People like you helped raise tens of thousands of dollars to support kids at Norton Children’s Hospital by sending stuffed animals through SendAFriend — an online store that ships fluffy friends with personalized messages. This Valentine’s Day, you can purchase a SendAFriend package to be delivered to a patient at Norton Children’s Hospital under an…
Thanks to the generous support of PetSmart Charities, there’s a new furry staff member working in the emergency department at Norton Children’s Hospital. Dunkin, a highly-trained facility dog, and his handler, Cami Vereschagin, certified child life specialist, are now seeing patients. “We find that these facility dogs promote positive coping for patients and their families…
The Bellarmine University Dance Marathon (BUDM) will always be special to Katie Casale, because she has been on both sides of event — as an event founder when she was a student and now as a registered nurse at Norton Children’s Hospital. The student-led dance marathon will hold its sixth annual event, virtually, on Friday,…
One of the only things that Chris Gore and his friends love as much as cars is helping children in their community. Chris and many of his friends own hot rods or classic cars and belong to various car clubs around Louisville and Southern Indiana. He was inspired to start a charity event and toy…
If you drive by Norton Children’s Hospital, you may notice the outside has gotten a little more colorful. Norton Children’s teamed up with local artists Often Seen, Rarely Spoken to complete a mural on the hospital’s parking garage. The 5,000-square-foot mural is 4 1/2 stories tall. Support the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation Help kids at…
It takes the generosity of everyone in the community to enable Norton Healthcare and Norton Children’s to provide quality care regardless of patients’ ability to pay. These generous gifts help the Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation and Norton Healthcare Foundation support the vital work being done across our region and respond to our community’s needs: You…
Love dogs? Love kids? Love the holidays? The 2021 Paws for Days facility dog wall calendar is on sale now. The calendars are available for sale online for $20, with free shipping, and proceeds support Norton Healthcare’s Heel, Dog, Heal facility dog program. The program provides highly trained dogs and handlers to give comfort and…
Holiday giving season is officially upon us! There are plenty of ways you can support children who need your help. Donations to the not-for-profit Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation support Norton Children’s Hospital and may be tax deductible. Give from home Papa John’s promotion through Jan. 1 Enjoy Papa John’s pizza while helping Norton Children’s Hospital….
The rapid spread of the coronavirus has made it critical that accurate health information be distributed as quickly as possible to Kentucky residents. The Kentucky Poison Control Center of Norton Children’s Hospital stepped up to establish the commonwealth’s COVID-19 hotline in early March. The center is led by Ashley Webb, Pharm.D., DABAT, who oversees a…
Thanks to your generous support, all 12,000 tickets for the 2020 Norton Children’s Hospital Home & BMW Raffle have been sold. The winners will be drawn during the virtual Snow Ball gala Nov. 21. Visit NortonChildrensSnowBall.com for more information.
Tickets for the 2020 Norton Children’s Hospital Home & BMW Raffle have sold out. It’s the first time in the fundraising raffle’s history that all the tickets sold. The 12,000 tickets were sold with days to go before the Nov. 21 drawing during the Snow Ball gala, which will be online only this year to…
Doctors have a new way to detect heart and other conditions in Western Kentucky babies even before they’re born. Norton Children’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine, on the campus of Med Center Health, Bowling Green, Kentucky, recently installed state-of-the-art diagnostic and ultrasound equipment. The equipment is designed to identify complex anomalies in unborn babies through early detection so…