Join Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to run or walk the LA Marathon on March 18 or the Los Angeles 5K on March 17.

Have fun and raise money for cutting-edge cancer research at City of Hope and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles through our official charity, ThinkCure!

The Trauma Department’s Injury Prevention Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has partnered with the food services department to open the Safety Corner in the Family Pantry in the Anderson Pavilion.

The corner, which can be found next to the HBO Café, provides patients, families and employees with the opportunity to purchase home safety items at wholesale prices. The goal of the program to help patients and their families build safer home environments at an affordable cost.

The Bloodmobile is on the move!

Check out this listing of upcoming blood drives for the month of February to see if we’ll be in your neighborhood.

For more information about blood and platelet donation opportunity at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, visit CHLA.org/DonateBlood.

NEW! Effective January 1, 2012, California law requires that all children under age 8 must be properly buckled into a car seat or booster in the back seat.

Children age 8 or older may use the vehicle seat belt if it fits properly with the lap belt low on the hips, touching the upper thighs, and the shoulder belt crossing the center of the chest. If children are not tall enough for proper belt fit, they must ride in a booster or car seat.

It can be very difficult for children using inhalers to coordinate pressing the inhaler and breathing in at the same time. Using a spacer with an inhaler can help your child get the proper amount of medicine into his or her lungs.

A spacer looks like a round plastic tube that fits on the mouthpiece of your child’s inhaler. Typically, spacers are prescribed by doctors.

Thank you for supporting us in 2011!

Last year was a defining year for us as well as for those in the Los Angeles community. In 2011, we witnessed the culmination of events that, with your generous support, we worked toward for years along with the launch of many new exciting initiatives.

I want to take a moment to celebrate with you, our supporters in our community, because what we have accomplished together this year is truly phenomenal.

On Dec. 1, patients and families gathered in the 4th floor family room for a surprise visit from Bruno Mars as part of the Get Well Soon Tour.

The tour unites musicians to bring happiness and light to sick children through musical performances at hospitals around the world. As part of the effort, Austin Bisnow, a co-founder of the tour came for the visit. A musician himself, Austin welcomed the patients and families to the room, handed out bongos, tambourines and shakers and gave them the tools to jam with him as they waited for the surprise guest to arrive.

The Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Officers Association has once again supported Children’s Hospital Los Angeles with a donation of $500 in gift certificates for families in need during the holidays.

When thinking about traditional holiday cheer, deep fried turkey, creamy mashed potatoes, touchdowns and spending time with family around the dinner table often come to mind.

This time of year is so closely associated with special holiday meals, that it’s important to remember a few key kitchen safety tips.

Selena Gomez fan and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles patient, Hana Hwang received the surprise of her 13-year-old life when the pop start showed up at the hospital for a surprise visit.

Hana’s tutor, Sara Kim, nominated Hana and her family as recipients for the KISSMAS Giving campaign on the 102.7 radio station in Los Angeles. Sara requested a care package and a Kindle for Hana, an avid reader.

However, when Ryan Seacrest learned that the 13-year-old Children’s Hospital Los Angeles patient is a devoted Selena Gomez fan, he immediately reached out to the young star.