October 6, 2026

That’s a Wrap

Rady Children’s Patients Design a Colorful Car Wrap Ahead of the Big NASCAR Race When NASCAR zoomed into San Diego County this summer, one special car stood out: a souped-up Toyota Camry with a custom wrap designed by three Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego patients. Kellan, Maurice and Zoey worked with a professional race designer…

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October 6, 2026

The Holidays Shine Bright at Rady Children’s

Inside the Hospital’s Annual Drive to Make the Season Special for Patients and Families When kids can’t go home for the holidays, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego brings the holidays to them. Throughout the holiday season, Rady Children’s and community partners work together to deliver hope and holiday spirit to patients and their families. The…

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October 6, 2026

Love Notes: Our Rady Children’s Story (Anh and Ailani)

Ailani’s Family and Her Living Donor Reflect on the Gift of Life Love Notes is a series of letters written by parents, patients, caregivers and loved ones expressing gratitude to the incredible teams at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego and others who helped their child heal. Dear Anh, My family and I remember like it…

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July 9, 2026

Racing Toward Smiles

NASCAR Drivers Visit Rady Children’s Ahead of the Big Race As anticipation built for the inaugural NASCAR competition in Coronado and the roar of engines drew near, drivers, children and families shared meaningful moments of laughter and connection away from the racetrack. NASCAR drivers Christopher Bell and Ryan Preece recently visited Rady Children’s Hospital San…

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July 9, 2026

More Than a Game

Rady Children’s Patients Experience a Field Trip Like No Other at Padres Spring Training For a group of teens from Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, a recent trip to Padres spring training in Arizona was about much more than baseball. For these 19 patients of the Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, it was…

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June 25, 2026

Volunteers Make the Hospital Go ‘Round

Volunteers are the heart of Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego. They support patients, families and medical staff, and play a vital role in the Hospital’s daily operations. The Hospital’s volunteers have spent countless hours making a difference across a range of departments and helping create a more comforting and compassionate experience for all. From greeting…

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June 25, 2026

When Life Gives You Lemons

A 7-year-old turns a neighborhood lemonade stand into a way to support Rady Children’s Charlize may be small, but her heart is anything but. The 7-year-old wanted to support patients at Rady Children’s, so she organized and managed a lemonade stand in her neighborhood park. Every dollar she raised was used to help bring joy…

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June 25, 2026

Caring for the Community One Child at a Time

Helping Every Child Grow, Learn and Thrive Every parent wants the same thing: a healthy, happy child with the support they need to grow, learn and thrive. A new community health report from Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego offers a closer look at what families across San Diego are experiencing and how schools, health care…

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June 25, 2026

Redefining Pediatric Cancer Care at Rady Children’s

Inside the Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Cancer. It’s a diagnosis no family wants to hear. And, unfortunately, it’s one that affects approximately 15,000 kids in the U.S. every year. About 300 of those newly diagnosed kids are treated at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego. The Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders…

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December 22, 2025

The Parks Effect: Turning Loss into Legacy

On July 15, 2016, Brock and Katy Heckmann welcomed their son, Parks Dempsey Heckmann, into the world at just 26 weeks. Born prematurely, Parks’ vital organs weren’t fully developed, and after three days in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, he developed a severe brain bleed. Despite his…

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February 13, 2023

Jonathan’s Story

Sixteen-year-old Jonathan wanted to be a pediatrician when he “grew up” and was excited to be accepted into Rady Children’s Medical Academy, a program that provides high-school age students with unique and exciting opportunities to explore the world of health care through lectures, skills clinics, hands-on activities, group projects, career panels and interactive discussions. Every…

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December 7, 2022

How Rady Children’s Celebrates the Holidays

The holidays can be tough for hospitalized kids. Rady Children’s goes above and beyond to make the season magical Each year, hundreds of ill or injured children spend the holidays at Rady Children’s. The staff and volunteers at Rady Children’s and their community partners go above and beyond to make sure no one misses out…

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November 1, 2022

The Perils of Perfection – Making Holidays Less Stressful

It’s right around the corner! The holiday season. This time of year can really dial up the pressure on already overextended parents. The urge to provide your family with a “perfect” holiday can wreak havoc on your well-being while entertaining, travel and gifting can also do a number on the wallet. “Balancing the excitement and…

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July 8, 2019

Celebrating 10 Years of Fresh Start Surgical Gifts at Rady Children’s

Over more than two decades, San Diego-based nonprofit Fresh Start Surgical Gifts has been enacting positive change throughout the local community, across the nation and even around the world. How? By offering underserved youth with physical differences — due to congenital conditions, trauma or health conditions — reconstructive surgeries and applicable health services, such as…

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December 18, 2018

Rady Children’s ECMO Expertise Goes Global

George Sutherland, M.B.A., R.R.T.-N.P.S. (pictured middle right), is going places. And while he certainly excels in his role as Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego’s extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) coordinator, we mean this literally. That’s because in Nov. 2018, Sutherland led a group of Rady Children’s ECMO experts on a volunteer trip to China, where they helped…

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