Celebration of Strength

From the jarring experience of a first throat culture, to the drawn-out slog of chemotherapy – our patients endure experiences that demand courage beyond their years. 

Celebration of Strength is about creating rituals that acknowledge those moments where a child’s inner champion shines through. It calls for us to tend to the state of their spirits, to inspire courage, to promote their will to be well and to show our admiration for the hero they are.

A Dose of Fun

We know that what makes kids smile can also help them heal. Sometimes playing or dancing is the best medicine we can offer.

Administering A Dose of Fun means delivering an experience that families look forward to, giving parents an opportunity to shake off the stress, and patients a chance to remember what it’s like to be a kid again.

Empowering Perspective

The phrase “knowledge is power” is never more true than in the field of health. For students pursuing a command of medicine, researchers confronting the unknown and parents experiencing a paralyzing sense of helplessness.

Empowering Perspective calls us to be a leading resource for our community’s pediatric practices. It’s an understanding that our goal in educating is helping people gain power in areas where they were previously helpless. Whether assisting fellow physicians or helping moms and dads take back the reins of their lives, we use knowledge to nurture the champion inside of everyone we serve.

Family That Fights for You

As health care grows increasingly complex, patient experiences become cold and chaotic. Families are forced to navigate unfamiliar processes, coordinate appointments and fend for themselves in the fight for their kid’s health.

A Family That Fights for You requires us to act with uncompromising empathy, as if every kid were our very own. We champion the needs of our families against the challenges of our industry, easing their burden and ensuring them that they’re not alone.

Healing Connections

Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU lives on a fault line. Between illness and wellness, rich and poor, between people who need support and those compelled to give it. Building bridges across these gaps is something we are uniquely positioned to do.

Healing connections forces us to confront the broken elements of our experience and fix them for good. It pushes us to play a bigger part in connecting families with those who can provide support through shared experiences. It inspires us to ask how a community fractured by race, class and culture, can come together to rally around its children.

Compassionately Candid

We hold hands. We dry tears. But we don’t mince words, paper over our patient’s emotions or sugar coat the tough stuff. We embrace the journey, the trials, the challenges, because that’s what our families need from us. And doing so makes the triumphs all the sweeter.

Purposefully Playful

When it comes to children’s health, play is serious business. So we employ a strategic dose of levity to lift spirits and heal families in times of storm or stress.

Artfully Insightful

Educating a community as diverse as ours requires more than presenting information in black and white. You have to share colorful stories, and break complex concepts into compelling, kid-friendly bits. Sometimes it’s just as simple as letting our patients speak for themselves.

Unconditionally Confident

Our kids shine even in the most difficult circumstances, refusing to let their conditions compromise their can-do spirit. We reflect their brilliant resilience and beam it out for the world to see. We’re more than a cheerleader, we get in the game with our families to deliver the charge they need to overcome any odds.