As a Friends member, you join efforts to fund programs and services that directly benefit our patients and families.

Examples of Friends funding include:

• Support of patients and families at American Family Children’s Hospital through the “Greatest
Need Fund”
• Ongoing support of the Wigs for Patients program providing free wigs, wig styling and supplies to approximately 400 UW Health patients annually.
• Patient and Family Housing Fund. Provides hotel rooms for patients and families who lack financial resources.
• Dogs On Call Therapy Animals training manuals. The positive benefit of therapy animal visits on our patient’s mental health can lead to faster recover.
• A trellis to provide shade in the Hilary Grace Healing Garden.
• Several “Buzzy Bee” units to aid in pain control and distraction for pediatric patients
• Electric cart for guest service ambassadors to transport patients throughout the hospital.
• Brushes and hair ties for patients in our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit who have been in a trauma event and become bedridden for days and get massive nests of tangles that can become very painful to brush out.
• TriStander 58 Tumble Forms for patients who need to start standing after complex orthopedic surgeries, but are not ready to do so on their own.
• Swings, Mobiles, Vibrating machines, developmental mirrors for cribs and positioning devices to help sooth babies in the American Family Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
• iPads for patient education and distraction.