BENEFICIARY
Where Hope Turns to Healing
At Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), we dedicate each day to giving every child a hopeful and healthy future. Through our leadership in clinical care, groundbreaking research and impactful community initiatives, we continually innovate and advocate for children’s well-being both locally and globally.
Your support is vital to our mission and ensures that our programs have the necessary resources to thrive. Your participation in the CHOP Golf Classic helps create even more life-changing breakthroughs to improve the health of all children. Join us on this inspiring journey!
Life-saving Surgery and Ongoing Care
Skylar’s journey with CHOP started at the Center for Fetal Diagnosis & Treatment, where Dr. Scott Adzick discovered and removed a tumor in his lung, saving his life. Since then, Skylar has also been diagnosed with severe food and environmental allergies, asthma, Hashimoto’s disease (a form of hyperthyroidism) and, most recently, growth concerns. Thanks to CHOP, today Skylar’s lung is in good condition, his asthma is persistent but well-controlled, his Hashimoto’s is in remission, plus he’s down to just three severe food allergies. And after four years of shots, his environmental allergies are virtually gone too! Today, Skylar is proud member of the CHOP Youth Advisory Council.
Family and Visitor Services
A child’s illness can turn a family’s world upside down in an instant. At Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, we partner with families to treat children and provide families with exactly what they need at each moment in their journey. This includes:
- the most advanced treatments
- world-leading pediatric experts
- comprehensive support programs like art, music and pet therapy (which are not covered by insurance)
- spaces that heal and inspire
Donor support from events like the CHOP Golf Classic fuels the hospital’s efforts to deliver an unparalleled patient-family experience through the Family and Visitor Services Breakthrough Fund.
Training and Education
CHOP prioritizes professional and continuing education for our dedicated healthcare leaders. The Children’s Fund enabled us to:
- Establish the new Breakthrough to Zero program to reduce harm and provide educational opportunities for CHOP’s Quality and Safety department leaders
- Bolster salary support in the Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, paving the way for them to tackle challenges and advance standards of care
- Offer Diversity, Equity and Inclusion content and programming to all areas of the enterprise
Adaptive Rapid Response
Because the Children’s Fund is not limited to a specific use, CHOP can draw upon it whenever there is a need for quick action:
- A discovery that needs to be fast-tracked
- New technology that can potentially transform patient care or research
- Innovations to improve patient support services
- The hire of a leading expert at CHOP
Photo Gallery
Check out the fun and excitement of the CHOP Golf Classic through our event photos.