Pediatric Funds

• Endowment for the Future
  Building on the success of the $60 million Dare To Dream Campaign supporting the construction of Levine Children’s Hospital, campaign steering committee leadership has launched the first phase of a $100 million endowment. Seeded by a $5 million matching challenge from Sandra and Leon Levine, the committee seeks to raise an additional $5 million by the end of 2008. The resources generated by the Endowment for the Future will assist the hospital in expanding existing programs, creating new programs, and attracting highly skilled and talented new physicians and healthcare professionals to Charlotte.
  
• Carolinas Kids Cancer Research Fund
  The Pediatric Cancer Research Advancement Fund is dedicated to advance Phase I and Phase II Clinical Trials at Levine Children's Hospital and provide the most advanced treatment to children of the Carolinas.
• Valya E. Visser Endowment for Pediatric Education
  This Endowment honors Valya E. Visser, M.D., past chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at Carolinas Medical Center, for her insightful leadership and commitment to the care and healing of children. Donations will help enhance education and research opportunities for pediatric residents and faculty at CMC and Levine Children's Hospital.
• Child Life Fund
  Supports essential recreational and educational programs conducted for hospitalized pediatric patients by the Child Life staff of Levine Children's Hospital.
• The Children's Fund
  The Children’s Fund benefits programs and services at Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH). Funds are used to sustain, enhance, and expand the pediatric and newborn programs that LCH provides the community.
• Joining Hearts Pediatric Cardiology Fund
  Supports the advancement of pediatric cardiology programs and research at Carolinas Medical Center and Levine Children’s Hospital. While promoting educational opportunities for caregivers and physicians, the fund also positively influences the level of care provided to children suffering from congenital pediatric cardiac conditions. Additionally, the fund helps to provide support programs for families of pediatric cardiac patients.
• LCH Cardiac Intensive Care Fund
  This fund supports key elements of patient care and patient / family support related to the Ricky Hendrick Centers for Intensive Care at Levine Children’s Hospital.
• Levine Cardiac Kids Fund
  This Fund benefits Levine Cardiac Kids, a support group for children with Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) and their families. This group serves as a forum for sharing experiences and building relationships; seeks to educate families on pertinent issues related to heart-health, treatments, and coping strategies; and creates awareness of CHD within the community.
• Neonatal Intensive Care Fund
  Supports equipment improvements, furnishings enhancements, specialized nursing education, and patient/family support programs associated with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit within Levine Children's Hospital.
• Pediatric Cancer Fund
  Supports patient/family support activities, capital improvements, and research programs associated with Carolinas Medical Center's Pediatric Oncology division.
• Julia's Rainbow Fund
  Named in honor of Julia Nesbitt, the fund supports pediatric cancer programs and pediatric cancer families associated with Levine Children's Hospital.
• Pediatric Immunodeficiency Fund
  Provides support for various activities to enhance the pediatric immunodeficiency support group at Levine Children's Hospital.
• Rohr Rockstars Fund
  Supports the virtual classroom initiative, a partnership between LCH, Rohr Rockstars, and LCH patients’ home schools (including but not limited to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools) to enhance educational opportunities for LCH patients with cancer and other chronic illnesses that require frequent or extended hospital stays.