Children are often overwhelmed by the procedures and emotions that accompany an overnight hospital stay or extended treatment. The Child Life Program at Advocate Children’s Hospital helps alleviate the stress of being in a hospital through therapeutic activities such as medical play, art lessons, pet therapy, role play, games and…...
Making the Rounds
Welcome to Making the Rounds, Advocate Charitable Foundation’s blog focused on how philanthropy makes a difference across Advocate for our patients and their grateful families, our physicians and caregivers, hospitals and communities - and the donors themselves. Here you will also find news and stories of gifts at work made possible by the generous support of our donors and partners.
If you are a patient, donor or partner who would like to share your story to be possibly featured on our blog, please email us at giving@aah.org.
Helping refugees find health and home in a new land
Po Too is a Refugee Program Coordinator at Aurora Walker’s Point Community Clinic. She’s also a refugee herself. Po Too understands the unique needs of the refugees who seek care at Aurora Walker’s Point Community Clinic. She knows them because she was one. She’s a Refugee Program Coordinator at the…...
Finding care and connections from hundreds of miles away
Will owns a small business, Will’s Wares. Click on the photo to visit his website. Recently, Advocate Medical Group’s Adult Down Syndrome Center launched a $5.5 million fundraising campaign: At the Center of it all. As part of our campaign, we’re sharing stories of patients who directly benefit from the generosity…...
Your support is the ‘backbone’ of this research
When COVID-19 first arrived in the United States in 2020, scientists and health care professionals knew little to none about the virus. Research has been critical to understanding how the virus is spread and how we can keep our health care professionals and community safe. Sigrun Hallmeyer, MD, Medical Director…...
An Advocate program is building leaders and a more inclusive workforce
Selena Alvarez Working in health care wasn’t something Selena Alvarez had ever considered. But when given the opportunity, she jumped at it so she could learn new skills and create a better future for herself and her family. She was involved in a program at the National Latino Education Institute…...
Donor-supported research is keeping older patients out of the hospital
Ed and Suzanne Howe Being released from a hospital to the comforts of home is the goal of every patient and caregiver, but hospital readmissions are quite common, especially for the elderly. Readmissions create an increased health risk, greater financial burden and are often preventable. A frequent cause for readmission…...
