CHOC Walk

As a non-profit hospital, CHOC Children's relies on community support to provide leading-edge care for infants, children and adolescents close to home. Community outreach and fundraising ensures that we can continue to nurture, advance and protect the health and well-being of children everywhere. The CHOC Walk is CHOC's most important fundraiser, r... aising almost $3 million every year for the children in our community. CHOC Walk donations make an immediate impact on families going through the most challenging time in their lives, providing the highest level of care not only to patients but the extended family that make up their support teams. To learn more about this year's event, click here. In the early months of 2020, our world was turned upside down by COVID-19. No one could have predicted its lingering effects in every sector, including healthcare. But thanks to the past 30 years of CHOC Walk fundraising, CHOC was well-positioned to respond quickly and effectively and minimize the negative impacts of this global health crisis. Your fundraising will help us provide vital resources to our families in a time of crisis and is essential to the well-being of our patients during these unprecedented times. Every gift goes toward health programs, education and research for CHOC, helping support critical services during the COVID-19 pandemic like: At just 35 weeks old, Dani had to be delivered via an EXIT procedure due to extreme airway compression. When they discovered he was missing his lower jaw, he was quickly diagnosed with Mandibular Hypoplasia. Due to his condition, Dani depends on tubes to breathe and eat and had to learn sign language in order to communicate. But anyone that knows Dani would simply describe him as an energetic, joyful five-year-old boy. Dani has had over 16 surgeries and numerous hospital stays throughout his life, but despite the challenges has never let anything stop him from living life to the fullest. With the support of his doctors and nurses, he continues to thrive as the team captain ...Read More