Who am I?  Why am I here?

I have been a member of the Comer Development Board since 2017. We are a dynamic group of professionals interested in raising awareness and money for UChicago Medicine's Comer Children's Hospital. I am currently serving a 2 year term as co-chair of membership and have helped raise funds through the fall fundraiser #comer5k for the last 5 years.  

I am passionate about Comer Children's Hospital because it provides life saving (and more routine) clinical care to children across Chicago, including children in our most under-served communities.We have the only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center on the South Side.

At the same time, Comer Children's attracts top medical talent and patients from across the globe due to its ground-breaking medical research and highly ranked specialists.

All money raised from the Bright Night Benefit: Crowd Fund for Comer Children's will support critical patient care programs that would not be possible but for this funding.  Examples include Art Therapy for patients in hospital for a long term stay, supplying NuRoos to new mothers, and providing essential family support resources, including, most poignantly, bereavement support for grieving families.  None of these types of programs are typically funded by private insurance or government funded reimbursement.

I hope you agree that all children and their families deserve these types of programs when faced with medical challenges, just like you would expect this type of care for your own family.  Please join me in supporting this fundraiser.  We have chosen a peer to peer campaign for 2022 as our extended hospital community is still not able to meet safely in a live event fundraiser format.