Adopt A Room sponsors
Read about some of our Adopt A Room sponsors.
Individual and family sponsors
The Calmenson family
Bob Calmenson lived decades longer than doctors predicted. But when he died at 60 in 2009, his life seemed far too short to family and friends. The spirit of Bob, and his father, Ben, who died at age 90 just 13 days before Bob died, will live forever in Ben & Bob’s Room. Learn more.
Brett and Deanna Favre
Football legend and former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre and his wife, Deanna, made a $200,000 gift to the Adopt A Room program through their Favre 4 Hope Foundation. Learn more.
The Friswold family
As a child, Barry Friswold spent a lot of time in the hospital — but not because he was sick. It was his sister Michelle who had leukemia. Parents Fred and Marie Friswold spent as much time as they could in the hospital with Michelle before she died in 1967 at age 4. But the hospital room was too cramped for the whole family to be together. After a family discussion, the Friswoldsfelt compelled to adopt a room and help families today weather tough times together. Learn more.
Nancy and John Lindahl
Nancy and John Lindahl support children’s health through the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital Adopt A Room program in memory of their first son. Learn more.
Rich and Mary Ostlund
As Rich and Mary Ostlund's three children grew up and went off to college, they suddenly had more time on their hands—and a bold idea. “We wanted to find two or three charities that we could give as much time to as [we gave to] our kids,” Rich says. As they got more involved at the University of Minnesota, they decided to sponsor an Adopt A Room to brighten ill children’s days and keep families together. Learn more.
Corporate sponsors
Cities 97
Cities 97 has committed to sponsor an Adopt A Room in the new University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital facility through sales of its popular Cities 97 Sampler, a compilation of live musical performances recorded at Cities 97’s Studio C throughout the year.
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings and head coach Leslie Frazier have announced a gift of $200,000 for the Minnesota Vikings Adopt A Room at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital. The Vikings will also donate $240,000 from the Vikings Children’s Fund (VCF) to the University's Department of Pediatrics for promising research to treat and cure childhood diseases. Learn more.
Pediatric Home Service
Pediatric Home Service (PHS) committed to Adopt A Room at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital in July 2010. PHS is an independent pediatric homecare company that provides home-based health care services—respiratory therapy, infusion therapy, pharmacy, private duty nursing service, in-home asthma management, and support services—to technology-supported children. PHS recognizes and understands the different needs of infants, children, and adolescents and ensures continuity of care by working together with health care professionals, payers, and family caregivers.
WCCO Radio
Proceeds from Dave Lee’s Gutter Bowl, presented by WCCO Radio, have helped to fund the WCCO Adopt A Room at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital.
Sponsor an Adopt A Room
Each Adopt A Room is available for sponsorship by an individual or company as a significant way to honor an individual, organization, family, or group. Gifts to Adopt A Room will equip and enhance patient rooms today for revolutionary comfort and care and sustain those rooms for decades to come.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Patty at 612-625-6136 or adoptaroom@mmf.umn.edu.
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