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Community
Involvement | Financial
Contributions
Financial Contributions
VCU’s Children’s Medical Center has received numerous
gifts from parents and families members of patients, alumni, community
philanthropists, corporations, community groups and foundations
to help us carry out our mission.
You can make a gift by mailing a check to:
VCU Children’s Medical Center
c/o Jennifer O' Rourke
1001 E. Marshall St.
P.O. Box 980646
Richmond, VA 23298-0646
Click here to make a secure online donation or download a gift form [pdf] and mail it to the address above. Please call (804) 828-4326 with any questions.
Now you can donate your vehicle to support VCU Children's Medical Center.
Here are just a few examples of private donations providing the
Children’s Medical Center with resources that “margin
of excellence” all central Virginians want from the hospital
caring for their children at their time of greatest need.
* The Food Lion, Inc. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A $1 million
dollar gift from Food Lion, Inc. was matched with other funding
to completely renovate the 12-bed unit housed on the 7th Floor
of Main Hospital. The focus of this renovation was to create
a
family friendly environment that will accommodate the needs of
families with the most ill and seriously injured children and
help speed the recovery of our patients.
* Professorships that Attract and Retain Expert Physicians: The
Jessie Ball duPont, Edwin L. Kendig, Jr. and Walter E. Bundy,
Jr. Professorships funded with private gifts have enabled the
Department of Pediatrics to attract and retain the very best physicians
to the Children’s Medical Center.
* Child Life Program: The Child Life program receives numerous
gifts each year from those in our community who want to help
make
a hospital experience easier for children. Gifts include gift
cards, monetary donations and even sponsorship of special events.
* Dogs on call: Private gifts established a program through
Child Life that brings trained dogs to pediatric patients to provide
comfort for children during their hospital stay.
* Reach out and Read: In 1999, the Department received funds to
establish this national early literacy program offering age appropriate
books to children 6 months - 5 years who are admitted to the Pediatric
Emergency Room at MCVH. As an inner city teaching hospital that
accepts all patients regardless of their ability to pay, most at-risk
pediatric patients needing emergency care come to MCVH. Health
care providers in the ER have been trained to discuss literacy
and demonstrate developmentally appropriate parent-book-child
interaction. Since May 2000, more than 9,000 books have been distributed.
* Student Scholarships and Housestaff Awards: Medical students
graduate with debts as high as $100,000 or more. Generous donations
have established two scholarships for students pursing pediatrics
as a career. In addition, an alumnus of the Department’s
fellowship program has established a research award for housestaff/fellows
to encourage scientific research in childhood illnesses.
The Medical College of Virginia Foundation, Inc. is a 501©
3 organization whose mission is to inspire and steward philanthropy
throughout the VCU Health System and the MCV Campus. The Children’s
Medical Center Fund is a restricted fund within the MCV Foundation
providing support for the Children’s Medical Center at VCU
Health System.
Chairman’s Circle recognizes leadership gifts to the Children’s
Medical Center Fund at the $1,000 and above level. Annual gifts
at this level have the same impact as a $20,000 endowment.
Friends of Child Health recognizes gifts to the Children’s
Medical Center Fund up to $1,000. The majority of our gifts are
under $1,000 given by people from all walks of like who care about
improving the health of children.
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