The CHaD HERO community is like no other. Because of the dedication of every runner, walker, volunteer, sponsor, and donor, our team at Dartmouth Health Children’s is able to provide life-saving and life-changing services to those who need it most.
Olive Isaacs, director of CHaD community fundraising eventsNearly 2,000 participants, sponsors and donors descended on the Dartmouth Green in Hanover on Sunday, October 9, for the first large-scale and in-person CHaD HERO since before COVID-19. The 17th annual event provides funding for critical child and family support services at the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD) and throughout the Dartmouth Health Children’s system.
“The CHaD HERO community is like no other. Because of the dedication of every runner, walker, volunteer, sponsor, and donor, our team at Dartmouth Health Children’s is able to provide life-saving and life-changing services to those who need it most,” said Olive Isaacs, director of CHaD community fundraising events. “We were thrilled to be back in-person and honored to have the support of so many heroes.”
Since its inception, the CHaD HERO has raised more than $8.5 million to support children and families at Dartmouth Health Children’s who receive expert, compassionate care and benefit from the latest discoveries in child health research.
Fundraising efforts are ongoing, for more information visit: CHaDHERO.org.
About Dartmouth Health Children's
Dartmouth Health Children's is the only comprehensive pediatric healthcare system in the region. Fully integrated in Dartmouth Health and anchored for more than 30 years by Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD)—in Lebanon, NH—Dartmouth Health Children's promotes health, advances knowledge, and delivers the best patient and family-centered care for infants, children, and adolescents across New Hampshire and Vermont. Dartmouth Health Children's conducts groundbreaking research and educates the next generations of health professionals as the primary pediatric partner of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Highly skilled and collaborative child health professionals provide care in multiple settings across the region. Outpatient specialty visits and same-day surgery services are available at Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD) and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester. Primary care appointments in general pediatrics are available at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics in Bedford, Concord, Lebanon, Manchester and Nashua, NH and Bennington, VT; as well as at Dartmouth Health members: Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Cheshire Medical Center, New London Hospital and Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center.