One piece of advice that resonated with Barry and Rachel Wardle when their premature-born twins first arrived in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) was to constantly let them know of your presence. “Talk to them, touch them, read to them, let them hear your voice. They’ll fight harder if they know you’re here,” Barry […]
Annual Build-A-Flavor contest kicks off with Chill Ice Cream. Enter by April 30
Calling all kids with a creative mind for fun, tasty flavors of ice cream! Have you mixed up a few ingredients at home and wish you could make it by the gallon to share with friends? Now you can! For the third year, Chill Artisan Ice Cream is partnering with Akron Children’s Hospital to provide our […]
Florida event thanks donors for their support of Akron Children’s Hospital
Akron Children’s Hospital Foundation visited the warm and welcoming climate of Florida to update our donors on the exciting work going on at the hospital and the important role our donors play in that work. The first event was the annual donor luncheon in Naples on January 29, 2019. Guests were welcomed by John Orr, […]
Longtime volunteers share memories of radiothon for 20th annual event
Kathy and Don Waggoner are looking forward to Valentine’s Day weekend this year, as they do every year, because February 14 marks the kickoff of the hospital’s 20th “Have a Heart, Do Your Part” radiothon. Parents to 7 children and 13 grandchildren, they haven’t missed volunteering at a radiothon since its inception. Akron Children’s holds […]
Local radio host Keith Kennedy has a “heart” for kids
Keith Kennedy, longtime radio host and vice president of programming for iHeartMedia, is as excited to be a part of the 98.1 KDD 20th anniversary “Have a Heart, Do Your Part” Radiothon as he was when it first began in 2000. Even before he became the “official” on-air host in 2010, he was an integral […]
Palliative Care patients benefit from holiday generosity of Hirschbeck family
John Hirschbeck spent a 30-plus-year career developing a tough, unflappable exterior as one needs to have as a successful Major League Baseball umpire. Now retired, he was far from emotionless as he and his wife Denise handed out gifts to patient families from Akron Children’s Hospital’s Palliative Care program in the Mahoning Valley. The Hirschbecks […]
