Miami Children’s Health Foundation is grateful for the opportunity to work with companies who repeatedly take their commitment to the next level by motivating the community and their employees to give back. Recently, our MCHF5K presenting sponsor, Citrix, did just that as its employees gathered on a Monday afternoon to participate in a service project for the patients and families of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.
The corporation, which focuses on developing software to make apps and data secure and easily accessible, reaches out to the community through its Corporate Giving Program. This time around, the program hosted a workshop where employees volunteered to assemble 500 care kits for patients of Nicklaus Children’s. The event was a complete success, as more than 60 employees signed up to set up the kits, which were made especially for newborns to 2-year-olds. The bags included socks, blankets, bibs and light-up bouncing balls, items to help make the patients’ stay at the hospital more comfortable. Employees also wrote notes to the patients and their parents as a way to wish them well and offer support while our moving Patient of the Month testimonials played in the background.
“We are so proud to support and give back to the kids at Nicklaus Children’s,” said Jo Moskowitz, director of corporate citizenship at Citrix. “Nothing else in the world compares to the feeling of fighting for and supporting a cause that is greater than yourself.” Thank you to Citrix and its team for their incredible support!
About Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Where Children Matter Most (2024)
Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is South
Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with approximately
850 attending physicians, including more than 500 pediatric subspecialists. The 307-bed
hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with many specialty programs
routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. The
hospital is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern
United States and since 2003 has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing
Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession’s most prestigious institutional
honor. For more information, please visit www.nicklauschildrens.org.