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2022 Champion Family
Every year, 170 local Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals identify a “Champion” in each of their local communities to serve as the face for children treated at their local children’s hospital. These ambassadors spend their year advocating for the charitable needs of children’s hospitals across North America.
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Frank's Road to Recovery
Frank’s story begins one evening while umpiring a softball game. He was doing his usual activity of running from behind home plate, back and forth, repeatedly. But on this occasion, by the end of the night his knee was in extreme pain. Just walking back to his car was almost unbearable. He went home and pushed through the pain and went on to umpire the following night, and then the next weeks and months. Frank managed to fight through the pain for four months before finally deciding to get his knee looked at. After an MRI, it was determined that he had a torn meniscus.
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Healing Through Art
The Integrative Medicine Department at Orlando Health UF Health Cancer Center engages patients and their families to become active participants in
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Mason is thriving thanks to The Heart Center at Arnold Palmer Hospital.
Mason was born in 2011 to Anthony and Nichole Mehlich. He is endearing, kind, precocious and inquisitive.
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Brain Aneurysm Virtual 5k
In honor of Brain Aneurysm Awareness month in September, Orlando Health patient Conor and his family held a virtual 5K event. In February of 2020, Conor suffered two brain aneurysms and a brain bleed, and had to have an emergency craniotomy at the Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) where he would remain to recover for 6-8 weeks.
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Saltwater Classic Fishing Tournament
In the spring of 2021, The Florida Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation held their ninth annual Saltwater Classic Fishing Tournament benefiting the Haley Center for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.
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Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and Omaze are Celebrating National Epilepsy Awareness Month in November
Part of the Leon Pediatric Neuroscience Center of Excellence, the epilepsy program at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children is designated as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center. This designation - by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) means that patients in need of the highest level of specialized care can count on Orlando Health for the most advanced technology and solutions available to care for all conditions on the epilepsy spectrum.
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Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation Provides Grant to Support Central Florida Residents Living with Paralysis
As Central Florida’s only Level One Trauma Center, Orlando Health Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) sees an average of 79 patients per year that have been diagnosed with a spinal cord injury or disorder (SCI/D). Our team helps individuals with SCI/D progress through the rehabilitation program, from acute care through inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings. The Orlando Health ORMC Institute for Advanced Rehabilitation is the go-to program to care for these individuals, offering them education, wellness and support throughout their lives. -
Spirit Halloween: Making a difference for local kids
At the heart of Spirit Halloween is Spirit of Children, a program which provides fun and funding to its partner hospitals during the Halloween season. Since 2007, Central Florida Spirit Halloween stores have supported Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and have raised more than one million dollars to help make hospital stays less scary for kids and their families.
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Philanthropy Propels Access to Womens Health Services in Pinellas County
The Hawkins Family Foundation/Crown Automotive Charities continues the philanthropic vision of the late Crown Automotive Group’s founder and CEO, Dwayne Hawkins. Dwayne opened the doors to his first of 22 dealerships in 1969, becoming one of the largest automotive dealerships in the southeast, with the goal to give his community a better experience.
