Historically, Shriners Hospitals for Children has been a network of 22  non-profiy hospitals  across North America. Children with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for care and receive all services in a family-centered environment, regardless of the patients’ ability to pay. 

 

On April 9, 2009, Ralph Semb, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Shriners Hospitals for Children, said, "Unless we do something, the clock is ticking and within five to seven years we'll probably be out of the hospital business and not have any hospitals, so I responded, "LET'S DO SOMETHING."

 

Please join me in my mission to keep all current Shriner's Hospital for Children open and once again able to offer free medical care to all children, and help my efforts to support the possibility of a future with even more Shriner's Hospitals for the children of our world. Together we can make a difference.

 

I am an example of a success story!  Thanks to the great care I received at the Philadelphia Shriners Childrens Hospital I can walk today.  I am grateful to my Grandad, Noble Thomas Enoch Roberts (T.E.R.) who was a member of the Irem Temple Shrine, and a proud member of the Shepherd Unit. He led by example, showing me how one person can make a difference by volunteering. He volunteered his time to transport children and their families to and from the Shriners Childrens Hospitals.  My goal is to raise one million dollars, and donate 100% of the proceeds to the hospitals in memory of my Grandad so his legacy will live on.  Thank you to everyone who has donated! 

 

 

"Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future."

John F. Kennedy