Eliana's Light makes financial and in-kind contributions to support the development of an integrative care services division at Children's National while raising awareness and understanding on the importance of whole health and integrative care services.
For example, Eliana's Light serves on the Community Advisory Committee for the Clinical & Translational Science Institute -- a research partnership between Children's National Hospital and The George Washington University -- and the Parent Advisory Board for Palliative Care after having served for 4 years also on the Planning Committee for the annual Race for Every Child. Over the past three years since its launch, Eliana's Light has given more than $12,000 towards the development of more and a wider range of integrative care services for patients and their caregivers; hundreds of Valentine's Day cards for kids and cookies for caregivers so every child who was in the hospital over Valentine's Day received a card and every caregiver a cookie; hundreds of gift bags for moms and dads so each mom who’s at the hospital over Mother's Day and each dad who’s at the hospital over Father's Day to care for their child receives a gift bag of self-care items and gift certificates; and tailored gift bags to patients and their families who apply for support through our website. We welcome and have received referrals from hospital staff to families the staff think may be interested in applying for support from Eliana's Light. The hospital's Executive Leadership is committed to integrative care and is working in a multi-disciplinary and results-driven way to organize a structure that coordinates, prioritizes, tracks, and funds integrative care services.
