Children's Mercy by Theodore Boesen

Children's Mercy

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What Children's Mercy Does

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

What We Did

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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.

Fact 1

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Fact 2

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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.

Fact 3

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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.

How to Volunteer

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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.

How to be an adult volunteer

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How to be a college student volunteer

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How to be a high school volunteer

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How to volunteer with a group

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How to volunteer with a disability

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How to volunteer as a kid

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Fact 4

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

Fact 5

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

Fact 6

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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.

How to Donate

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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.

How to Donate

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Fact 7

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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.

Fact 8

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

Fact 9

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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.

Fact 10

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

Fact 11

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

Background info

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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.

Fact 12

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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.

Fact 13

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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.

Fact 14

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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.

Fact 15

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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.

Fact 19

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

Fact 20

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

Fact 21

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

Fact 22

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

Dollar Day flier

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Fact 23

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How to Make a Happy Kit

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Mission Statement

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

Money Made

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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.

Pictures

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Children's Mercy Mission Statement

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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.