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For many children with debilitating diseases, research breakthroughs may be their families’ single greatest hope. Children’s Hospital Colorado is pioneering new treatments and cures to eradicate childhood diseases and transform pediatric medicine — giving all kids a chance at a healthier future.

Every year, the community nominates patients to serve as Children’s Hospital Colorado Patient Ambassadors. The 17 children selected for this honor in 2019 have displayed extraordinary strength and perseverance in the face of tremendous medical challenges.

We are thrilled to announce that generous donors like you have given more than $423 million to Courage is…The Campaign to Transform Children’s Health, exceeding the Campaign’s $400 million fundraising goal, the most ambitious in the history of Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Imagine if doctors could 3D print the damaged components of a patient’s heart — making valves, ventricles, even the entire organ — and then literally bring those parts to life by infusing them with the child’s own healthy stem cells.

Katie Caldwell-Burchett lives about 250 miles from Children’s Hospital Colorado in Rawlins, Wyoming. So when her daughter, Olivia, was diagnosed with a brain tumor at 4 months old, it was not easy to access the expert pediatric care her baby needed. The family spent countless hours in the car travelling to Children’s Colorado for treatment, right up until Olivia passed away in October of 2013.