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Dear John,
How can we serve more patients? How quickly can we get more resources to do it? How can we do more—much, much more?
These are the questions that have repeatedly crossed my mind over the past few weeks. Our goal at Children's Hospital Los Angeles is to make sure the physicians and nurses have the resources they need to help the children who need us most—without interruption, without delay.
In the midst of a global pandemic, these questions take on a sharp new urgency. Critical medical supplies are much harder to obtain. Parents are struggling to find childcare while schools are closed. The effect on our patient families is significant.
Our patients and their families are counting on us as they always have. But right now, the need is even greater—and even harder to meet. Can you help make sure we're there for them?
Please make an urgent donation to our recently created COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund by Thursday. An anonymous generous donor will match your gift of $10 or more, up to $75,000.
CHLA's doors have always been open to every child who needs care, regardless of their family's ability to pay. We wouldn't want it any other way—but now we're also contending with COVID-19, a growing pool of patients whose families have lost employment, and the increased challenge of keeping the medical team, patients and their families healthy.
The reality is that our patients, their families and our team members all need more from us than ever before. And we must be able to deliver. This crisis demands nothing less. That's why we've created the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund to help meet the increased need—and why I'm turning to you, as a member of our community, to help jump-start this fund with a gift to meet this unprecedented challenge.
John, we need you with us now more than ever. Please rush your gift today and help meet our goal of meeting the full match by Thursday at midnight.
Your support will help CHLA do even more to keep people safe and provide the critical care that our patients rely on. And thanks to the generous match from an anonymous generous donor, here's just some of what your donation will help provide:
- Additional technology to meet the increased need for telehealth and virtual care
- More personal protective equipment (PPE) to help our medical providers stay healthy
- Additional supplies and increased housekeeping to keep our vulnerable patients, their families and our team members safe
- Isolation-ready areas to keep COVID-19 patients separate from other patients and families
CHLA is a nonprofit hospital, and it's up to people like you to ensure that we can continue to provide compassionate care, life changing cures and groundbreaking research to every child in our community—in this critical moment, and all year long.
Please give now to the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. Your gift of $10 or more will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $75,000.
Wishing good health to you and yours. And, on behalf of all of us at CHLA, thank you so much for your generous support, today and always.
Sincerely,
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Alexandra Carter, MBA, CFRE
Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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P.S. I know this crisis has created unprecedented challenges for many of us. If you're not able to help with a donation today, click here to see other ways you can help.
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