Rays’ Pitcher Blake Snell Gives and Games

Posted on August 20, 2019 by amoore

Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher and 2018 American League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell presented a $20,000 donation to St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital. A portion of the funds was used to purchase 10 GAEMS personal gaming systems equipped with Xbox and PlayStation consoles, per Blake’s request. Blake is an avid gamer himself and was inspired to donate the gaming technology as a way to give back to the kids in the community.

During the visit, Blake spent time playing video games with pediatric patients, answering questions about his love for video games and baseball.

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Kids that do Good

Posted on August 20, 2019 by amoore

For over 65 days, Theo called St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital home.
Theo was diagnosed with primary cervical Neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer that presented as a tumor reaching from the base of his skull to his collarbone. At only two days old, the tumor started collapsing Theo’s airway and compromising his ability to breathe, resulting in an emergent nine-hour surgery. After two more significant surgeries correcting the damages from the tumor, countless procedures and scans, Theo was finally able to take his first breath of fresh air just after turning two months old.

To say Theo fought to be here is an understatement, but thanks to the compassionate care at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, he was able to go home. At over a year old, he is smiling, laughing, and loving life.

Theo’s family was so grateful for their care, they started a fundraising page and helped raise over $800 in toys and monetary donations to help make life easier for other children in the hospital.

Hosting your own personal fundraising page is a fun and easy way to raise money to make a difference for patients and families at St. Joseph’s Hospitals.

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Memorial Fund Turns Tragedy Into Healing

Posted on October 18, 2018 by amoore

Bettina Carroccetto loved the beach, she loved good music, and she especially loved being a Pediatric Emergency Nurse at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital. That was until a tragic car accident took her life eight years ago at just 29 years old.

Through unimaginable grief, her family recognized that Bettina’s passion for helping others must continue. Thus, The Bettina Carroccetto Memorial Fund for Nursing Excellence was established. This fund was created to provide scholarships to St. Joseph’s Hospitals aspiring nurses, and later to fund equipment that assists the nursing team in serving the critical population of the pediatric emergency department. Recently, Bettina’s brother, Alfio, hosted a fundraiser in which proceeds allowed the foundation to purchase a vein viewer for our Steinbrenner Children’s Emergency and Trauma Center. This device helps our team find optimal vein insertion sites, even for our smallest patients.

Thank you to the Carroccetto family for continuing Bettina’s legendary passion for her patients and St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital.

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CHS Drives Knows it Takes a Village

Posted on June 22, 2018 by amoore

During the season of graduations and class reunions, people gather to celebrate milestones and reminisce with old friends. For a group of Chamberlain High School alumni, a yearly reunion has evolved into a mission to help sick and terminally ill children at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital.

It all started after discovering that a fellow CHS alum had a child, Noni, with special medical needs. When the group asked Noni how they could help, Noni responded selflessly “please raise money for Child Life and other St. Joe’s Kids.” In just a few short years, over $125,000 has been donated to St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital to provide distraction tools such as IPads, gaming stations, sensory toys, crib mobiles and adaptive board games as well as funds that support art, music and massage therapy and the Infusionarium.

Thank you to CHS Drives, its generous sponsors, donors, and volunteers. Because of your generous support, you have funded incredible things for St. Joe’s Kids.

Donors Geoff and Heather Gillon of The Pink Plumber

Posted on April 20, 2018 by amoore

Dealing with a life-changing experience can become a pivotal moment that drives you to make a difference. For Geoffrey Gillon, it was witnessing his mother undergo the effects of breast cancer, and the challenges presented to her and her family.

Thankfully, the breast cancer was detected early, giving Geoff’s mother’s physicians the opportunity to perform surgery and save her life. Understanding that early detection was key in his mother’s successful battle against breast cancer, Geoff and his wife, Heather, sought to encourage regular mammograms for the women in their community. Therefore, they focused their philanthropic efforts on breast cancer detection and research.

When their business, The Pink Plumber, with locations in Tampa Bay, Dallas, and Atlanta, wanted to continue their legacy of giving locally, they chose to support the Hinks and Elaine Shimberg Breast Center at St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital. After hearing that over 20,000 women trusted the Shimberg Breast Center for their breast health last year, they knew they were giving their charitable dollars to the right organization.

Thank you, Geoff and Heather, for your generous gift to St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital and for being champions in the fight against breast cancer!

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Rays’ Pitcher Blake Snell Gives and Games

Kids that do Good

Memorial Fund Turns Tragedy Into Healing

CHS Drives Knows it Takes a Village

Donors Geoff and Heather Gillon of The Pink Plumber