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As a partner who shares Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s bold vision for pediatric care, the Chappell Culpeper Family Foundation invests in programs that have the potential not only to save lives today but to change the future trajectory of medicine.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Announces Expansion of Healthy Weight Food Pharmacy
The GIANT Company donates $100,000 to support hospital’s efforts in addressing food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Opens Nicholas and Athena Karabots Primary Care Center in Norristown
Nicholas and Athena Karabots pledged $2 million to support the renovation and re-location of CHOP’s Primary Care Center in Norristown, PA.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Welcomes Its First Full-Time Facility Dog
CHOP has officially welcomed its first, full-time trained facility dog, who will help ease anxiety and reduce stress for young patients and their families.

CHOP Held Successful Virtual Events Well Before COVID-19
Creative thinking by CHOP’s team four years ago made it easy to nimbly switch in-person events to virtual ones.
Scientists Identify Targets for COVID-19 Vaccine Using Cancer Immunotherapy Tools
The strategy, developed by CHOP researchers, would help generate a vaccine that would protect people across the population.

CHOP and the Community Meet Challenges of COVID-19
CHOP partners with community donors to meet the extraordinary challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
CHOP Teams Explore Experimental Treatments for COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide, teams at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are using a collaborative approach to identify and test potential treatments.

A Path Through the Unknown: How CHOP’s Unique Model for Predicting COVID-19 Spread is Helping the Country Navigate the Pandemic
Learn how CHOP’s unique model for predicting COVID-19 spread is helping the country navigate the pandemic.

Fourth Annual Philly Spin-In Raises More Than $660,000 for Cardiac Center at CHOP
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s fourth annual Philly Spin-In raised $662,717 and counting to benefit the Cardiac Center at CHOP.