The Difference You Make This Holiday Season

Your

Gifts

Matter!

Dear Champion for Children,

This holiday season, many children and their families will spend days, weeks or even months battling illnesses and recovering from injuries at Arkansas Children’s. In this issue of Champions, we celebrate their bravery and the bravery of the everyday heroes at Arkansas Children’s—the doctors, nurses and many other team members who care for children during the holidays and throughout the year. We also celebrate you and the ways your support helps provide expert treatment and kid-savvy care to courageous children like 3-year-old Willow Gill and 6-year-old Emma Wasson.

Throughout this issue, you’ll read about the Festival of Stars Toy & Donation Drive and Radiothon and the Snowflake Shoppe. Because of the support of generous donors like you, these events help bring the spirit of the season—and 2,000 holiday presents—to patients at Arkansas Children’s.

And, on page 11, please read about the Marylin and Ron Brannan family, who are passionate about the crucial role research plays in creating a healthier tomorrow for children. Through their generous endowment benefiting the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute, the family is helping to change the future of healthcare for children in Arkansas and beyond.

With help from our everyday heroes and your generosity, children like Willow and Emma can bravely fight devastating injuries and serious illnesses . Thank you...your support champions children during the holidays and beyond. Together, we are making children better today and healthier tomorrow.

Have a blessed holiday season,

Fred Scarborough, CFRE President, Arkansas Children’s Foundation Chief Development Officer, Arkansas Children’s

The Difference You Make This Holiday Season

For children and families in the hospital, the holidays can be lonely and stressful. Your support of the Festival of Stars Toy & Donation Drive and Radiothon helps provide joy this season by stocking the shelves of a special holiday store for patients and families at ACH, the Snowflake Shoppe. This year’s radiothon, hosted by Cumulus Media, and toy drive will be held Friday, December 14. Learn more about how these special holiday events impact children’s lives on pages 8–9.

Your generosity makes the season bright for children and families at Arkansas Children’s:

200 children received gifts through the 2017 Snowflake Shoppe

If you would like to support Festival of Stars Toy & Donation Drive and Radiothon, please visit archildrens.org/festival to view wish lists and drop-off locations, or to make a monetary donation. Thank you for providing the joy of the holiday season to patients at Arkansas Children’s!