Rescued from a Ticking Time Bomb
Elizabeth, her son Nick, and her grandson Frankie. Dr. E. knows aortic aneurysms run in families, so he insisted on testing Elizabeth’s children. That was lucky, because it turned out Nick had to have...
View ArticleAdvanced Nursing Scholarship
Pictured above (left to right) are Ena Williams, PhD, MBA, RN, CENP, chief nursing officer, Yale New Haven Hospital, with scholarship recipients, Sara Cicero, RN, BSN; Elizabeth Donovan, RN, BSN;...
View ArticleFundraising for Breast Cancer
On October 11th, the North Haven High School Girls Varsity Field Hockey team hosted the 3rd Annual Pink Game against the Boys Varsity Ice Hockey team. The event is held to raise money for the Breast...
View ArticleFriends Annual Gala 2023
Friends Annual Gala The Annual Friends of Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Gala was held at Race Brook Country Club on Saturday, October 28, 2023. This year’s event honors Betty Ann Donegan – one of...
View ArticleChild Life Toy Donations
A very special thank you to all of the individuals and groups who collected toys for the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Child Life Department! This year we welcomed Regional Water Authority,...
View ArticleStuff-A-Cruiser Toy Drive
The Brookfield Police Department held their 9th annual Stuff-A-Cruiser toy drive on December 9th at Kohl’s in Brookfield. Hundreds of toys were delivered in a tractor trailer this week and donated to...
View ArticleToy Donations for Child Life
A very special thank you to all of the individuals and groups who collected toys for the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Child Life Department! This year we welcomed Regional Water Authority,...
View ArticleFeeding Families Foundation
Feeding Families Foundation (FFF) recently held its first annual “Winter Virtual Golf Classic: Fore! Parents of Hospitalized Children” at Golf Cove in North Haven. Proceeds will support the...
View ArticleStudents Discover the Joy of Giving
Sacred Heart Academy SHARKS bring us Closer to Free! Jenn Raccio, Director of Student Experience and Engagement at Sacred Heart Academy in Hamden, was profoundly affected by her first Closer to Free...
View ArticleCancer Won’t Slow Subha Down
Subha participates at the Closer to Free Ride. Generous donors, just like you, funded the research that saved her life, and because of you, cancer won’t slow her down! Subha is so upbeat, positive, and...
View ArticleBreaking Boards for YNHCH
Little Ian — shown here with his parents Gunsoo and Seung Min — has had two open heart surgeries to repaira congenital heart defect. Taekwondo, the ancient martial art, has shaped every aspect of...
View ArticleChris Celebrates his 40th Birthday
Today, as Executive Director of the CT Brain Tumor Alliance, Chris provides a listening ear to brain tumor patients. At only 24, he said his final good-byes to his family, and because of donors like...
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...
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 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 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...
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