The UVA Health Children’s Week of Giving in 2024 was centered around the Battle Building at UVA Health Children’s, with the Cares for Kids Radiothon being the highlight of the event. This radiothon raised $82,091 and featured inspiring stories from UVA patients’ families, child life specialists, and hospital leaders. The event marked the first live phone bank since the COVID-19 pandemic, with local volunteers staffing the phones and five radio stations broadcasting it over two days.
The funds raised by the radiothon are going towards various initiatives, including expanding the neonatal intensive care unit and pediatric intensive care unit, UVA’s family-centered care program, launching the UVA Health Children’s Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Care clinic, and supporting pediatric cardiology and pediatric cancer programs. Erin Chandler, UVA Health’s Associate Director of Development for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and Corporate Philanthropy, emphasized how important it is to support the smallest patients at UVA Health through events like this.
Sponsors for the Week of Giving included several organizations such as the Children’s Hospital Advisory Board, Dairy Market, Crutchfield, Flow Automotive, Children’s Dentistry of Charlottesville, Hunter Wyant Insurance, The Forum Hotel, Birch & Bloom
