Friends is a not-for-profit organization committed to supporting UW Hospital and Clinics and American Family Children’s Hospital patients and their family-related needs and to enhancing patient care, education and community service. Financial donations are used to support programs and services that directly benefit patients and their families such as the Wigs for Patients program, Reach Out and Read, business centers, specialized equpiment for patients, CARE channel, Healing Images for Children and much more.