Mike and George, 1956 Advocate Medical Group’s Adult Down Syndrome Center announces $2.75 million matching gift to its fundraising campaign from the George and Bob Fund, in honor of brothers of Linda and Mike Mussallem. In the 1940s and 50s, information about how to care for children with Down syndrome…...
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.
Your generosity enhances care for kids like Janiya
The parents of a 5-year-old girl from Indiana are thanking doctors at Advocate Children’s Hospital for saving their daughter’s life. Oshunda and Johnathan Johnson tell NBC 5 that their daughter, Janiya, was vomiting, feverish and exhausted as she experienced stomach pain and refused to eat. They took her to the…...
Saying ‘thanks’ from the heart
Isaiah February is American Heart Month, and Advocate Children’s Hospital heart families are saying thank you to donors who helped them during difficult times. “We found out that Isaiah has double inlet left ventricle when I was pregnant with him at 17 weeks,” shared Glyza Vergara. This condition meant Isaiah…...
We give back to show our gratitude and help other NICU families
Miles was born prematurely and spent the first month of his life in the NICU. Christine and Logan Derck are grateful parents and donors to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Their son, Miles, was born prematurely and spent a month in the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This is their…...
Your support has helped us perform 1,000 heart transplants
The surgical team at Aurora St. Luke’s performs its 1,000th heart transplant. Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee recently hit a significant milestone – its 1,000th heart transplant. This 1000th transplant saved the life of Mary Zimmerman, 67, of Oak Creek. After 14 months on the waitlist, Mary’s prayers…...
How little ‘angels’ are sending patients comfort and love
There’s a very special program underway at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in downtown Milwaukee. It began with 12 enthusiastic young Jewish students at a local synagogue. (L-R) Chaplain Aggie and Cecilia with some of the handmade “healing cards” “In addition to being the chaplain at Aurora Sinai, I’m also an…...
