La Rabida Children's Hospital

09/09/2025

We shifted into gear with The NASCAR Foundation & NASCARChicago who came to celebrate National Teddy Bear day and gifted our patients these plush Speedy Bears. Our families made a pitstop to take a photo with an actual NASCAR Chicago Pace Car outside our outpatient clinic! We appreciate the organization's generosity through its Speedy Bear Brigade program. 🏁 🏎️ 🧸💙 💛 ⛵

08/29/2025

You’re looking at a group of passionate professionals, who are ready to make an impact on our mission.

We’re excited to have new faces aboard our Corporate Advisory Board (CAB). Please join us in welcoming Dayton Calhoun, Aubry Mayberry, Melad Qodsi, Grechen Sherwood, Kelly Cronin, Caroline Flahert, Leslie Buckner, Collette Duffy, Yvonne Redmond, BriAnn Whitfield, Jenna King, and Zoe Saphir to our La Rabida family.

Read more about CAB, https://larabida.org/cab/ or contact Anne Mullen, amullen@larabida.org

08/27/2025

Howdy from LaRaPalooza 2025! Our campus is the perfect backdrop for our annual employee picnic! We served up a BBQ lunch with Lake Michigan views and turned up the fun with Boots on the Ground moves... 🎶 🎸

Our staff demonstrates excellence in pediatric care every day. Thank you to our La Rabida family, who make our hospital a safe and special place for our patients, family, and community. We tip our hats to you! 🤠

A special shout out to our Graphic Design extraordinaire, Cheyanne D., who won our La Rabida Heart of the Year Award!💙 💛 ⛵ 💫

08/25/2025

The start of a new school year is such an exciting time! We’re grateful to be part of the back-to-school events preparing our community for another year of learning and experiences. Thanks to Lamont J. Robinson who hosted a back-to-school resource fair. We are proud to provide access to high quality health care to our families.

08/24/2025

Thank you Grainger for the bag of cheer! Our kiddos smiled ear to ear reading the handwritten notes and had fun with the arts and crafts, too.

08/22/2025

Caring for a child with diabetes is a big job but you don’t have to do it alone. On September 16, we’re teaming up with Breakthrough T1D Illinois to share important tools and resources to support kids and families like how to monitor glucose, the psychology of diabetes, and school-based care and rights.. Register: https://www.breakthrought1d.org/illinois/events/the-basics-of-managing-diabetes-in-kids-for-the-non-medical-care-giver/

08/19/2025

School is in session. These safari Rangers explored our Outpatient clinic and had a roaring time! Thank you to our families who came to our Back to School Bash to kick off the school year! This celebration wouldn’t have been as fun without the great music by Okyne Medialab, Inc., tasty food by Blue Plate Chicago facepainting by Lazuli Partyand Lubica's Fun Face Painting and ge**er + scarpelli Photography taking these picture-perfect moments and perfectly timed moments with the ShutterBooth Chicago ! Thank you Shannon Gail Events for planning we had a blast!

08/15/2025

We met so many super start students, and some of those were familiar faces during State Representative Kam Buckner Back to School Event at Ellis Park Thursday afternoon. Thanks to everyone who stopped by to talk with Amy Lulich, Business Development & Mary Krause, Annual Giving Manager about La Rabida, we hope you learned more about our mission! 💛 💙 ⛵ 😎

Commissioner Bill Lowry, Cook County - 3rd District Senator Robert Peters IL State Representative Kim du Buclet - 5th Precious Brady-Davis

08/13/2025

Makale is one of our patients at La Rabida. He’s one of hundreds of kids we’ve helped from the exam room to the classroom. In the August edition of Currents, read Makale’s story and ways we support our patients to achieve their goals at school. ⛵ 🏫👇 https://larabida.org/from-the-exam-room-to-the-classroom/

08/12/2025

Sir Carter gets a first down on his first birthday! We want to wish Sir Carter a happy birthday! 🏈 🤩 💙 💛 🎉 🥳 🎂

His care team, Sydney P., Physical Therapist, Lisa C., Infant Development Specialist, Charles B., Respiratory Therapist, and Jaclyn D., Speech Language Pathologist, all huddled up to support Sir Carter for his big day.

He’s been working so hard, and he did it! Sir Carter not only started using his speaking valve for the first time, but he also celebrated with his first bites of a cupcake! We are so grateful to host the football-themed festivities with family by his side.

08/09/2025

08/09/2025

We are always finding ways to show up for our community, and today, we did just that! We had our La Rabida float in the Bud Billiken Parade! We’re proud sponsors of this celebration representing the historic roots in the South Side of Chicago. Sail over to our table at the post-parade Family Festival in Washington Park. We will be there to talk about our services, and the ways we care for and support the kids of our community.