Lilys Garden Archive — Page 1 of 1

Group of nine adults posing indoors; two women at center hold a framed certificate, while others stand around them wearing leis. A round sign in the background reads “Lily’s Garden.”
March 30, 2023

Family’s gift will support pediatric cancer research

Lily Hensiek’s family has made a new $1 million commitment to endow the Lily’s Garden Discovery Researcher Fund in the Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology in the Department of Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

By Nancy Humphrey
Two women pose beneath gold “HOPE” balloons and colorful balloon arrangements; the younger woman holds a framed certificate.
May 9, 2019

Strobel Awards honor vital role played by volunteers at VUMC

Volunteers from across Vanderbilt University Medical Center were recognized at the Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteer Awards on April 30. The awards, held each year by Hands on Nashville, recognize the volunteers making a difference throughout the community.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Teenage girl in a yellow dress holds a large white balloon reading “Lily’s Garden Fellowship” in front of a Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt backdrop.
September 20, 2018

Patient’s indomitable spirit makes Lily’s Garden grow

Lily Hensiek, diagnosed with pre B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia 10 years ago at age 7, has helped raise $1 million, through community fundraisers and individual donors, to create two funds to support pediatric cancer research and training at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The funds are the Lily’s Garden Endowed Lecture in Childhood Cancer and the Lily’s Garden Research Fund.

By Christina Echegaray