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It’s a historic time in Northwest Arkansas, with Arkansas Children’s Northwest scheduled to open in Springdale in early 2018. Now you can help welcome the first patients to the region’s first and only children’s hospital.
Designed to be kid-savvy, Arkansas Children’s Northwest is bringing the outdoors inside with natural light, bright colors and a nature-themed interior. Around every corner there is delight for every patient to discover.
In recognition of your gift of $200, $400, $600 or more by December 31, your name or a loved one’s name will be displayed on a small, medium or large bird decal on the hospital lobby windows. The birds will “take flight” across the windows of Arkansas Children’s Northwest in an imaginative display, welcoming patients and families who visit the hospital for the first six months of 2018 .
“We invite every family, church and business to join us for this historic moment for children and families in the region,” said Fred Scarborough, chief development officer of Arkansas Children’s and president of Arkansas Children’s Foundation. “With your help, we will reach more children where they live, learn and play.”
Your generosity will help provide a happy, healing environment for kids when Arkansas Children’s Northwest opens in less than 100 days. To make your gift and order your bird, visit giving.archildrens.org/birds or call (479) 725-0404.
When it opens in early 2018, Arkansas Children’s Northwest will be the region’s first and only comprehensive pediatric healthcare center and will include:
• 24 inpatient beds to care for children requiring overnight stays
• 24-hour pediatric Emergency Department
• Pediatric surgery unit with five operating rooms
• An outpatient clinic with 30 exam rooms supporting more than 20 subspecialty areas, and a general pediatric clinic
• A full range of ancillary and diagnostic services, child-life and pastoral care
• Outdoor gardens, nature trails and interactive features designed for children
• A helipad and refueling station supporting Angel One, one of the nation’s leading pediatric intensive care transport services, with more than 2,000 transports annually
Arkansas Children’s Northwest is being built on 37 acres of land donated by Robin and Gary George, Cathy and David Evans and their families—a gift valued at $7.5 million. The campus is centrally located on I-49 between Don Tyson Parkway and Gene George Boulevard, across from Arvest Ballpark. The project is expected to cost $427.7 million in construction, technology, equipment and operating expenses over the next five years, and will create 250 new jobs.
Arkansas Children’s Northwest is being designed by Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects of Fayetteville and Little Rock, Ark., and FKP Architects of Houston, Texas. Nabholz Construction is overseeing construction. The campus is an integral part of Arkansas Children’s plan to transform the health of children in Arkansas by expanding access to pediatric services across the region.
Arkansas Children’s, Inc. is the only hospital system in the state solely dedicated to caring for children, which allows the organization to uniquely shape the landscape of pediatric care in Arkansas. The system includes a 336-bed hospital in Little Rock with the state’s only pediatric Level 1 Trauma Center, burn center, Level 4 neonatal intensive care and pediatric intensive care, and research institute as well as a nationally-recognized transport service. It is one the 25 largest children’s hospitals in the United States and is nationally ranked by U.S. News World & Report in pulmonology, neonatal care, cardiology and heart surgery and urology. A sister campus is under development in Northwest Arkansas and will bring 233,613 square feet of inpatient beds, emergency care, clinic rooms and diagnostic services to children in that corner of the state. Arkansas Children’s also blankets the state with outreach programs that include telemedicine, mobile health, and school-based health solutions. A private nonprofit, Arkansas Children’s boasts an internationally renowned reputation for medical breakthroughs and intensive treatments, unique surgical procedures and forward-thinking research and is committed to providing every child with access to the best care available, regardless of location or resources. Founded as an orphanage, Arkansas Children’s has championed children by making them better today and healthier tomorrow for more than 100 years. For more info, visit www.archildrens.org.
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