philanthropy

Rascal Flatts members kick off the fourth-annual Rascal Flatts Celebrity Golf Classic with Children’s Hospital patient ambassadors, event sponsors and Champ, the hospital’s mascot. Shown here are patient ambassadors Logan Miller, Jessica Meyer, Caroline Lantz, and Levi Ray (in front) with, from left, Delta Dental’s Phil Wenk, Gary LeVox, Jay DeMarcus, Joe Don Rooney, Champ, WME’s Kristin Cantrell.
October 17, 2019

Rascal Flatts again tees up support for Children’s Hospital

Country music superstars Rascal Flatts once again teamed up with Delta Dental of Tennessee and WME to host the Celebrity Golf Classic to benefit Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Oct. 14, at the top-rated Golf Club of Tennessee.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 11, 2019

Annual Pumpkin Patch for cancer research funds to run Oct. 5-31

By Christina Echegaray
September 4, 2019

Fashion event to help support ovarian cancer research

Vanderbilt Health physicians will be among the runway models during the 7th Annual T.J. Martell Foundation Chic Awearness on Sept. 23.

By Tom Wilemon
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt patients Cooper Cook (center, left) and Grace Hamilton (right) give CMA and CMA Foundation board members a tour of CMA’s newly named space within the hospital’s expansion.
August 29, 2019

CMA-supported space debuts at Children’s Hospital

Members of the country music industry came together to celebrate the newly opened 10th floor of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The space was made possible, in part, through significant support from the Country Music Association (CMA).

By Jessica Pasley
Families recently gathered for the annual Arrington Vineyards Harvest Party. The event, now in its eighth year, again benefited Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. New this year, proceeds supported neonatology training and research. The daylong Harvest Party, sponsored by Delta Dental of Tennessee and Pinnacle Bank, featured food, drinks and a concert by country music star and Arrington Vineyards co-owner Kix Brooks. Shown here are Troy Turek and his daughter, Olivia, enjoying the day with Champ.
August 22, 2019

Harvest Party

Families recently gathered for the annual Arrington Vineyards Harvest Party.

By VUMC News and Communications
Last weekend, people who are uninsured received free treatments for outpatient upper extremity conditions at Vanderbilt Bone & Joint in Franklin.
August 15, 2019

Event provided free hand surgeries for uninsured patients

Hand surgeons and other Vanderbilt Health staff offered surgeries to people who are uninsured and need surgical treatment for outpatient upper extremity conditions, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and ganglion cysts.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 8, 2019

Family’s long history with VUMC leads to cardiology directorship

Steve Riven is making a gift in memory of his father to create the Samuel S. Riven, MD, Directorship in Cardiology at VUMC.
By Matt Batcheldor
July 25, 2019

Couple’s transplant journey continues by helping others

Elizabeth “Betsy” Barbour and her late husband, Richard, created a fund to help support Vanderbilt’s lung transplant patient assistance fund.
By Nancy Humphrey
July 25, 2019

Eye Institute receives $10 million gift for vision research efforts

The Vanderbilt Eye Institute (VEI) has received a $10 million gift that will fund regenerative visual neuroscience research to develop transformative therapies for eye diseases.
By Jessica Pasley
July 24, 2019

Alice Ingram Hooker, longtime supporter of VUMC and Children’s Hospital, dies at 85

Alice Ingram Hooker, a longtime supporter of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and former chair of their boards, died July 23 after an extended illness.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 20, 2019

Hospital Hospitality House grows

Supporters cut the ribbon last week to celebrate the newly expanded and renamed Pinson Hospital Hospitality House, which provides lodging for families and long-term patients at Nashville-area hospitals.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 13, 2019

$10 million gift bolsters psychosis research efforts

A $10 million endowed gift will fund translational research, support clinical programs and create an endowed chair within the Department of Psychiatry.
By Kelsey Herbers
May 16, 2019

Event celebrates impact of philanthropy at VUMC

More than 300 members of the Canby Robinson Society, the Canby Robinson Legacy Circle and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center community joined Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, and his wife, Melinda, last week at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens for a reception celebrating the community of supporters who help VUMC redefine personalized care.
By Nancy Humphrey
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