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The Board of Visitors 2023 Care Card Program to benefit The Big Pink Bus

03/31/2023

Arizona’s oldest women’s charitable organization, The Board of Visitors, has selected The Big Pink Bus as the beneficiary of its annual Care Card retail fundraising program for 2023 and 2024. A program of Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, The Big Pink Bus is a mobile 3D mammography unit that will bring life-saving breast cancer screenings to women across the Valley, especially those in underserved and outlying communities.

CARE is there when children need it the most

03/31/2023

Occurring across all demographics, child abuse and neglect are significant issues nationally and in Arizona. Two children die each week in Arizona from neglect or abuse—a higher mortality rate than childhood cancer. Experts believe that every child death due to abuse or neglect is preventable and Banner Health is passionate about identifying and protecting vulnerable children in our communities.

A glowing report from a night to remember for Tucson teens

03/31/2023

Thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Dunkin’ Joy in Childhood Foundation, Diamond Children’s Medical Center in Tucson hosted a night to remember in March for teen patients battling cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Held at the Arizona Stadium with the theme of “Let’s Glow,” this one-of-a-kind prom featured dazzling neon lights, a silent disco, arcade games, prizes, refreshments, and special guests.

Developmental Pediatrics Clinic now open in East Valley

03/31/2023

Through a generous charitable gift from longtime Mesa resident Ruth Nesbitt and her family, the Banner Children’s Developmental Pediatrics Clinic is now open in the East Valley. Led by a specially trained developmental pediatrician, the Clinic provides comprehensive assessments and supportive pediatric health care to children with developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, neuro-developmental disorders, autism spectrum disorders and Down Syndrome.

Campaign to build The Play Zone at Diamond Children’s hits milestone

03/31/2023

Led by Tucson business owner and Banner Health Foundation board member Jeremy Sharpe, the campaign to build a Play Zone at Diamond Children’s Medical Center in Tucson is now two-thirds of the way to goal. More than 200 generous donors and companies have given a collective $2 million toward the $3 million fundraising goal. Gifts have ranged in size from $5 to $500,000, and every dollar counts.