Help us Reach our Bold Fundraising Vision
This year, Walk for Children’s celebrates 10 years, representing a culmination of inspiring patient journeys and millions of dollars raised. Your fundraising, now more than ever, will help drive the groundbreaking research, innovative treatments, and exceptional care that transforms lives.
What Impact Can Your Fundraising Have?
UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation is leading its largest-ever fundraising campaign, This Moment: Put a Child’s Future First, which will raise $200 million for UPMC Children’s to revolutionize children’s health.
Dollars raised through Walk for Children’s support the greatest needs at UPMC Children’s, including support for the four fundraising pillars of This Moment:
- Clinical Excellence, like the new $65 million Heart Institute under construction
- Research Initiatives, like novel gene therapies for Type 1 diabetes, cancer, and inflammatory diseases
- Patient Experience, including Creative and Expressive Art Therapy, family support, social work, and outreach
- Community Health, including important initiatives like Behavioral Health, which has become a national epidemic
Register now and kick off your fundraising today!
Get Started Today
Set a bold fundraising goal on your personal Walk for Children’s fundraising page! Share this goal with friends, family, coworkers and neighbors. Before you know it, you’ll be well on your way to achieving your goal.
- Use our Fundraising Tools to get started today. There, you’ll find advice on setting goals, spreading the word, and getting donations.
- One of the easiest ways to get donations is by connecting your Walk fundraiser to Facebook. Your friends and family can donate to your team directly from Facebook!
- Speaking of Facebook, don’t forget to share on social media! Check out our Instagram and Facebook story templates to get your followers engaged in the action!
- Learn how we recognize our most committed fundraisers and challenge others to collect as many Fundraising Badges as you can!
Matching Gifts
Does Your Company Match Charitable Donations?
Many businesses and corporations match charitable gifts (and volunteer hours) made by their employees, retirees, and employee spouses’ dollar for dollar. To find out if your employer (or your spouse’s employer) is one of the 17,000 companies that match gifts, please use our search tool below, or contact your HR department to see if your company offers a matching gifts program.
Your matching contribution will be credited towards your fundraising goal once it has been received.
