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You can donate $20, $50, $100, $250, or whatever amount you want to. You can also donate monthly or just one. If you want you can even make happy kits like us.

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Happy Kits | Children’s Mercy Kansas City

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As a non-profit hospital, we rely generously on the support of caring community members to help us provide the highest level of care to all kids who come through our doors.

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Children’s Mercy is recognized as one of America’s best children’s hospitals by U.S. News and World Report, ranking in all 10 pediatric specialties. Learn more about how we care for pediatric patients with expert care.

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Children's Mercy is a children's hospital that does liver, kidney, heart, and lung transplants for kids.

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Children’s Mercy is a leading independent children’s health organization dedicated to holistic care, transnational research, breakthrough innovation and educating the next generation of caregivers. Together, they transform the health, well-being and potential of children, with unwavering compassion for those most vulnerable.

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On March 12 we are having a dollar where people can bring a dollar to make happy kits .The plan is to get supplies to make happy kits which is a kit full of fun stuff for the patients to do when they are in the hospital. We will also be hosting a lemonade stand at Arno park on April 1 to make even more money for happy kits. When we have raised all the money we will go to Dollar Tree and buy the stuff to make them. After we are done making the kits we will drop them off at Children’s Mercy so people can use them.

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In 1897 Dr. Alice Berry Graham and her sister, Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson, open The Free Bed Fund Association for Crippled, Deformed and Ruptured Children with one bed in a women’s hospital at 15th Street and Cleveland Avenue.

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Their vision is for every child to have access to precision medicine an accurate, faster diagnosis with treatment tailored just for them.

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At Children's Mercy you can volunteer as an adult, as a college student, as a high school student, with a group, as a junior kid volunteer, and you can even volunteer with a disability.

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Our volunteers make it all possible

As one of our adult volunteers, you play a central role in creating a positive experience for patients and families during their time at Children's Mercy. Our volunteers are stewards of our hospital, helping every person who walks through our doors know they are in good hands.

Every volunteer opportunity across our campuses is unique and each and every one enables Children's Mercy to transform the lives of children in our care. Join us!

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As one of our adult volunteers, you play a central role in creating a positive experience for patients and families during their time at Children's Mercy. Our volunteers are stewards of our hospital, helping every person who walks through our doors know they are in good hands. Learn more.

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College Student Volunteer | Children’s Mercy Kansas City

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Our student volunteer roles are highly competitive and registration can close within weeks of opening. Lean more.

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High School Student student Volunteer | Children’s Mercy Kansas City

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High School Student Volunteer | Children’s Mercy Kansas City

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Our student volunteer roles are highly competitive and registration can close within weeks of opening. Please note: Children’s Mercy only accepts 30 high school students for the Academic Year Session. Learn more.

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Group Volunteers | Children’s Mercy Kansas City

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Your company or community group can make a big difference for kids and families by volunteering for just a few hours! Learn more.

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Opportunities for Volunteers with Disabilities | Children’s Mercy Kansas City

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Children’s Mercy volunteers play a critical role in providing a positive experience for our patients and their families. There are volunteer opportunities available for all of our community members including those individuals with disabilities or chronic health conditions. Learn more.

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Whether starting a toy drive or selling lemonade on the corner, kids and families have been rallying together to help other kids since the hospital's earliest days.

Every gift to Children's Mercy surrounds families with comfort, compassion and care. Your gift delivers love to kids in the hospital going through treatments, medical procedures and long hospital stays. And, it reaches beyond the walls of Children's Mercy to make our community a safer, healthier and happier place for kids.

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Whether starting a toy drive or selling lemonade on the corner, kids and families have been rallying together to help other kids since the hospital's earliest days. Every gift to Children's Mercy surrounds families with comfort, compassion and care. Your gift delivers love to kids in the hospital going through treatments, medical procedures and long hospital stays.

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Children’s Mercy is among the world’s leaders in  genomics, precision therapeutics and ethics.

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The Children’s Mercy Research Institute’s dedicated tower opened in February 2021.

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Genomic Answers for Kids is a first-of-its-kind National Pediatric Data Repository developed by researchers at Children’s Mercy. So far we have enrolled 10,000+ participants, and more than 1,000 rare disease diagnoses have been provided to families, far out-pacing other rare disease diagnostic programs.

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Help us reach our goal! Your support will make a meaningful difference. Every contribution brings us closer to success. Join us today and be part of something impactful.

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Employing approximately 750 pediatric specialists and more than 8,000 employees, Children’s Mercy had over 600,000 outpatient visits and over 15,000 inpatient admissions in 2018, across two hospital campuses and multiple satellite clinics spanning across Missouri and Kansas.

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Established in 1897, Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City is the pediatric hospital of choice for families in the Kansas City metro area.

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Children’s Mercy provide the region’s best pediatric health care.

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Children's Mercy provide more that $20 million in charity care annually.

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Children's Mercy focus on children's unique needs.

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In the 20th century 2 sisters wanted to start caring for Kansas City’s children. They began with one girl and grew to a couple more, and then a dozen. Finally with the help of the public they can treat all comers. In 1915 $375,000 was donated to build Children’s Mercy on 1710 Independence Ave. Children’s Mercy was finally open November 27, 1910. That’s how Alice Berry Graham and Katharine Berry Richardson started an institution that is now called:Children’s Mercy.

Dr. Alice Berry Graham and her sister, Dr. Katharine Berry Richardson, opened The Free Bed Fund Association for Crippled, Deformed and Ruptured Children with one bed in a women’s hospital at 15th Street and Cleveland Avenue. When Children’s Mercy first opened it was called “Mercy Hospital.” In the 30s the Great Depression made them need volunteers and doctors from other hospitals. Dr. Alice Berry Graham, who her sister credited as the founder of Children’s Mercy, dies. In 1958 Children's Mercy made an area for non-medical reasons.

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CCS partnered with Children’s Mercy on a feasibility and planning study for a campaign that has raised more than $250 Million and led to the completion of a transformational research institute.

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From a single-bed hospital in 1897, Children’s Mercy has evolved to become the Kansas City region’s preeminent pediatric healthcare provider and one of the nation’s top pediatric medical centers.

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Every year, Children’s Mercy serves more than 250,000 children and families from Kansas City, Missouri and far beyond. For more than 120 years, Children’s Mercy has worked to create a world of well-being for children.

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One of only 30 centers in the nation to be verified as a Level 1 Children’s Surgery Center — the highest possible rating — by the American College of Surgeons.

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Fetal Health Center, among the first to deliver high-risk babies inside a children’s hospital.

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Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center has received verification from the American College of Surgeons, becoming the only ACS-verified Pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center between St. Louis and Denver.

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One of the nation’s largest Child Life programs, making the hospital experience more comfortable for patients and families.

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Children's Mercy has about 600 medical students come in through them each year.

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100 pediatric and medicine/pediatric residents annually play a crucial role in care for patients.

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More than 1,400 students from dozens of nursing schools receive training at Children’s Mercy

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Children's Mercy has been in Kansas City for more than 120 years

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Children’s Mercy is a leading independent children’s health organization dedicated to holistic care, transnational research, breakthrough innovation and educating the next generation of caregivers.

Together, they transform the health, well-being and potential of children, with unwavering compassion for those most vulnerable.

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We made $380 on Dollar Day. We spent $197 on Amazon, $87 at Dollar Tree, the rest we will donate to Children's Mercy.