Hospital School triples fundraising goal
We did it! Thanks to our amazing community of online donors, we more than TRIPLED our fundraising goal for the Back-to-School fundraiser! Together we raised an…
Category: Patient Stories
One mother’s words: Our family’s journey
Zoie Farmer, mother of 10-year-old Hyrum, shared her family’s journey as Hyrum has battled leukemia with the help of our hospital. The following is a…
Hoops for Life raises $29,000 for “Hope”
With an event name like “Hoops for Life,” one might assume that Amy and Shannon Aldridge’s fundraiser is a basketball event, not a 5k walk…
Hyundai Hope on Wheels gives $250,000 toward cancer research
On September 2, Hyundai Hope On Wheels® and Palo Alto-area Hyundai dealers awarded Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford a $250,000 Hyundai Scholar Grant for pediatric…
Right from the Start
Everything about Elizabeth Rodriguez-Garcia’s pregnancy had been perfectly normal. She’d had morning sickness on occasion and felt a little tired some days, but at 25…
Building bridges: The role of interpreter services in our hospital
In a bright room within the neurosciences clinic at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, 24-year-old Kirandeep meets with her neurosurgeon, Michael S. B. Edwards, MD. …
Where are they now? Quadruplets edition
The Wang family is truly one in a million. Born in October 2010, quadruplets Audrey, Emma, Isabelle, and Natalie Wang entered the world with the…
All Star Karate Center raises $5,000
These kids put Karate Kid to shame! The nationally-ranked extreme martial artists from All Star Karate Center in Redwood City are amazing at their craft…
Elijah “Drax Shadow” is honored by WWE
Have you heard of World Wrestling Entertainment’s newest WWE Superstar, Drax Shadow? Standing at a mere four feet tall and weighing just over 50 pounds,…
Girls’ Day Out at Tova Spa
There are many treatments, therapies and drugs for cancer, but sometimes a day of pampering with friends is just what the doctor ordered. That’s why…