Guilds Child Life Endowment

In 2014, we shared with the Guilds a compelling need to support our Child Life program with $1 million to help build a vision for the future by expanding educational programs, surgery and procedure preparation, therapeutic and recreational play activities and bereavement support. We also shared that endowment interest would help increase the number of child life specialists and assistants (nine in 2014) and would provide 1,200 additional hours of patient care to expand coverage in areas like our emergency department.

Today, because of the Guild’s endowment and community support, we have 20 Child Life team members, including a music therapist. In FY23, Child Life provided services to more 13,000 patients and 8,092 hours of patient care.