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Ambassador Highlight: Meet Nick

Nick Mullen was just 2 years old when he was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a condition where the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick, making it harder for the heart to pump blood and causing abnormal heart rhythms.

All-Staff Email: Raising Hope at Work starts today!

We are pleased to kick off Raising Hope at Work by requesting that our faculty and staff of UF Health Shands and the College of Medicine come together to make an investment in the future of health care.

Raising Hope at Work

The employee giving campaign for UF Health Shands employees and UF College of Medicine faculty and staff opens June 1.

Ambassador Highlight: Meet Alyssa

Born at only 26 weeks and weighing a tiny 1 pound and 4 ounces, Alyssa started fighting for her life right after her birth in the neonatal intensive care unit at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital.

Lights out for Celebrity Waiter Night

The grand finale for Celebrity Waiter Night took place earlier this month, where throughout the evening, guests reminisced about three successful decades of fun-filled, entertaining fundraising for Children’s Miracle Network.

Funding hope: Parkinson’s patient on the road again

When he was 38 years old, Doug Kirk remembers how things like brushing his teeth or raising his left arm became difficult. He wasn’t able to sleep. Even sitting for extended periods of time proved painful. But this summer, he and his wife Sheila will cycle for more than 450 miles along the scenic southern hills of Iowa.