Crew’s Story of Strength and Recovery
It was a normal summer day in late July 2025. Demetrius and Madison were home in Plum with their three children, Mila, 7, Levi, 3, and Crew, 9 months. Crew, an easygoing baby, was in his highchair when his parents heard him make a strange sound. Madison lifted Crew from his highchair, noticing how tired […]
UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation Celebrates Historic Community Investment in Children’s Health
PITTSBURGH – UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation announced the successful conclusion of its This Moment: Put a Child’s Future First fundraising campaign on June 30, surpassing its ambitious $200 million goal. The campaign is the largest in the hospital’s history, raising more than $250 million thanks to the extraordinary generosity of nearly 100,000 donors, corporate partners, […]
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.
Training the Next Generation of Pediatric Palliative Care Leaders
When a child is living with a serious or life-threatening illness, pediatric palliative care helps families navigate complex decisions, manage symptoms, and find support during some of life’s hardest moments. At UPMC Children’s, the Pediatric Track of the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship Program prepares physicians to provide this specialized, compassionate care for children and […]
River’s Road to Recovery: from Patient to CMN Champion
Every year, local member hospitals of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN) identify a “Champion” within each local community to serve as the face for children treated at their local children’s hospital. These ambassadors spend their year advocating for the charitable needs of children’s hospitals across the U.S. and Canada. Get to know River, UPMC Children’s […]
Meeting the Match: Donors Help to Build Bridges Through Art Therapy
At UPMC Children’s, art therapy impacts the lives of thousands of kids and families each year. Recently, supporters came together to meet a unique matching gift challenge, raising more than $2 million to strengthen art therapy services that help patients and their loved ones cope and connect. Annual Art Show Celebrates Healing That spirit of […]
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 […]
Samantha’s Survivorship Story
When Samantha was only 2, her parents discovered a lump on her arm. After the family’s local hospital in Erie failed to uncover a diagnosis, Samantha’s parents brought her to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh for treatment. At UPMC Children’s, 2-year-old Samantha was diagnosed with cancer. She had a complex combination of rhabdomyosarcoma and Ewing […]
The Final Year of This Moment
The Foundation has officially entered the final year of This Moment: Put a Child’s Future First, our campaign focused on expanding access to care, accelerating research, and supporting every child’s chance to thrive. We have made remarkable progress toward our $200 million goal, fueled by every donor who has joined the cause with a gift […]