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We understand that where your company invests its time, resources and energy is a big decision, and we know that when it comes to corporate philanthropy, one size doesn’t fit all. As one of the nation’s top-ranked children’s hospitals, Lurie Children’s provides customized and meaningful partnership opportunities—including unique year-round engagement—that achieve your business goals while making an impact on kids and families. There are many opportunities available to develop a unique and comprehensive partnership.
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As a nonprofit medical center, we rely on philanthropy to make advancements in care, invest in leading-edge research and support families. Through a partnership with Lurie Children’s, your company can help lead the way in pediatric healthcare and showcase your trust in our mission. From cause marketing to corporate giving to event sponsorship and employee engagement, we can help you find the best way to make the biggest impact.
Raise awareness while making an impact.
Raise awareness while making an impact by publicly aligning your brand with and raising funds for one of the top children’s hospitals in the nation. Cause marketing partnerships, including fundraising via point-of-sale, vendor/ business-to-business, and integrated marketing campaigns, can help enhance customer loyalty, drive sales and send a strong message that your company is dedicated to its local community.
Support our programs and research.
Lurie Children’s is home to unparalleled advancements in care and cutting-edge research that are helping provide a healthier future for every child. Through direct support of a Lurie Children’s program, your company can invest in our progress and drive innovation - helping to lead the way in pediatric healthcare and showcasing your trust in our mission.
Align your brand with our world-class events.
Lurie Children’s signature events provide opportunities to engage with employees, business partners and clients, as well as network with like-minded corporate leaders. Through a customized event marketing and engagement plan, your company will prominently align with Lurie Children’s and rally behind changing the future for kids.
Give employees the opportunity to change the future.
Nearly 90% of employees say their job is more fulfilling when provided opportunities to make positive social impact. Successful corporate philanthropy leverages the passions and interests of the company’s workforce. Employee giving campaigns, volunteerism and event participation are just a few of the ways your employees can actively engage with an interest and passion that broadly resonates with employees: children’s health.
Since 2001, Kohl's Corporation has committed nearly $13 million to Lurie Children’s through its national philanthropic program, Kohl’s Cares. Most recently, Kohl’s Cares continued its partnership with Lurie Children’s by granting $1.1 million over two years to develop a comprehensive multi-level health and wellness initiative focused on three Chicago communities: Englewood, Rogers Park and Pilsen. The initiative is being implemented by the Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC), a public health outreach program created by Lurie Children’s.
Making a positive impact in the community is engrained in the culture at C.H. Robinson, which has become one of Lurie Children’s most comprehensive partners. C.H. Robinson supports Lurie Children’s year-round through community event sponsorships and teams, programmatic support of family services, and custom in-hospital volunteer opportunities. Most notably, C.H. Robinson employees raise nearly $100,000 annually through fundraising activities within their office as well as support from the C.H. Robinson Foundation. From associates volunteering at events and emerging leaders’ positions on junior boards to leadership involvement on the Foundation’s Board of Directors, every level of C.H. Robinson rallies behind Lurie Children’s mission. In addition to supporting Lurie Children’s, see how C.H. Robinson gives back to more than 800 other non-profits in the community annually here.
During the challenging times presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, support from corporate partners have helped our hospital continue providing the quality and compassionate care our patients rely on, while also keeping staff and patient families safe. To learn how your company can support Lurie Children’s during COVID-19, email Corporate@LurieChildrens.org.
Here are a few examples of partners who have shown tremendous support for Lurie Children’s during this time.
We're grateful to our corporate leaders that help to make advances in care possible. Hyundai Hope on Wheels is one example of a company that has gone above and beyond in their support throughout the COVID-19 situation by providing a $100,000 gift and 5,000 test kits. This donation enabled Lurie Children’s to expand its COVID-19 testing drive-thru sites to better serve kids and families.
In response to the pressing and uncertainties created from the COVID-19 situation, a long-time partner of Lurie Children’s, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc., gifted Lurie Children’s a $50,000.00 grant to help address Lurie Children’s most pressing needs and priorities which will enable us to continue to focus on what matters most – treating our patients and families.
To help keep patients, families and staff at Lurie Children’s healthy and safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Panda Express donated 80,000 surgical masks to Lurie Children’s. Additionally, local Panda Express restaurants donated more than 100 meals to Lurie Children’s care teams working night shifts.
Speedway helped protect medical professionals on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic by donating 7,000 N95 masks and 3,000 surgical masks to Lurie Children’s to help provide protection when treating the youngest members of the community. The donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) is crucial to preventing the spread of COVID-19 to the Lurie Children’s care team and patients.
Marriott International and its hotel owners and franchisee partners launched the Community Caregiver Program, which provides significantly discounted rates for Lurie Children’s employees who want to book rooms at hotels in close proximity to the hospitals where they’re working.
For more information about how your company can partner with Lurie Children’s, reach out to corporate@luriechildrens.org.
