August 2, 2022

Do you know a child, aged 7 to 11, who would love to perform on the field at NRG Stadium with the Houston Texans Cheerleaders? Register them now for Junior Cheerleaders presented by Texas Children’s Hospital! Our Junior Cheerleaders have the chance to perform during the pregame of the Texans vs. Titans game on Oct. 30. Spots will fill fast, register today!

Price
$199 per Junior Cheerleader

Experience Details

  • Official 2022 Junior Cheerleaders uniform, hair bow and poms
  • Opportunity to perform with Houston Texans Cheerleaders on the field of NRG Stadium
  • (1) FREE game ticket per Junior Cheerleader
  • Customized T-Shirt to wear during rehearsal
  • Rehearsal practice with Houston Texans Cheerleaders
  • Meal voucher available for use on Oct. 30 game day
  • 10% discount to the Houston Texans Team Shop the night of rehearsal

Registration Link
https://www.houstontexans.com/cheerleaders/junior-cheer

April 22, 2022

It’s time to get your kids off their screens and on their feet! Registration is now open for the seventh annual Houston Texans Kids Triathlon, presented by Texas Children’s Hospital and coming to Typhoon Texas Waterpark on Saturday, April 23, and Sunday, April 24.

Follow this link to sign up for the race. You can even receive a discount on each registration as a Texas Children’s employee!

As the largest kids triathlon in the world, the Houston Texans Kids Triathlon is a sell-out each year with races for children of all ages and skill levels. Each morning will include friendly competition and appearances from the Texans’ special guests, followed by an afternoon of fun with a free waterpark pass for every participating child.

Kids aged 6-10 years old can participate in the Short Course that includes a 125-meter swim, 2-mile bike ride and 1-mile run. Kids aged 11-17 years old can take part in the Long Course, which includes a 225-meter swim, 4-mile bike ride and 2-mile run.

As the official children’s hospital of the Houston Texans, Texas Children’s is partnering with the Texans to build a community of healthy children. Together, our organizations are inspiring kids to be active and healthy while having fun and learning life skills like teamwork and discipline.

To learn more about the Houston Texans Kids Triathlon and our partnership with the team, click here.

March 16, 2022

Every day, thousands of babies are born too soon, too small and often very sick. The mission of March of Dimes is to improve the health of mothers and babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality.

We can change that!

We encourage every Department to form a team to walk, celebrate and raise money and awareness. Let’s come together to fight for the health of moms and babies, and serve our community in true Texas Children’s style!

This year’s Live MARCH for BABIES walk is Sunday April 24, 2022

March for Babies energizes people nationwide to unite, connect and fight for the health of every family. As we race to the event, our amazing MOD Team Captains will be planning some fun fundraising events (within our socially distancing guidelines of course). If you’re not yet part of a Texas Children’s Team, please join one of our teams here.

Team captains can access materials at the Team Captain Self Serve Depot in the Pavilion for Women administrative suite on Legacy Tower 3.

Ready to participate?

Online registration is as quick and easy as the Texas Two Step.

Step 1:

Register with the MOD. This is free and allows your teams to be seen together and use social media to fundraise!

  • Register online with your TCH March of Dimes Team: https://www.marchforbabies.org/Registration/Jointeam? Put in “TCH” and search for your team name.
  • Share your TCH team with family and friends and social media!
  • Or, simply make a secure donation to any TCH team via the MOD site.

Step 2:
Use our TCH Payroll Deduction Form to register for our TCH March for Babies event. Registration includes your TCH T-SHIRT and our MOD walk party!

  • Complete the Texas Children’s Hospital’s Payroll Deduction form to register
  • Blue Jeans for Babies (BJB) for March and April: $20 a month to wear work appropriate blue jeans to support MOD every Friday
  • Once registered for BJB, please print your receipt to receive your 2022 Blue Jeans for Babies button from your Team Captain
  • Online registration for our March for Babies Houston event: $25 for your TCH T-Shirt, event day activities, and lunch.
  • Online registration for our March for Babies Montgomery/Ft. Bend event: $20 for your TCH T-Shirt and event day activities.
  • Or, simply make a donation via the TCH Payroll Deduction process

Thank you for your participation. We look forward to seeing you on Live Walk Day!

