Annual Events
Other UI Health Community Events:
- UI Health partners with St. Baldricks Foundation to support pediatric cancer research and treatment.
- UI Health partners with A Silver Lining Foundation to help women obtain a mammogram. The program has provided more than 1,000 diagnostic and screening procedures over the last 4 years. Click here, to learn more about our Center for Breast Care at UI Health.
- UI Health partners with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to provide Physical Therapy services for participants in the Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk.
- UI Health is a key charity sponsor for the Chicago Marathon to raise money for the Chicago Diabetes Project and for the American Heart Association Heart Walk annually.
- UI Health annually partners with Chicago hospitals to introduce Child Life to families through an event called "A Day in the Hospital" - The program helps kids feel comfortable with the hospital environment in case they ever need care, and educates parents about resources they can access if their child is ever hospitalized.
- UI Health Miracle on Taylor Street, managed by Community Relations, is an annual Employee Holiday Gift Drive established in 1995 to sponsor underserved and less fortunate children and families in the communities we serve during the holiday season.
Support Groups
- Brain Aneurysm
- Sarcoidosis (and other Autoimmune Diseases)
- Sickle Cell
- Stroke
Learn more: https://hospital.uillinois.edu/
Educational Groups
- Diabetes Wellness classes
- Sickle Cell Boot Camp
- Tobacco Treatment Center
Learn more: https://hospital.uillinois.edu/
Information Sessions
- Bariatric Surgery
- Survivor in the City: Aneurysm Survivors
- Walter Payton Sweetness Run
- World Spirometry Day
- World Voice Day/Voice Screenings
Other Events
- American Diabetes Expo
- American Lung Association
- A Safe Foundation
- Breast Cancer Survivors: Moving Forward Eating & Exercise Community Program
- Hearing Screenings
- Marcy-Newberry Assn. (Metro Women's Auxiliary)
- SEA Blue Prostate Cancer
- Walter & Connie Payton Foundation Charity
- 3M Racing Dental Screening
