An additional donation of $500 was made to Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital @hassenfeldchildrenshospital from our funds raised from the BlueLine Deli x TCBF Fundraiser.

Our donation will go on to support the animal therapy visits at Hassenfeld. The child life team works hand in hand with volunteer services to coordinate the visits with the Good Dog Foundation @gooddogtherapy

Our donation will aid in the visits that are currently being taken place at a regular basis including:

4 dogs in the inpatient pediatric units across HCH and NYULH
2 dogs in the outpatient Fink Children’s Ambulatory Care Center
1 dog in the outpatient Stephen D. Hassenfeld Children’s Center for Cancer & Blood Disorders

Thank you to Melissa DeCesare, Director of Development at NYU Langone for helping us through this process and getting our donation to the right place!

Both LeeAnn and Chloe’s love for all animals was the reasoning behind the choice to support the animal therapy programs in these children’s hospitals. I know the love, adoration and support of their own animals made a difference in their lives.

Again, thank you so much to everyone involved in this fundraiser and for @bluelinedeli for choosing us as the recipient! We are forever grateful! 

 Thank you to Melissa DeCesare, Director of Development at NYU Langone Health, and the child life team at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital in Manhattan, NY for sending us this adorable photo of Gaston, the French bulldog, one of the animal therapy pet volunteers. Gaston is pictured here on the 7th floor of Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital after a day of doing his job at the hospital. (Chloe would LOVE the Beauty and the Beast reference in this volunteer’s name).