Celebrating What We Made Possible Together
As This Moment: Put a Child’s Future First reaches its close, we are proud to celebrate the incredible progress donors helped make possible for kids and families at UPMC Children’s. Across clinical care, research, patient experience, and community health, your generosity helped to put a child’s future first.
A Heart Made of Steel
Kendall’s Story — As told by Kendall’s parents, Jamie and Andy Three years ago, at our 20-week anatomy scan, we received the tough news that our unborn daughter had multiple congenital heart defects. In that moment, we felt the clouds move in overhead. We were directed to UPMC Children’s by our local hospital in Harrisburg. […]
The Forever Fund Supports Families When They Need It Most
When a child is facing a serious heart condition, everything else in a family’s world can feel uncertain. At the Heart Institute, patients with congenital or acquired heart conditions come from across Pennsylvania and far beyond to receive expert care. Families arrive focused on treatment, recovery, and hope for the future. At the same time, […]
Donors Usher in a New Era of Heart Care
With donor support, construction of the new Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s continues on schedule, with plans to open in June 2026! Making Heart Care Easier for Every Family The new 50,000-square-foot, three-story Heart Institute will bring innovative clinical excellence, world-class education, and pioneering research together under one roof. Families will experience a seamless, “one-stop‑shop” […]
A Heart Repaired: Jonas’ Journey
Jonas is a smart, musically gifted college student from central Pennsylvania. Healthy and athletic, Jonas showed no signs of a serious congenital condition. A fainting spell at school set off a chain of events that uncovered the unexpected diagnosis. A Scary Moment Jonas was in his high school driver’s education class when he suddenly passed […]
Jared Isaacman Commits Major Support to UPMC Children’s Heart Institute
Jared Isaacman has committed $5 million to support UPMC Children’s Heart Institute. This generous gift from Isaacman will help UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation to realize our vision for expanding one of the top pediatric and heart surgery programs in the country. Part of the expansion for the Heart Institute includes a new, state-of-the-art facility, slated […]
This Moment Update: 2025 Donor Achievements
Donations to UPMC Children’s drive life-changing treatment, research, and care for children. As we approach the final months of This Moment: Put a Child’s Future First, UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s largest fundraising campaign to date, we are proud to share a few of the accomplishments made possible with support from our donors. Ranked in All […]
This Moment with UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation Ambassadors, T.J. and Dani Watt
Learn more about what inspires Foundation ambassadors T.J. and Dani Watt to support children and families at UPMC Children’s. What initially inspired you to support UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation? What initially inspired us to support UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation goes back to our time as student athletes at the University of Wisconsin when we would […]
Celebrating 50 Years of Service to the Community: McKamish’s Blueprint for Success
McKamish has been a significant partner to UPMC Children’s, by laying the groundwork for a legacy of community giving for 50 years.
Liam’s Super Heart: Care from Birth at the Heart Institute
Baby Liam wasn’t breathing when he was born. He spent the first five nights of his life in the NICU at his local birth hospital, struggling to survive. He was diagnosed with a genetic illness called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart muscle becomes thickened and stiff, making it harder for the heart […]