Women's Auxiliary
History of Auxiliary Gifts to Children's
The following is an abbreviated list of gifts made by the Women's Auxiliary to Children's Medical Center.
Construction and Renovation
- wePromise Campaign for Children's Medical Center to help fund the 12th Floor Critical Care Unit, Tower II
- Children's Garden
- Team Work Station - Children's Legacy
- Diamond Jubilee Development Program for Children's Medical Center construction of three new Operating Suites
- Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Family Retreat
- Linda Harris designated Patient Room
- George Farr designated Patient Room
- Krissi Holman Family Resource Library and Children's Collection
- Rooftop Garden for Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Renovations to Psychiatric Unit and Intensive Care Unit Waiting Room
- Transfusion service improvements and Outpatient Phlebotomy Lab
- Gift shop and Admitting area renovations
- Neurology EEG room
- Transport services communications system improvements
- School classroom for the patient education program
Education
- Diabetes Nurse Educator
- Plating Distracting Module for Plastic Surgery
- Toughbooks with charging stations
- Patient preparation materials
- Pathology/Lab multimedia computer systems
- Management and staff development
- Home health care teaching guides
- Asthma education pilot program
- PICU research project
- Bilingual services initiative education and evaluation
- Sepsis Simulation Equipment and Training Software
Equipment
- Neonatal patient room equipment and crib
- Laerdal SimKid and Glidescope
- Laerdal SimBaby for Respiratory Care
- C-Arm portable x-ray for Orthopedic Trauma
- Stryer cribs for operating rooms and OR microscopes
- Pro Pac Monitor for Transport Service
- Life support equipment
- Portable defribillator/oximeter for Children's Transport Service
- Portable x-ray machine
- Surgical robotic arms and cameras
- Monitor and warmers for Seay Emergency Department
- Oxygen blenders and ECMO equipment
- Intensive care unit televisions and VCR's
- Infant immobilization chair
- Audiovisual carts for Pediatric Trauma
- Pagers for intensive care unit families and parent amenity kits
- Security safes for patient rooms
- Sleep monitoring equipment
- Diagnostic equipment for the Fetal Neonatal Program
- Wheelchairs for Seay Emergency Department
- DVD players and movies
Programs
- Senior Nursing Student Day
- Art therapy program
- Neonatal parent education program
- Patient education program classroom
- Pediatric educational program
- Prenatal dental program
- Sensory integration assessment/treatment
- Summer teen volunteer program
- Bereavement care program
- Recreational art program
- Eating disorders program
Scholarships and Seminars
- Women's Auxiliary Scholarship Fund
- James Farnsworth Health Careers Scholarship Endowment
- Huvelle Memorial Loan Fund for Residents
- Kenneth C. Haltalin Pediatric Seminar
- Pastoral care seminar
- Child Life Endowment
Nancy Johnson, a Children's volunteer, encourages creativity as she leads an arts and crafts session with Billy Fielder, 5, and Madalyn White, 8, in the C10 playroom. In 2009, volunteers contributed more than 133,000 hours to make life better for children.
