Launching the public phase of the $16.7 million Make Room for Kids capital campaign for Connecticut Children’s Medical Center are President and CEO Larry M. Gold at left, along with five past chairmen of the board of directors including: John Hincks, Marty Gavin, Dan Anthony, Lon Smith, and John Stout, chair of the Foundation board. At right is current board chairman, Edward Lewis.
 

$8.35 MILLION RAISED IN “MAKE ROOM FOR KIDS” CAMPAIGN FOR CONNECTICUT CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER

HARTFORD – With $8.35 million raised to date Connecticut Children’s Medical Center President and CEO Larry M. Gold announces that the Make Room for Kids capital fundraising campaign is at the halfway point and the public fundraising phase is underway.

Gold said funds raised to date in the $16.7 million Make Room for Kids campaign are already transforming CCMC. “Construction projects funded by Make Room for Kids are enhancing our capacity to care for critically ill and traumatically injured children thanks to a 50% expansion of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Six new beds in the PICU ease a chronic shortage of beds for children needing intensive care,” Gold said. The project also funded new equipment, new Family Sleep Rooms, a Chapel and a Family Lounge for the PICU.

In Radiology, a $3.5 million expansion has provided new diagnostic capability with a new CT Scanner and a new Magnetic Resonance Imager.

“As a not-for-profit organization it is only through this kind of generous fundraising support that we are able to upgrade our facilities and equipment to help make kids better,” Gold said.

Still on the drawing boards awaiting approval from the state Office of Health Care Access are plans for a 25% expansion of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to add six more beds. Next to come pending state approval is a proposed $7 million expansion for a new Day Surgery Center, new operating rooms for Minimally Invasive Surgery and doubling the size of pre-operative and post anesthesia recovery units. “This will be our largest and most visible expansion yet, and will build out onto the second floor roof on the Washington Street side of the building,” Gold explained.

Make Room for Kids Supporters

Abrahms Corporation
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond N. Agard
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Angelo
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. J. Danford Anthony
The Anthony Advocate Foundation
Anthony and Betty Autorino
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bailey
Dr. and Mrs. Leonard I. Banco
The Barden Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm E. Berman
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Bloom
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Boisvert, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Craig C. Bonanni
Debra and Keith Campagna
Dr. Antoinetta M. Capriglione
Charles and Linda Castiglione
CCMC Auxiliary
Dr. and Mrs. Leon Chameides
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cohen, Esq.
Connecticut Club Managers Association
Connecticut Elks Association
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Connolly
Mr. and Mrs. R. Cornelius Danaher, Jr.
Aldo DeDominicis Foundation, Inc.
The Diebold Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Dussol
Paul and Sheila Dworkin
The Edgemer Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Elliot
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Engelson
The Fairbanks and Healer Families
Fote, Lavalette & Schwab, M.D.S., LLC
Mr. and Mrs. E. Clayton Gengras, III
George A. and Grace Long Foundation
Mr. Joseph Glasser
Larry M. Gold and Pamela Scott
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. David Hadden
The Hartford
Hartford Anesthesiology Associates, Inc.
Hartford Foundation For Public Giving
Hartford Pathology Associates, P.C.
Mr. Charles E. Heilig, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. William B. Henry
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hernandez, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Victor C. Herson
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Hight
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Hoffman
The Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation, Inc.
Jeffrey S. Hyams, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Theodore Jacobs
Dr. Robin S. Jacobson
Jefferson X-Ray Group Inc.
Dr. Edward S. Johnson
Reverend Joseph F. Keough
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Konover
Konover & Associates, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Krause
Betty-Lou, Bob and Brian Kullas
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher LaCroix
Landmark Partners, Inc.
Carol R. Leicher, MD and David R. Hatch, MD
Dr. Harris B. Leopold and Dr. Jodi M. Leopold
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Lipton
Mr. and Mrs. H. Mark Lunenburg
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas H. MacGilpin
Main Street Community Foundation Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Malecki
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Manafort, Jr.
Tom and Michelle Marra
Max Restaurant Group
Mr. and Mrs. John McGrath
Mr. and Mrs. William J. McGurk
Dr. and Mrs. Paul R. Mitchell
Barbara and Brian Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. John Davis Murphy
The James H. Napier Foundation
Katherine O. and William A. Nixon
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Oakes
Ms. Lyn Oliva
Mr. and Mrs. William Peelle
The Perkins Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Pfaff
Dr. and Mrs. John Pitegoff
Mr. Paul S. Polo, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Millard H. Pryor, Jr.
Michael and Elizabeth Reilly
Mr. Peter M. Robinson
Robinson & Cole, L.L.P.
The Rogow Greenberg Foundation, Inc.
The Vernon D. and Florence E. Roosa Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Rosario
Mr. and Mrs. Marc S. Ryan
Anne and Robert Sargent
Dr. Jeffrey A. Sawyer
Dr. Scott R. Schoem and Ms. Rachel S. Garron
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Shanfield
Mr. and Mrs. Barry W. Siepmann
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Sills
Mr. and Mrs. Lon A. Smith
Lynda B. Smith, Ph.D. and Merle J. Smith, Jr. Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm S. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Talcott Stanley
Mrs. Frances S. Stout
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Stout
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Sugarman
The Systems Group
Mrs. Frank Tchitcherine
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Tonnessen
Travelers Foundation
Ms. Kerry Tyler
U.S. Trust Company of Connecticut
Weinerman Foundation, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Weiss
Dr. and Mrs. Leslie Wolkoff
Mr. and Mrs. Dana J. Wright
Mrs. Annette Yush
Mr. and Mrs. David K. Zwiener