Rhode Island Hospital and its pediatric division, Hasbro Children’s, will present the annual Day of Giving on Wednesday, September 10 to highlight its world-class care and raise funds for its lifesaving work. In partnership with NBC 10 WJAR and Cumulus Media Providence, the radio-telethon will celebrate patient stories of hope and overcoming the odds and recognize the local healthcare heroes who cared for them throughout their medical journey.
Sponsorship proceeds from Day of Giving support the Rhode Island Hospital Fund for Excellence, enhancing programs that directly benefit patients and their families. Your generosity will also help advance the hospital’s cutting-edge research and renowned medical education.
This year’s event will focus on a disease that touches us all deeply—cancer. Featuring moving stories from those whose lives have been touched by the physicians and specialists at the Brown University Health Cancer Institute at Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children’s, Day of Giving will reinforce the future of cancer care can be found close to home.
Diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer in her late 40s, Lora Fox Gamble had few options for treatment until Dr. Don Dizon of the Brown University Health Cancer Institute identified her as a candidate for a radical application of chemotherapy offered locally only at Rhode Island Hospital.
