Friends of Monroe Carell Archive — Page 2 of 2

December 7, 2017

Holiday Project cards, merchandise benefit Children’s Hospital

A reindeer, polar bears and an ice skater are among the artistic creations adorning products available through the annual Gifts from Friends Holiday Project benefiting patients and families at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
June 8, 2017

Friends of Children’s Hospital gift to enhance two programs

The Friends of Children’s Hospital, an organization of volunteers who support Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has made its largest single gift — $1 million over three years — to be split between two Children’s Hospital programs: the Program for Children with Medically Complex Needs and Pediatric Cancer.

By Nancy Humphrey
Childlike artwork showing repeated pairs of brown gingerbread-like figures with green and purple facial details on a bright lime-green background; the lower figures are partially cropped.
November 17, 2016

Holiday Project helps Children’s Hospital patients, families

Gingerbread paper dolls, snowmen and a scarf-sporting Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer are among the artistic creations adorning products available through the annual Holiday Project benefiting patients and families at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
Nashville Predators players Shea Weber and Pekka Rinne pose with child patient Libby Rushing, who holds a stuffed animal, in a children’s hospital play area.
November 19, 2015

Many groups, one mission: caring for children, families

At 6 feet 4 inches, Shea Weber towers over the tiny tots he visits at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, yet it is he who looks up to them.

By Kathy Whitney
A woman applauds beside a girl wearing butterfly wings on a runway at a fashion show. The girl holds a sign reading “Open Heart Surgery” and “5% chance survival.” An audience watches from both sides.
March 26, 2015

Friends of Children’s Hospital dedicated to showing support

For more than 40 years, a group of dedicated volunteers known as the Friends of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has worked to turn scary hospital visits into happier memories.

By Kathy Whitney
Smiling child holds up a colorful holiday card featuring hand-drawn festive illustrations in a brightly decorated butterfly garden.
December 4, 2014

Card project raises spirits, funds for Children’s Hospital

The first word that Jessica Meyer thought of was “hope.” She and her friend, Alexandra, had just sat down with some paper and a box of crayons to spend an hour or so drawing holiday cards in between appointments at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Vanderbilt Health News