Like most new parents, Jon and Sarah Foushee worried over their newborn, Alexandra “Alex.” By Alex’s second week, they really became concerned when she wasn’t gaining weight despite nursing well. The results of her standard newborn screening provided the answer. Alex had cystic fibrosis (CF). “It was a shock,” Jon said. “Neither my wife nor…
The Children’s Hospital Foundation Piggies for Preemies program challenges children and adults throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana to fill piggy banks with spare change to support premature babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Norton Children’s Hospital. Each spring, kids enter a drawing to win a $500 scholarship. All they have to do…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (June 27, 2017) – In an effort to boost care for children in our region with cystic fibrosis (CF), Cure CF Inc. has announced a gift of $300,000 to Norton Children’s Hospital through the Children’s Hospital Foundation. The funding will bring additional clinical research trials to Norton Children’s Hospital in collaboration with specialists…
Norton Children’s Hospital announced a $1 million donation to the Children’s Hospital Foundation to assist in educational efforts for medical caregivers. The gift was made by S. Randolph Scheen Jr., M.D. A new 7,000-square-foot conference center being constructed on the first floor of the hospital will now be named the S. Randolph Scheen Family Conference…
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Chili’s Clip for Kids® started its month-long drive to gather participants and raise money with a communitywide kickoff on Monday, April 17, at the Chili’s Grill & Bar at 421 S. Hurstbourne Parkway in Louisville, Kentucky. The kickoff offered fun activities for the family. Aiden Johnson, a two-time pediatric cancer survivor who is serving as…
Rebecca “Becca” Campbell couldn’t wait to celebrate her 13th birthday. She had big plans to celebrate. After all, she had just won the fight against stage 4 ovarian cancer. Becca’s birthday celebration quickly became less about her and more about how she could give back to other young people who are now battling for their…
Our kids argue about everything we ask them to do. But earlier this month, when my wife and I asked if they wanted to go to the local high school track, they were in the car before we had even changed clothes. We went with a plan to run and they went to have fun,…
Norton Children’s Hospital is expanding to improve critical care services for children and grow its family-centered approach to treating the region’s sickest kids. Norton Healthcare announced plans to invest $78.3 million to create the Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) and renovate the “Just for Kids” Critical Care Center and two of the neonatal…
When the Price family suddenly found themselves at Norton Children’s Hospital and their then 4-year-old daughter, Norah, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, their world was turned upside down. Their experience with learning a new normal has spurred the Price Foundation to make a $600,000 gift to the Children’s Hospital Foundation in support of the…
Childhood obesity is a serious issue in Kentucky, where nearly 20 percent of kids ages 10 to 17 are obese. The bluegrass state ranks third in the U.S. in percentage of obese high school students. Norton Children’s Prevention & Wellness, supported by the Children’s Hospital Foundation, has been closing the gap by providing opportunities for…