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Spreading Holiday Cheer
During the recent holidays, many of our dedicated staff helped bring the joy of the season to our patients and families.
Giving Thanks: A Video Message
Please watch a special Thanksgiving video tribute we created to thank you for supporting Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. You make possible the many breakthroughs that improve and save children’s lives, impacting families here and around the world.
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Names New Chief Development Officer
CHOP has chosen Monica Taylor Lotty as its new executive vice president and chief development officer, following an extensive national search.

First Child to Undergo a Bilateral Hand Transplant Marks One Year since Surgery at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
One year after Zion's hand transplant surgery, Children's Hospital shares an update on his progress.

Zion’s Story - Double Hand Transplant
By any measure, 8-year-old Zion Harvey has led an extraordinary life. At the age of 2, he developed sepsis, a life-threatening infection that led to the amputation of his feet and hands. The illness also damaged his kidneys and, two years later, Zion underwent a kidney transplant — receiving an organ donated by his mother, Pattie Ray.

World’s first bilateral hand transplant on a child performed at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Surgeons at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia joined with colleagues from Penn Medicine recently to complete the world’s first bilateral hand transplant on a child.

ReminderMedia Donates $50K to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Gift will help advance treatments for children with cancer and support the Child Life programs at CHOP.
Shake It Off: CHOP Celebrates Child Life Month
With help from their friends in the Child Life Department, patients at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia learn to "shake it off" and celebrate Child Life Month.

ABC Television Group Gifts $250,000 to CHOP
6abc, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse surprised CHOP Patients and Families with a gift to enhance "Wait. Play. Learn." areas in the Buerger Center for Pediatric Care.

CHOP Announces $50 Million Gift to Fund Clinical and Research Transformation
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will establish the “Raymond G. Perelman Campus” in recognition of an extraordinary gift.