Make a Difference
Dollars raised through Step Up for Kids help fund services that insurance doesn’t cover and programs that families don’t receive a bill for. Programs like pet therapy, in-hospital summer camp and school services are all provided by our Department of Family Services and supported by donations made to Step Up for Kids.
You Make An Impact
$100
is enough help make a child’s hospital stay a more positive experience with activities, supplies and toys
$250
will create sensory kits to support and calm patients with disabilities and sensory or mental health issues
$500
can purchase iPads to facilitate virtual visits between patients and family members who are not able to come to the hospital
$1,000
can offset the cost of a Child Life Specialist’s salary
We’re so lucky to have a hospital like Lurie Children’s right here in Chicago. It literally saved my son’s life.
Tsedal Wiafe-Ababio, Mom to Phoenix, who was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect and received a heart transplant at Lurie Children’s.
