Sponsor Me

Welcome to my personal fundraising page! I have become a pledge-based fundraiser as a participant in the Red Balloon Run & Ride for Children's Health. Please consider supporting my efforts to raise $100 by making a $10 or $20 donation by clicking the YES I'D LIKE TO DONATE button above my fundraising thermometer. Thanks for your support!

Who am I supporting?

I am able to Pick a Fight and choose the specific program, service, clinic, and/or research center I want to support. This year I will be supporting our Social Work department.

Social Work

Like most family support programs at Children's Health, social work services are not covered by insurance and rely on philanthropy to be offered free of charge to all families in need.

Many families arrive at Children's Health unprepared for their child's medical journey - whether it's a traumatic injury that brings a child to the Level 1 Trauma Center in our Emergency Department or finding out their child has cancer. Compounding the psychological toll of absorbing and managing a child's medical condition are the logistical and financial complexities that families confront during treatment. Some families face economic hardship due to the cost of medical care or missed work and wages related to their child's illness or injury, and many families in our care struggle financially prior to their child's condition. Additionally, some families must travel far from their hometowns and personal support networks to receive care at our facilities, further adding to the financial and psychological they endure.

Social workers at Children's Health aid families during these times of great stress, providing psychosocial support, resource referrals, and more. To help these families focus more on helping their children heal - rather than the stresses of financial difficulty - the Social Work team at Children's Health also manages the Indigent Family Assistance Fund, which provides financial support for qualified families to obtain necessities, such as meals, clothing, transportation, convenient lodging, car seats, and medical supplies, while their children are in our care. Assistance with these everyday non-medical expenses can make a world of difference to our patient families as they stand alongside their children who bravely battle disease or injury. More than $100,000 is distributed from the Indigent Family Assistance Fund to families each year across the Children's Health system.

100% of the money I raise will go to Children's in support of my Fight!

What is the Red Balloon Run & Ride?

The Red Balloon Run & Ride is a family friendly fun run and walk event for participants and fundraisers to show their support for Children's Health. Held at Children's Medical Center Plano, this event is a great opportunity for friends, families, coworkers and neighbors to get together and support every specialty program, service, clinic and research department at Children's Health.

Everyone may not have the same cause, but Passion for Children's unites fundraisers through hope, courage, vision and determination to make a difference in the lives of children treated at Children's Health.

Who is Children's Health?

Children's Health is private, not-for-profit, and is one of the largest pediatric healthcare providers in the nation, and the only Level 1 trauma center for pediatrics in the Southwest. Children's provides patient care ranging from simple eye exams to specialized treatment. Children's has been recognized as one of the finest pediatric hospitals in the United States, receiving numerous awards. Patients of Children's have received more than $200 million in uncompensated care in the past five years.