It’s now an annual autumn rite for Bobby Ina – invite your family, friends, and clients to a shopping spree for toys benefitting the patients of Akron Children’s. Bobby’s latest shopping spree – his 10th – took place at the Fairlawn Target on Oct. 25 where a cool $12,000 was dropped on Legos, Bluey […]
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals partner Panda Express pledges $589,000 to Akron Children’s Chaplaincy Services
The mission of Panda Express is to inspire better lives, not only within its company, but within its communities. Through its charitable arm, Panda Cares, the company strives to inspire hope in future generations by supporting the health and education needs of underserved youth. One of the key ways the company achieves this is through […]
Inspiring connection between donors and physician advances care for spinal patients at Akron Children’s
The connections formed at Akron Children’s have the power to make long-term impacts. Like the bond made between a physician and a patient. Or the ties that unite our hospital and the communities we serve. There also are the relationships that our donors form with our providers. And the one between Mark and Cathy Clark […]
New endowed chair to support Sports Medicine program at Akron Children’s
In the 1960s, William Scala Sr., founder of Kenmore Construction in Akron, made the company’s first gift to Akron Children’s. Six decades later, his family and the company he created carry on his legacy by continuing to support our hospital – from individual donations and annual gifts to our Adult and Pediatric Burn Institute, supported […]
Foundations help expand mental health care access at Akron Children’s Behavioral Health Centers in Canton and Mansfield
Expanding behavioral health care remains a top priority for Akron Children’s. In 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Children’s Hospital Association declared a National State of Emergency in Children’s Mental Health in response to rising rates of childhood mental health concerns, including suicide, a leading […]
Hospital celebrates Women’s History Month with a century of service from the Women’s Board
As we enter Women’s History Month, Akron Children’s proudly celebrates the extraordinary contributions of its Women’s Board, a group of dedicated volunteers whose legacy of service stretches over a century. The roots of the Women’s Board reach back to 1890, when two circles of the King’s Daughters, a women’s service organization, founded the Akron […]
