September 2, 2025

Once again, businesses around Houston are joining forces with Texas Children’s Hospital to support the life-giving work of Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center during September. Throughout the month, vehicle dealerships, convenience stores and car washes will donate a portion of their proceeds to the Steering Hope campaign in honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. 

As an employee, you can support Texas Children’s Cancer Center when you buy, fill up or wash a vehicle at one of our supporting partners. More than 13 companies with 61 locations have agreed to donate a portion of their September sales to help us provide cancer care to children when and where it is needed most.

Car Dealerships:

Bayway Cadillac of The Woodlands

16785 I-45 Ste 101, The Woodlands, TX 77385

 

Bayway Cadillac Southwest

10150 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074

 

Bayway Chevrolet

5719 Broadway St, Pearland, TX 77581

 

Bayway Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram

4000 Pasadena Fwy, Pasadena, TX 77503

 

Bayway Lincoln

12333 Gulf Fwy, Houston, TX 77034

 

Bayshore Chrysler Jeep Dodge

5225 I-10 E, Baytown, TX 77521

 

Keating Toyota

4233 Del Bello Blvd, Manvel, TX 77578

 

Knapp Chevrolet

815 Houston Ave, Houston, TX 77007

 

West Houston Hyundai

16803 Katy Fwy, Houston, TX 77094

 

Winnie Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram

125 TX-124, Winnie, TX 77665

 

Wischnewsky Dodge

151 I-45, Huntsville, TX 77340

 

Car Washes:

Brite Brothers Express Car Wash (4 locations)
 

Gas Stations:

Honeywell Farms- ExxonMobil (46 locations) 

To learn more about the Texas Children’s Steering Hope campaign and to find a participating location, click here. 

 

A Berlin dressing can be a scary and sad reminder for patients who receive Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) treatment. Instead of a constant reminder of their illness, Patient Care Assistant Dana Celestine has turned these dressings into something fun for patients. 

In her free time, she creates personalized illustrations for every patient on VAD support. Currently, 11 patients have dressings changed at least weekly. She talks to the patients and families to understand the child’s interests, including cartoon animals, princesses and superheroes to create something special for each of them. 

“Dana has gone above and beyond to bring comfort and joy to our patients,” said VAD Coordinator Maria Iraheta Ortiz. “She creates the works of art at home with her own supplies and even brings them to the hospital on her day off. Her thoughtful gesture not only brightens the clinical environment but also brings smiles to patients and their families during what can be an extremely challenging time.”

Maria continued, “Her creativity, compassion and selfless commitment exemplify what it means to truly care. She reminds us all that small acts of kindness can make a big difference.” 

Dana has taken a routine part of their treatment and made it something special. Patients have been seen smiling and even looking forward to dressing changes just to see what drawing they will get next.

 

Texas Children’s 25-year veteran and President of the West and Woodlands Hospital Campuses Ketrese White talked with the Houston Business Journal about her journey from opening both of the hospitals to embracing new forms of digital technology in patient care.

“We are doing a lot with telehealth and virtual care, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic. We also have a lot of electronic medical record optimizations hat we’re doing, which is more around how we can reduce that burden of documentation. We’re leveraging artificial intelligence a lot to improve our clinical workflows. We’re trying to use our clinical team for their expertise and not all the documentation. So we have started looking at things like ambient listening, just anything that could focus on reducing burnout and freeing up time
to listen to the patient.”

Click here to read the article.