On March 5, a ceremony was held to celebrate Texas Children’s newest wall dedicated to honoring those who contribute financial support to the organization.
The Promise Campaign donor wall, is named after the fundraising effort established in 2015 to help ensure that we can continue fulfilling our commitment and promise to meet the medical needs of children in our community, with a goal of raising $475 million by 2020.
On the first floor of the Lester and Sue Smith Legacy Tower, Texas Children’s executives, board members, and donors, arrived to music and refreshments just before to ceremony began. President and CEO Mark A. Wallace began with a welcome, briefly taking the audience on a virtual walk through the years leading up to how we have kept our promise to patients and ultimately preserved our legacy.
“Thank you for your unwavering dedication to this hospital, and for embracing the change it takes to grow and create a successful organization,” Wallace said. “We are here today to celebrate history – to celebrate the story of Texas Children’s Hospital – and to unveil the beautiful Promise Campaign donor wall.”
He followed up with an introduction of chairman of the Promise Campaign and the Texas Children’s board or directors, Mike Linn. Under Linn and his wife’s leadership, the Promise campaign has raised millions of dollars for Texas Children’s and its growing need to provide dedicated, specialized pediatric health care in Houston and surrounding communities.
“The Promise Campaign is an endeavor that will always be near and dear to my heart,” Linn expressed. “I want to thank every person here – you helped bring us to this day. You believed in our dream and generously invested in it so that it could become a reality.
The Promise Campaign made its goal and raised more than $500 million two years early. This success allowed the Promise Campaign donor wall to exist today displaying 390 donor names.
After the ceremony wrapped up with closing remarks from Wallace, donors anxiously gathered to take photos near their name on the wall.
Click here for more information about the Promise Campaign.
