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Past Charities


NCMEC

ChemoAngels

Childhelp

The Hugs and Hope Club

Operation Love Our Troops

St. Andrew's Mission

Soldiers' Angels

Only Make Believe

The Salvation Army

Retinoblastoma Awareness

O'Leary's Clover Farm

Make a Child Smile

Sew Much Comfort

Dana's Angels Research Trust

Lewy Body Dementia Assoc.

Red Cross Tsunami Relief

Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch

Sara's Hope

Angel Fund

St. Luke's LifeWorks

Grizz and Friends Cancer Fund

Anne Arundel County CASA

RT Autism Awareness Found.

Friends of Claire

Ben Bowen & Family

Greg and Fiona's Run

Pal-O-Mine

Dec '03 - Jan '04

The Honeysuckle Foundation

The Dream Center

Tuesday's Children

South Carolina Division
National Ovarian
Cancer Coalition

Camp Smile-A-Mile

The "I Have a Dream" Foundation

Boys Hope Girls Hope

Children of Promise Stables

Stars over Mississippi

Habitat for Humanity

Portage for Youth

Toys of Hope

Locks of Love

Michael's Journals Foundation

September Smiles

Wings for Success

Only Make Believe

Newborns in Need

The Colleen Giblin Foundation

Bobby Sherman
Volunteer EMT Foundation

Child Help USA

Huggz from Heaven

Small Paws Rescue

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

Give Kids The World

Angel Flight NE

Cassidy's Place

The Casey Cares Foundation

Duke Children's Hospital

Hilltop Neighborhood House

Boundless Playgrounds

Kids Beating Cancer, Inc.

Epiphany

The Cody Unser First Step Foundation

Kids For Kids

National Interfaith Hospitality Network

Dreams of Hope

USPS Breast Cancer Research Stamp


More on Duke Children's Hospital

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Overview

For More Information:

Duke Children's Hospital Development
512 S. Mangum Street
Suite 400
Durham, N.C. 27701-3973

Phone: (919) 667-2563

E-mail: thomp130@mc.duke.edu

CARE
Providing the most advanced medical treatment available in a compassionate, family-centered environment for children from North Carolina, the Southeast and around the world.

Our patients have access to the vast resources of Duke University Medical Center, including more than 20 specialties.

RESEARCH
Conducting pediatric clinical and basic research of superior caliber to advance the understanding and treatment of childhood diseases.

•Each year more than $10 million (direct dollars) in research grants and contracts are awarded to Duke Children’s researchers, recognizing their worldwide leadership in areas such as bone marrow transplantation, cancer, cardiology, infectious diseases, neonatology, immunology and neurology

EDUCATION
Educating physicians and other medical professionals in children’s health care

•Each year more than 160 Duke Medical School students, 230 Duke nursing students, 100 pediatric residents and subspecialty fellows and a number of allied health professionals take pediatric training programs.

•Last year Duke received more than $500,000 in extramural grants to fund pediatric training, education and other education-related projects.

ADVOCACY
Advocating on behalf of children

•Duke Children’s participates in a consortium of three universities providing medical and mental health services for abused or maltreated children, raising public awareness of child abuse and neglect, and facilitating research in the issues of child abuse and maltreatment.

•The Duke HIV clinic has cared for nearly 800 HIV infected or exposed infants and children from North Carolina, South Carolina arid Virginia since 1986.

FACILITIES

•A 128-bed hospital located on the fifth floor of Duke Hospital, includes; The Roselle and Perry Como Pavilion, a 62-bed Intermediate care unit; a 24-bed intensive care nursery; a 10-bed transitional care nursery; a 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit; and a newborn nursery.

•McGovern-Davison Children’s Health Center, a 66,000-square-foot outpatient facility that opened in April 2000. The Children’s Health Center combines all pediatric medical and surgical specialty services in one convenient, family-friendly location.

•Lenox Baker, a free-standing facility providing long-term outpatient rehabilitative cars and multidisciplinary genetics and diabetes programs.

•Duke Children’s Consultative Services of Raleigh, a multisubspecialty clinic at Raleigh Community Hospital offering more convenient care to children in eastern North Carolina.

•Camp Kaleidoscope, a summer camp for children with significant health problems.

•Hardee’s Pediatric Bone Marrow Treatment Program, a regional research and treatment facility with 16 beds for children undergoing bone marrow and cord blood transplants.

•Duke Children’s Primary Care in 3 locations offering general health care for infants, children and adolescents.

•Jim Valvarzo Day Hospital for short-term ambulatory treatments such as chemotherapy.

•Durham Community Guidance Clinic for Children and Youth, an outpatient psychiatric services facility.

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