apply to the Sunflower Maze. Sunny Day. Sweepin’ the clouds away. On my way to where the air is sweet. And with more than 350,000 red and yellow sunflowers immersing guests in a 360-degree environment, it’s a wonderful experience for children and adults alike. Get lost in this 2.5-acre maze as yellow finches and beautiful butterflies fly around.
Open Daily 9:00 am – 5:00 pm from July 27 through August 25.
$1 of each admission is donated to in support of pediatric cancer patients at Connecticut Children’s. Over the past 12 years, supporters of the maze have helped Lyman Orchards contribute $107,092 to the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Connecticut Children’s.
Can you tell me how to get to the Sesame Street Sunflower Maze?
Come and play. Everything’s A-OK.
Come get lost in Lyman Orchard’s sunflower maze! While wandering you can learn more about the history of Big Bird, Elmo, Ernie & Bert, Oscar the Grouch, and more. The words to the Sesame Street opening jingle apply to the Sunflower Maze. Sunny Day. Sweepin’ the clouds away. On my way to where the air is sweet. And with more than 350,000 red and yellow sunflowers immersing guests in a 360-degree environment, it’s a wonderful experience for children and adults alike. Get lost in this 2.5-acre maze as yellow finches and beautiful butterflies fly around.
Open Daily 9:00 am – 5:00 pm from July 27 through August 25.
$1 of each admission is donated to in support of pediatric cancer patients at Connecticut Children’s. Over the past 12 years, supporters of the maze have helped Lyman Orchards contribute $107,092 to the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Connecticut Children’s.
Can you tell me how to get to the Sesame Street Sunflower Maze?
Come and play. Everything’s A-OK.
Come get lost in Lyman Orchard’s sunflower maze! While wandering you can learn more about the history of Big Bird, Elmo, Ernie & Bert, Oscar the Grouch, and more. The words to the Sesame Street opening jingle apply to the Sunflower Maze. Sunny Day. Sweepin’ the clouds away. On my way to where the air is sweet. And with more than 350,000 red and yellow sunflowers immersing guests in a 360-degree environment, it’s a wonderful experience for children and adults alike. Get lost in this 2.5-acre maze as yellow finches and beautiful butterflies fly around.
Open Daily 9:00 am – 5:00 pm from July 27 through August 25.
$1 of each admission is donated to in support of pediatric cancer patients at Connecticut Children’s. Over the past 12 years, supporters of the maze have helped Lyman Orchards contribute $107,092 to the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Connecticut Children’s.
Help kids like Myer
Myer is one tough cookie.
A few months after his sixth birthday, he endured an eight-hour neurosurgery, a seven-day hospital stay and a grueling four-month-long recovery. In 2015, headaches and vision problems gave way to a cascade of unusual symptoms that brought Myer and his parents to Connecticut Children’s.