Friends is a not-for-profit organization committed to supporting UW Health 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, iPads for patient education and distraction, communication assistance for ventilated patients, support of the Hilary Grace Healing Garden, and much more.