Friends of Ellie will be donating journals, bookseducational materials, and more to children’s hospitals In Memory of our friend, Ellie. Please consider reading more about Ellie!

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Despite creating this program in April 2021, the logo was officially approved by Ellie in October 2022. In November 2022, Friends of Ellie will send journals, books, backpacks, and more to St. Louis Children’s Hospital and MU Children’s Hospital In Memory of Ellie.

Additional hospitals where Friends of Ellie kits have been sent include:

• – OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois (Peoria) (2023)
• – Children’s Mercy Hospital (Kansas City) (2023)
• – Shriners Children’s Chicago (2024)
• – Shriners Children’s Philadelphia (2024)
• – Children’s Hospital Colorado (2025)

Before the logo was finalized, we sent journals to:

• Comer’s Children’s Hospital (Chicago, IL)
• Shriner’s Hospital (Greenville, SC)
• Prisma Health Children’s Hospital (Columbia, SC)
• Rutledge Youth Foundation (Springfield, IL) – a foster care organization