Hear from recipients of the NICU Transportation Program and how Jackson Chance Foundation is making a difference each and every day.
- Bennet
- The Pando Family
- Kelly & Nolan
- James W. Collins, MD
- T. Sullivan
- Easton
- Jake
- The Hayden Family
- Merrick
- Mendoza Family
- Jacob
- Duncan

– Ann, Jeff, & Eleanor Pando

-Kelly & Nolan
To whom it may concern:
The neonatal intensive care unit at Ann & Robert A. Lurie Children’s Hospital (formally known as Children’s Memorial Hospital) has a long standing track record of caring for the most critically ill babies in the Chicago metropolitan area. This past June we moved from our Lincoln Park location to join the Streeterville campus of Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. High parking and public transportation cost often hinders the ability of parents to visit their babies who often required months of the highest level of neonatal intensive care. The initiative to fully fund parents transportation cost will remove the major barrier to parental visitation. More frequent hospital visits will facilitate parental-infant bonding, encourage timely communication with the medical team, and reduce parental anxiety.
Sincerely,
James W. Collins, MD
Medical Director
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Associate Director,
Pediatric Residency Training Program
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Professor,
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

To: The Jackson Chance Foundation
Dear Carrie,
Many thanks for your thoughtful gesture to help our NICU families better cope with parking issues. So sorry to learn of Jackson’s passing and your work here in his home will touch many little ones on the future.
T. Sullivan