Four open-heart operations later, Eden is now in second grade and bubbling with ebullient energy. To honor the lifesaving compassionate care she received at Monroe Carell, her parents established a fund in her name, as Elisa Hill put it, “to be for another family what others were for us.”

The funding will expand the lab’s work to improve the development of preterm infants through the therapeutic power of music.

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt to benefit from marathon mission

The Red Wagon Project, established in 2012, is a volunteer program for students in grades K-12: They spearhead donation drives to benefit families during their hospital stay.

Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital’s mission is to strengthen and expand local access to health care and improve the overall health of the community.

The funding will support research efforts aimed at finding a cure for the progressive neurodegenerative disease ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).