From Open-Heart Surgery to Lasting Gratitude
Twenty years ago, at age 50, David Kadamus had open heart surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) to repair a heart murmur diagnosed in middle school. During the lengthy operation, the surgeon had...
View ArticleHow Hunter & Maddie Turned Hope Into Action
Inspired living for herself, her family, her patients – for all Each of us knows someone with cancer; many of us have our own diagnosis. But few of us have experienced this disease as a patient, the...
View ArticleLimitless Love on Two Wheels
“It all begins and ends with Mary.” Clayton Curtis and his wife Mary, who died of metastatic breast cancer in 2015, were soulmates and road warriors for more than 40 years. The two met at Trumbull High...
View ArticleWeston High School St. Baldrick’s Club
Students Tristan Lehman and Mason Bolner selling gold mailbox ribbons The Weston High School St. Baldrick’s Club recently raised $1200 to support the Lauren Telesz/Smilow Teen Center at Yale New Haven...
View ArticleAdvanced Care for Tiny Hearts
Harper Heggland is seven years old, with a huge heart, a strong body, and a keen mind. “I’m a tough chick,” Harper often says! Her mom, Megan, agrees. Megan describes her daughter as “a whip smart...
View ArticleBlocks of Hope
Shaurya Ranjan (left), a senior at South Windsor High School, founded Blocks of Hope at 14 years old, after completing treatment for Stage 3 Lymphoma. Throughout the chemotherapy sessions and hospital...
View ArticleCole’s Closet
Cole Pageau, a high school senior, founded Cole’s Closet in 2023 as a non-profit with the mission to uplift others in need and create a positive difference across communities. He has dedicated at...
View ArticleMorgan School Fencing Team Toy Drive
Shoutout to the incredible Morgan School Fencing Team in Clinton, CT, and their amazing coach, Jim Barnett! This past holiday season, the team captains stepped up with a heartfelt idea: a toy drive to...
View ArticleWorld Taekwondo Kick-A-Thon Fundraiser
Master KJ and Master Gunsoo’s event that took place on May 10th, raised $11,000 for the YNHCH Dogs in Residence Program! Both Masters strive to give back to the community and promote this philosophy...
View ArticleWith Gratitude
Ella & Jacek Give Back to Help Others Survive The bond between Ella Zganiacz and her husband, Jacek, is deep. Immigrants from Poland, they arrived separately in this country almost 40 years ago in...
View ArticleThe Parent Plate Program
Jeff and Samantha established the Parent Plate Program at YNHCH that provides food for parents so they can stay at their kid’s bedside Samantha and Jeff Dorman were busy and loving parents to their two...
View ArticleFrom Supporter to Survivor, Rich keeps Riding
Without your generosity to Closer to Free and Smilow Cancer Hospital, Rich would not have made it to the finish line!He’s been a power cyclist since he started riding for Closer to Free in 2014,...
View ArticleTurning Heartbreak Into Help for Cancer Patients
Gina has raised nearly $100K for Smilow Cancer Hospital, for cancer patients and in memory of her brother ChipGina, pictured on Hat Day 2024, with her former student Chloe. Hat Day is especially...
View ArticleToys for Child Life
A very special thank you to all of the individuals and groups who collected and donated toys for the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Child Life Department! The post Toys for Child Life first...
View ArticleChild Life Holiday Giving
A very special thank you to all of the individuals and groups who collected and donated toys for the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Child Life Department! The post Child Life Holiday Giving first...
View ArticleCook Hill Elementary School
Principal Zachary Munroe with studentsStudents from Cook Hill Elementary School and Parker Farms Elementary School in Wallingford, CT raised funds for Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center...
View ArticleCan Delicious Food Make You Healthier?
Chef Jacques Pépin, pictured in our new Teaching Kitchen, says yes!Nearly 2,500 years ago, Hippocrates— famously known as the father of medicine — proclaimed, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be...
View ArticleThe Irving and Alice Brown Teaching Kitchen
Carole Brown provides a new way to get healthy in honor of her parentsAt an age when most people look to the past to see their biggest achievements, 89-year-old Carole Brown is still making an enormous...
View ArticleLeah’s Culinary Journey
Leah and her husband Rich are cooking and eating healthier to address her diabetes — and loving it! — thanks to free classes at the Teaching Kitchen“I would take these classes even if there was a...
View ArticleKnights Fundraiser
On April 21st, Mount Saint Mary College Softball Team, the Knights, hosted their 3rd annual Pink Out Game. The team wore pink jerseys and ribbons to honor those who have and continue to battle breast...
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