February 17, 2022

After two significant concussions caused him lasting sensory deprivations, U.S. Olympic ice dancer and 2022 Winter Games competitor Jean-Luc Baker traveled from his training center in Montreal, Canada, to receive a full-body assessment at Texas Children’s Hospital.

Texas Children’s is a Team USA National Medical Center and the Official Pediatric Medicine Provider for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC). That means we’re caring for the dream with our sports medicine and orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, dietitians and psychologists at the ready throughout their journeys from the “playground to the podium.”

“We are honored to provide comprehensive care across the entire medical spectrum for elite athletes through our relationship with the USOPC,” said Dr. Jeffrey Shilt, Vice Chair of Surgery-Community at Texas Children’s, Pediatric Sports Medicine Liaison to the USOPC and Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board for USA Cycling.

Baker went through 3-4 days of comprehensive testing at The Woodlands with at least a dozen highly specialized physicians, dietitians and other Sports Medicine providers to understand the source of his sensory issues and develop a tailored treatment plan to keep him at the top of his game.

“It was one of the most intense experiences of my life, but in the best way possible,” said Baker, 28, who finished 11th in ice dancing in Beijing. “Texas Children’s Hospital really helped me have a significantly better understanding of my body and how to fine-tune it to be the best athlete I can possibly be.”

The Woodlands campus is home to the Motion Analysis and Human Performance Laboratory, where athletes enjoy the support of a team of physicians, therapists, biomechanists and exercise physiologists to analyze their movement patterns, muscle activation and force generation en route to better health.

As pediatric providers often bring a unique perspective to caring for congenital conditions because of their extensive experience treating them through a patient’s childhood and teenage years, Texas Children’s also has a specialist from the renowned Adult Congenital Heart Program supporting the USOPC.

And at the Pavilion for Women, specialized providers are caring for the growing number of female athletes ranging from amateur to world-class. Under the leadership of Dr. Chimsom T. Oleka and Dr. Sara Arian, a team of women’s health experts provide comprehensive reproductive and medical care to female athletes of all ages, throughout all stages of their reproductive years – meeting the medical, psychological and athletic needs of females from birth and beyond.

January 12, 2022

On December 30, Texas Children’s patients were transported in the comfort of their rooms to the world of Encanto! The Child Life, Patient Experience and Biomed teams collaborated to make this special movie premiere a reality. Here’s how.

The idea for the event was sparked in late summer, during Pixar Week – when all of the Pixar movies are promoted as a way for fans to connect online and relive their favorites. This special week is part of Texas Children’s partnership with Starlight and Disney to televise Disney Plus content on CCTV. The three teams’ desire for our young patients to experience the excitement around newly released movies as well as regular content got them thinking about how to make that possible.

Patient and Family Services Director Katie Kalenda Daggett worked with Disney Studios to secure permission for Texas Children’s to premiere the next new Pixar movie coming out – Encanto – on the CCTV network in patient rooms. This started the ball rolling for the three teams to put together the big event! Also, “this first-time agreement with Disney to show one of the movies for a special event in addition to bedside and in activity/playrooms is something we hope to be able to do more of in the future,” said event lead, Child Life Services Gaming Activity Coordinator Marty McMahon.

The teams were innovative on how to create a community environment where each patient would have the opportunity to “be a kid” and socialize. According to McMahon, “A ton of work went into bringing this premiere to life for patients…we made a true production of everything leading up to premiere day, with songs produced by the Music Therapy team for weekly Music group, and flyers designed and printed for day-of distribution to patients with a summary about the movie and show times.”

