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Bring Health and Hope to Kids

Support OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital and help provide life-saving care so they can do what they do best: be kids.

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Your gift matters

OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital is able to make a difference in the lives of so many kids because generous, passionate donors make a difference through the power of giving. Support from donors provides life-saving care and treatment to kids from across Oregon and beyond when they need it most.

Doernbecher offers the region’s broadest range of pediatric treatments – to more children in more places than any other hospital in Oregon or southwest Washington. Your support makes this life-saving care possible.

Your support helps children like Hazel

Hazel has PCDH19-epilepsy, a rare genetic disorder characterized primarily by seizures with other symptoms including cognitive and developmental delays. With the support of her family and the staff at the Pediatric Epilepsy Center at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital — the only level 4 epilepsy center in the state of Oregon — she’s thriving. In the video above, hear from Colin Roberts, M.D., FAES, Director of the Doernbecher Childhood Epilepsy Program, about what makes the program unique.


Your gift can save lives

When you support OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, you’re helping kids like Sergio, Khovny and Zach. Get to know them and their families in these videos from Freestyle 21, and learn what drives these incredible young people.

Sergio holds his Freestyle shoes

“A hero always has your back and never leaves your side – just like my family.”

Khovny holds her Freestyle shoes

“My doctors are my heroes because they saved my life.”

Zach holds his Freestyle shoes

“A hero is someone who refuses to give up on you.”


Make a gift to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital — so that personalized, life-saving care is there when families need it most.

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Meet Rosie

Diagnosed shortly after birth with spina bifida, Rosie has faced numerous medical challenges, including eight surgeries—all of which she and her family navigated with the expertise and compassion of her care teams at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

Illustration of a tiny kid playing with marbles on a microscope, and another child reading a book below. By David Sims.
Kids need research just for them

Kids aren’t mini adults. Which means that research conducted on adults can’t just be shrunk down to fit children. Kids’ bodies and brains are still developing and growing — and because they have their entire lives ahead of them, it’s important to minimize the long-term effects of any new therapy or treatment. At Doernbecher, our researchers develop innovative treatments designed specifically to benefit our youngest patients.

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How your gift helps kids

We encourage our donors to make a gift to the “area of greatest need” at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. But what does that mean? When you give, your generosity is fueling support for life-saving care and breakthrough research to help kids. Your gift makes an impact.

Doernbecher Philanthropy Board

Meet the members of the board that drives fundraising strategy for Doernbecher.

Get in Touch

For more information on how you can make a difference for OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, please contact Sarah Larson, Assistant Vice President of Development.