Pleasure Guild of Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Founded by a determined group of women in 1892, Nationwide Children's Hospital began as a local charity to serve a dozen very ill children. Throughout the following century, this mission matured into a health care system that now spans the Midwest as one of its preferred providers of pediatric health care. Nationwide Children's today is ranked as one of the nation’s ten largest children’s hospitals and pediatric research centers.

Pleasure Guild is an organization of women committed to raising funds for Nationwide Children’s Hospital and traces its roots to the hospital’s beginnings. Pleasure Guild has raised over $3 million to aid in the mission at Nationwide Children’s. In addition to fundraising, Guild members staff a library cart at the Hospital five days a week and present a Safety and Awareness for Everyone program for pre-school aged children.
In recent years, the Guild’s contribution has gone to support the Hospice and Palliative Care Program of Nationwide. This Program cares for children for whom a cure is beyond reach. Program services focus on preparing children and families for anticipated death and managing the end stage of fatal conditions. Palliative care can be provided concurrently with some curative and life-prolonging treatments; it focuses on relieving pain and symptoms regardless of the impact on the disease process, coupled with psychosocial and spiritual support. The Program guides children and their families during this incredibly difficult and emotional time.

Our donation of $5000 will be directed to the Hospice and Palliative Care Program of Nationwide Children’s Hospital.

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