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Every year, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital at Penn State Hershey Medical Center is a destination for hope and healing for thousands of children and their families. As the only Level I pediatric trauma center between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, we serve the most populous rural regions in the nation, with more than a million children in our referral area. Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital offers more than 20 specialty pediatric patient services in Hershey and numerous specialty services at more than 30 outpatient clinic locations throughout Pennsylvania. Walk to benefit Children's Hospital - May 19
 Get your walking shoes ready! Register to participate in the 2012 Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community and help support sick and injured children throughout our region. The seventh annual Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community will be held on Saturday, May 19 at Harrisburg Area Community College. The walk is a fundraiser benefiting 40 local nonprofit health and human services organizations in Central Pennsylvania, including Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. Highmark Blue Shield underwrites the cost of the walk so that 100 percent of the money raised by walkers goes directly to support our goal of raising $15,000. Choose to walk one mile or 5K. Either way, you’ll be helping to make a difference for pediatric patients, while enjoying a fun morning with family and friends – refreshments, live entertainment, activities and raffle drawings will be available immediately following the walk. Individual walkers and walk teams are invited to participate; there is no registration fee. All walkers will receive a Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital t-shirt. Walkers who raise $25 or more will receive a Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community t-shirt. For every $50 raised, participants will receive a raffle ticket that enters them into a drawing for up to $1,000 in prizes. >> Sign up for the 2012 Health Walk Email newsletter to receive updates before you walk! For questions or additional information, e-mail HighmarkWalk@hmc.psu.edu. Central Penn Parent Family Favorites Festival - June 2 | ||||||||||
| Location: | Harrisburg Area Community Collge, Harrisburg Campus |
| Time: | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
This annual FREE festival features live entertainment, bounce houses, pony rides, theatrical performances, concerts, games, activities, face painting, storytelling, food samples, live animals and more. Past festivals have included hot-air balloon rides, puppet shows, a helicopter landing, mini-golf, a climbing wall and more! Usually held in early June at HACC-Harrisburg Campus. Visit www.familyfavoritesfestival.com for details.
Ready, Set, Go...Kindergarden - August 11
Be sure to RSVP and register your soon-to-be kindergartner for a VIK (Very Important Kindergartner) gift!
View the LIVE Children's Hospital Construction Camera
Transforming Lives
Construction is underway on a new state-of-the-art home for pediatric medicine at Penn State Hershey Medical Center which will capitalize on our current strengths and allow us to better meet the needs of children and families in central Pennsylvania. The new free-standing children’s hospital building will represent the leading edge in medical facility design, and embody our commitment to family-centered care.
Leading The Way To A Healthier World
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Children's Miracle Network is an international non-profit organization that has affiliations with 170 children’s hospitals. Children’s Miracle Network at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital at Penn State Hershey serves the Harrisburg, Lancaster, Lebanon and York region.
Children's Miracle Network's mission is to raise funds for children’s services and create community awareness of children’s issues. All money raised by CMN goes directly toward patient services, research, equipment, program services and educational resources at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital at Penn State Hershey.
The mission of The Four Diamonds Fund is to conquer childhood cancer by assisting children treated at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital and their families through superior care, comprehensive support, and innovative research.
Any family with a child being treated for pediatric cancer at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital in Hershey is automatically eligible for support.
The Fund has helped more than 2,000 families since 1972. Approximately 90 new families receive support each year.
- Penn State to create Center for the Protection of Children - Penn State's share of football bowl game revenues not only will be used for a newly formed partnership with an advocacy group for victims of sexual violence, but now also will help launch a center for the study, research, prevention and treatment of child abuse.
- “Look Out for Child Abuse,” website is a collaborative of the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, Department of Humanities and the Center on Children and the Law of the Penn State Dickinson School of Law.
- Children's Hospital ranks among top in nation.
Why give to Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital?
Keeping your newborn warm and safe, as they sleep
Halo Sleep Sacks available for purchase
Halo Sleep Sacks, wearable newborn blankets, can be purchased through volunteers stationed at the Ronald McDonald House Family Room on the seventh floor, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital.
Style and Size Options
Sleep Sacks are off-white with Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital logo embroidered. They come in three sizes:
- Sleep Sack Swaddle–Preemie: birth to five pounds; 14-19 inches long.
- Sleep Sack Swaddle–Newborn: six to twelve pounds; 19-23 inches long.
- Sleep Sack Wearable Blanket–Small: ten to eighteen pounds; 23-26 inches long.
Payment
- $10 per Sleep Sack; all sales are final.
- Must be paid to the volunteer by cash or money order at time of purchase.
For more information, please contact Leigh Brown or Shannon Kearns-DePatto, Penn State Hershey Pediatric Trauma Injury Prevention Health Educators at 717-531-7233.
