QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER

Summit attendees seated around a table, looking at camera and smiling.

160 community-based experts join Lurie Children's for our inaugural Social Influencers of Child Health Summit

The summit zeroed in on the profound impacts of poverty on child and adolescent health.

Hope and Courage Award recipients, Jamarion O'Connor and Jordan Campbell, smile and pose with their certificates.

Honoring the recipients of the 2023 Hope & Courage Awards

The 2023 Award recipients were youth leader Jamarion O'Connor, community advocate Jordan Campbell (both pictured above), and government leader Robyn Gabel.

Lurie Children's employee holding up bags of produce and smiling while at the food pantry.

Recognizing our Invaluable Community Volunteers

Community volunteers come out with smiles on their faces, ready to serve. Many shared that seeing the families and the direct impact of the work they are doing was the most meaningful part of the experience for them.

Jacinta Staples, Rafael Lopez, Senator Dick Durbin, Drs. Mariana Glusman, Karen Sheehan and Tom Shanley smiling together in front of the new mobile health unit.

Unveiling our New Mobile Health Unit

Senator Dick Durbin and renowned artist Rafael Lopez, along with other community partners, joined Lurie Children's leaders in unveiling our new mobile unit, which is equipped with running water, bathroom facilities, a wheelchair ramp, internet access, multiple clinic rooms and other enhanced features. The larger mobile unit will allow providers to serve more patients and increase the type of clinical services offered.

Free Gun Locks Available to Organizations in Illinois for Distribution — Pediatricians are Encouraged to Order

As part of Together for a Safer Illinois efforts to save lives and reduce firearm related injuries, clinicians can now order free cable gun locks through a simple request form. Provided through a partnership between the Illinois Department of Public Health's Violence and Injury Prevention Section and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, these gun locks are free and can be distributed to families of patients at your clinic. To learn more about this initiative, email dph.safety@illinois.gov and visit ICAAP’s Firearm Violence page for additional resources and information.