The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital is celebrating its Golden Jubilee and 50 years of community service.
The Women’s Board raises awareness and funds for Wolfson Children’s Hospital — the only dedicated children’s inpatient health care facility in the region — and supports its mission to provide the highest quality of advanced pediatric health care regardless of ability to pay. Since 1973, The Women’s Board has raised more than $35 million in support of Wolfson Children’s Hospital. Two annual fundraisers, The Winter Design Show and Florida Forum speaker series, enable the board to donate more than $1 million a year to Wolfson.
This year marks a new beginning for The Winter Design Show, a reimagining of the Art & Antiques Show of years past. The Winter Design Show: Flaunting the First Coast will feature the work of top designers, artists and antiques. There will be special guest speakers, including TV personality Ty Pennington, and a Children’s Fashion Show featuring current and former Wolfson patients. The show runs Dec. 2-4 at the Prime Osborn Convention Center.
The Florida Forum speaker series returns with the world’s most decorated track and field athlete, Allyson Felix, on Jan. 18. Since 1992 the Florida Forum has been honored to host renowned speakers from across the world.
The Women’s Board is in its final year of a $4 million pledge to endow programs, services and equipment for the state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Center inside the newly opened Borowy Family Critical Care Tower at Wolfson Children’s Hospital. The Women’s Board is also beginning a campaign to raise $1.5 million for a new neonatal and pediatric critical care transport ambulance.
Please join The Women’s Board in supporting Wolfson Children’s Hospital to ensure the best health care for every child who comes through the hospital’s doors.
Guest columnist, Robin Albaneze, president, The Women’s Board of Wolfson Children’s Hospital