UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital

Kirstyn was all smiles on her 12th birthday as she opened presents and ate cupcakes decorated like emojis. Life hasn’t always been smiles and happy emoticons for this brave girl.

Miracle Treat Day is July 27, 2023! Starting Thursday, June 1, you can support UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital by purchasing a Miracle Balloon during your next visit to Dairy Queen®. The campaign culminates during Miracle Treat Day on Thursday, July 27. On Miracle Treat Day, $1 or…

You can support UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital through our annual CMN Hospitals Store Days! The proceeds from this sale help provide research funding, purchase life-saving pediatric equipment and support other program needs for pediatric patients and families at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. Your purchase not only provides critical funding…

It’s not every day that you see patients’ artwork on a Chico’s scarf.

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.

Attention all Gainesville gamers: We’re launching our Gainesville Extra Life Guild Tuesday, April 5!

You’re only a few short days from nabbing a free short stack for IHOP’s National Pancake Day, happening March 8.

Twenty-six weeks is exactly half of a calendar year. It is also fourteen weeks short of the “normal” period of time for a human pregnancy. But being just 26 weeks old didn’t stop Andrew Ossenbeck from deciding that it was definitely time to greet the world. Andrew’s mother, Dr.

The UF Health Office of Development hosts a number of fundraising events each year. The MyCommunity Fundraising Program helps any outside organization, business, individual or group that will raise funds to benefit an entity of UF Health. MyCommunity Fundraising Programs should fit the mission and promote the appropriate image for…

Nine-year-old Williston Elementary student, Madeline Ervin, donates her gift to Shands Hospital for Children at UF’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Children’s voices echoed off the…