Premiere day featured hand-delivered Encanto-themed toys and four showings throughout the day, in patient rooms, two in English and two in Spanish, with subtitles for both.

“This was a really fun day for all, and good way to connect in a collective way,” said Child Life Services Manager Kari Lown. “It was a real perk to provide real-time Disney magic in the way of this movie so that our patients could participate in one of the latest trends and all of the excitement about Encanto at the same time as their families and everyone else in the world,” she added.

November 18, 2021

With a beautiful backdrop of sunshine, Texas Children’s hosted a special private luncheon for patients, their families and employees on the 18th green at Memorial Park during the Wednesday Pro-Am of the Houston Open.

As part of a new three-year commitment as a Community-Partner sponsor for the PGA Tour stop, Texas Children’s also served as a Gate Day sponsor on Saturday and sponsor of the Houston Open Family Fun Zone, which included games and activities for children.

“All of us at Texas Children’s are honored and excited to be a part of the Houston Open,” said Mark A. Wallace, Texas Children’s President and CEO. “We are so proud of our partnership with the Astros Golf Foundation, and thank Jim (Crane) and his phenomenal team for putting together a wonderful event to keep this historic tradition alive for our community.”

The sponsorship provided plenty of signage and branding, as well as participation in the Wednesday Pro-Am where our very own Dr. Jim Versalovic, Matt Girotto, Trent Johnson and Dan Gollins took home the afternoon tournament. Way to go gentlemen! While the experience alone was reward enough, they each took home an Astros jersey with the Houston Open logo signed by Jim Crane.

The 2021 Houston Open was the third hosted and operated by the Astros Golf Foundation, which was formed in 2018 after Jim Crane agreed to take control of the long-standing tournament.

Through this sponsorship, Texas Children’s continued its support in the Houston community, raised money for local charities and showcased our expertise as national leaders in keeping families healthy, happy and growing.

November 2, 2021

Texas Children’s affirmed its Global Health partnership with the Republic of Botswana and praised our mutual commitment to children and families during a recent visit from President Mokgweetsi Masisi and a delegation of Botswanan leaders.

Texas Children’s, Botswana-Baylor Children’s Clinical Centre of Excellence Trust and Baylor College of Medicine operate through a public-private partnership with the government of Botswana. Launched in 2003, the Trust established the first pediatric HIV/AIDS Center of Excellence in Africa at Princess Marina Hospital in the capital city of Gaborone.

Today, it provides more than 7,500 children, adolescents and families with state-of-the-art pediatric HIV, oncology and blood disorder care and treatment at no cost. The program also builds the capacity of local health care workers through trainings in emergency medicine and critical care.

“We’ve accomplished so much more than I could have ever imagined,” said Texas Children’s President and CEO Mark A. Wallace, who hosted the Botswana delegation and extended a warm welcome upon their arrival in late September.

President Masisi and a delegation last traveled to Texas Children’s in 2018 – well before the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

“We see this partnership growing from strength to strength and continuously benefiting the most vulnerable in Botswana,” said President Masisi regarding this visit. “Together we can improve the health care service delivery in Botswana and the region.”

Mr. Wallace noted that Texas Children’s was able to donate supplies and personal protective equipment to Botswana during the pandemic, and expressed excitement about expanding our partnership and work in the southern African nation for generations to come.

“We simply could not have asked for a better partner,” Mr. Wallace said. “From day one, you’ve trusted us to serve your country’s children and provide the same care we give to patients here at Texas Children’s. We do this because every child we serve in Botswana is a patient of Texas Children’s Hospital.”

Dr. Mogomotsi Matshaba, executive director of the Botswana Baylor Trust, visited Texas Children’s alongside President Masisi.

OB/GYN-in-Chief Dr. Michael Belfort, Surgeon-in-Chief Dr. Larry Hollier, Pathologist-in-Chief Dr. James Versalovic and Co-Directors of Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development – Dr. Peter Hotez and Dr. Maria Elena Bottazzi – also participated.