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  • Vanderbilt University

    Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Ryan Seacrest Foundation Open Seacrest Studios, a New Multimedia Broadcast Studio

    Taylor Swift Surprises Patients for the First Broadcast with Seacrest Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, in partnership with the Ryan Seacrest Foundation (RSF), today celebrated the opening of a new state-of-the-art, multimedia broadcast studio, named Seacrest Studios, inside Children’s Hospital. The launch… Read More

    Mar 18, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dance Marathon rings up new record for Children’s Hospital

    Vanderbilt University’s Dance Marathon set a new record in its annual fundraising effort that benefits Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Read More

    Mar 10, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    Making their day

    Joe Don Rooney of the group Rascal Flatts came the closest to a hole-in-one at the inaugural Million Dollar Hole-in-One for Charity event at Pebble Beach Golf Links on Feb. 11 in California. Rooney chose Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt as the beneficiary of his $50,000 prize. Read More

    Mar 3, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    CMN partners show strength of grassroots giving

    The smiling face of Maddy Christison, a 7-year-old who has spinal muscular atrophy, greets customers at Speedway convenience store locations in Middle Tennessee. As the most recent Speedway Miracle Child representing Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, her photo has appeared on life-size cardboard cutouts in Speedway’s 21 Middle Tennessee locations with the goal of encouraging customers to help more children like her. Read More

    Feb 25, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    Junior League of Nashville commits $1.5 million to Children’s Hospital

    The Junior League of Nashville (JLN) committed $1.5 million to its longtime partner, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, during a special event Friday, Feb. 12. The gift, part of the Junior League’s eighth supplemental agreement with Children’s Hospital, will go to support the Junior League Home Arts and… Read More

    Feb 12, 2016

  • Vanderbilt University

    Many groups, one mission: caring for children, families

    At 6 feet 4 inches, Shea Weber towers over the tiny tots he visits at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, yet it is he who looks up to them. Read More

    Nov 19, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Miles and Music for Kids

    Country music singer Dierks Bentley held his 10th annual "Miles and Music for Kids" benefit for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt Sunday at Ascend Amphitheater. Read More

    Nov 5, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Rascal Flatts keep support rolling

    Country music group Rascal Flatts hosted a special performance for patients and their families at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt on Oct. 26, and afterward visited patients in their rooms. Read More

    Nov 5, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    CMA pledges $3 million to boost Children’s expansion

    The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is receiving significant philanthropic support through a $3 million gift from the Country Music Association (CMA), Vanderbilt University Medical Center leaders, event host Kix Brooks and Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum announced this week. Read More

    Oct 22, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Children’s Hospital expansion effort receives significant support from CMA

    The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will receive significant philanthropic support through a $3 million gift from the Country Music Association, Vanderbilt University Medical Center leaders, event host Kix Brooks and Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum announced Tuesday. Read More

    Oct 20, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt holds construction expansion celebration

    The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt held a celebration Tuesday to mark the launch of construction on the hospital’s latest expansion, which will add four floors of new space atop the hospital’s existing structure. Patients and families, joined by community supporters and Vanderbilt leaders, gathered to celebrate… Read More

    Sep 2, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Brooks, Spalding tune up music industry support

    Donating your own money, time and energy to a charitable cause is one thing. Asking friends and colleagues to join you in pursuit of a fundraising goal is something altogether different. Read More

    Apr 23, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Board members spur Children’s Hospital campaign

    The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is growing to new heights on the shoulders of its board members, who are making key contributions to the campaign for a four-floor expansion, both in the giving of their time and resources. Read More

    Feb 26, 2015

  • Ride Quadruplets

    They seem like four best friends on the playground.

    Nine years ago, the Rice quadruplets entered the world too soon. They were born at 26 weeks, barely over halfway through the normal 40-week pregnancy gestation period. The staff in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt did everything they could to ensure… Read More

    Feb 11, 2015

  • Dalton Waggoner

    ‘All in’ for the children

    A familiar face greets frequent customers at Twice Daily convenience stores—a life-size cardboard cutout of Dalton Waggoner, a patient at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. For five years, Dalton has been the face that customers at the convenience stores associate with all the children they are helping through… Read More

    Feb 11, 2015

  • Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (far left) joins Vanderbilt students for Dance Marathon's Big Event 2015. (Daniel Dubois/Vanderbilt)

    Dance Marathon raises big money for Children’s Hospital

    Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos jumped in the dance line to join students, volunteers, sponsors and special guests for Vanderbilt University Dance Marathon’s Big Event 2015 on Saturday at the Student Life Center. Read More

    Feb 9, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Milk Money

    Purity Dairies Moosic City Dairy Dash Supports Children’s Hospital Read More

    Dec 2, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Honoring our corporate partners who support children’s health

    Corporate partners engage the imagination of our strong, caring community in rallying support for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Through campaigns, sponsorships and gifts, corporations like Bank of America, Daily’s and Walmart are investing in the future of children by supporting our mission to provide care, conduct groundbreaking research and educate the next generation of pediatric leaders. Read More

    Nov 7, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    The Gannon Boys

    Brothers Isaac, Eli and Able were all cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Twenty-seven weeks into their pregnancy, Bekah and Christopher Gannon were faced with a decision no parents should ever have to make. Doctors at Monroe… Read More

    Nov 2, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Children’s Hospital ‘growing to new heights’

    The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt launched the “Growing to New Heights” fundraising campaign in support of a four-floor building expansion. Read More

    Oct 23, 2014