http://chfrichmond.ehclients.com/index.php/news-media en sharif@28media.com Copyright 2013 2013-03-11T13:35:44+00:00 http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/advancing-childrens-health-every-day http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/advancing-childrens-health-every-day Since Children’s Hospital joined with VCU Medical Center to form Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHoR) in 2010, the health system has been advancing children’s health every day. From providing 24/7 care in the new pediatric emergency room to managing childhood obesity; from training future doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and therapists to making new discoveries in the lab that improve understanding of childhood diseases—Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU is bringing health and healing to children in Richmond and beyond. 2013-03-11T13:35:44+00:00 http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/heart-transplant-patient-celebrates-life http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/heart-transplant-patient-celebrates-life Jeni Boyce Simonitis was only 8 years old when she had a heart transplant at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU (CHoR). Twenty years later, Jeni organized an event to celebrate life and benefit other children cared for at CHoR. Following is a letter Jeni sent Children’s Hospital Foundation following her Dec. 14 celebration, which raised $2,001 for the Foundation. 2013-03-11T13:25:22+00:00 http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/ball-brings-out-the-kid-in-everyone http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/ball-brings-out-the-kid-in-everyone On Nov. 2, the Country Club of Virginia was transformed into scenes of childhood delight as part of the 49th annual Children’s Hospital Foundation Ball. The event, which raised $246,000, was organized by the 50 members of the Foundation’s Junior Board who worked in committees to handle everything from sponsorships and ticket sales to decorations and publicity. 2013-02-08T18:54:45+00:00 http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/mustaches-make-money-for-kids http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/mustaches-make-money-for-kids Since 2010, Mustaches for Kids Richmond has raised $28,000 for Children’s Hospital Foundation. M4K Richmond organizers attended the Foundation’s Board of Directors meeting on Jan. 15 to present a check for $17,500. 2013-02-07T18:29:43+00:00 http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/bringing-the-halloween-spirit-to-patients http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/bringing-the-halloween-spirit-to-patients The Spirit of Children program, which began in 2006, has grown over the years to bring the Halloween spirit to patients and has raised a total of $10 million for more than 200 hospitals nationwide. 2013-01-23T18:39:45+00:00 http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/jingle-all-the-way1 http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/jingle-all-the-way1 Through coin collections and a school-wide event at the end of the school’s two-week Change for Children program, Springfield Park Elementary School students, led by Student Council Association (SCA) representatives, have raised more than $4,700 in nine years. 2013-01-17T18:49:26+00:00 http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/sister-of-former-patient-remembers-hospital-in-will http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/sister-of-former-patient-remembers-hospital-in-will Upon her passing in 2012, Mrs. Kathryn K. Walker left a bequest of $500,000 to Children’s Hospital Foundation. Mrs. Walker’s brother, Herbert Arnold Kirby, was a patient at the original Children’s Hospital on Brook Road in the 1920s where he received surgery for an improperly healed broken arm. 2012-12-18T18:52:09+00:00 http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/for-the-kids http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/for-the-kids Verna Hanmer left a $148,297 gift for Children’s Hospital Foundation following her death in June 2011. 2012-12-14T19:28:19+00:00 http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/pittsburgh-fans-cheer-on-steel-city-teams-help-foundation http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/pittsburgh-fans-cheer-on-steel-city-teams-help-foundation Every fall since the early 1990s, a group of Pittsburgh sports fans living in Richmond have gathered to watch Steelers games and raise money for Children’s Hospital Foundation. Through individual donations and raffles, members of the Steel City Connection have collected approximately $2,000 a year and will surpass the $50,000 donation mark this year. 2012-12-03T19:05:46+00:00 http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/soccer-tournament-raises-funds-for-kids http://chfrichmond.org/index.php/news-media/listing/soccer-tournament-raises-funds-for-kids While most teenagers lounged at the pool or visited the mall last summer, 14-year-old Krishna Ravindra was registering players, designing brackets and soliciting in-kind donations for a soccer tournament that raised $1,600 for Children’s Hospital Foundation. 2012-11-22T19:17:36+00:00