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Jennifer Johnson
@jenniferjohnsonroc.bsky.social
Children's Hospital Family & Community Outreach
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
I look forward to seeing our in-person participants this Saturday at Genesee Valley Park and being together as a GCH community. Thanks to everyone who allowed me to spotlight their team the past several weeks. Shout out to my team: team “Amazing Grace Esposito”…
May 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
Welcome back Team "Riley's Renegades." Here is why mom/Team Captain Heather will Stroll this Saturday at Genesee Valley Park for Golisano Childrens's Hospital: "I'm strolling for my Strong Kid, Riley! Riley was born 6 1/2 weeks early and spent the first month...
May 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reposted by Jennifer Johnson
It's almost time for the 2025 #StrollForStrongKids! Our family shirts are ready to go to stroll with Team Amazing Grace Esposito!

I'm a bit shy of my fundraising goal, but there's still time to donate! teamraiser.rochester.edu/goto/KathyLK...

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May 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
Team "John P. Clary" has been participating in the Stroll for Strong Kids for years. You can find John's parents volunteering every year, this year along the 5K route. He's their inspiration, sharing, "In 1998, John was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The hospital...
May 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
Welcome back team "Adi's Baddies"! We look forward to seeing you at the Stroll for Strong Kids this Saturday. They stroll to celebrate their heart warrior: "She was born with a congenital heart defect which required surgery at 4 days old. It was the amazing...
May 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I closed my finger in a kitchen drawer a few weeks ago. I kind of feel like it looks like Wilson from Castaway now.
May 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
I love it when our hospital staff is a part of the Stroll! Of course there is the popular NICU tent at the end of the walk but the NICU has a team as well called "NICU Strollers". The team is lead by Suzanne Lewis who shares: " I am so proud and honored to be a...
May 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
#Team_Devin walks in memory of Devin Dailey. As they share "Devin was a fun-loving little girl that shared many activities with us during her short period on earth who now resides in our hearts until we meet again in heaven. Devin loved soccer, dance, swimming...
May 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
Team "Super Remi" is inspired by 2024 Miracle Kid Remi who battled acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). One of her doctors, Dr. Jeffrey Andolina said, “My best memories of Remi are her running through the halls of 7North, with her chemotherapy backpack attached!”
May 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
Team "Everybody Loves Enzo" will be strolling again on May 31st and raising money for Golisano Children's Hospital. His mom shares how important the hospital is to them and what it's like to be there:
"Enzo underwent his biggest airway surgery to date. With that...
May 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight✨
Two weeks from today dozens and dozens of teams will gather at Genesee Valley Park for the Stroll for Strong Kids. There is the option of participating virtually which is what Team "Caroline's People" has done for the last several years. They stroll in a place..
May 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight✨
At the end of this month Team "Strong like Quinn" will be Strolling for Strong Kids benefitting Golisano Children's Hospital again. Why? They share, "Quinn and our family spent 31 days in the hospital after two procedures and one open heart surgery. Every day...
May 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight✨
Meet Kamden who is the inspiration for "Team Kamden's Krew". Kamden was born early at 24 weeks. His mom shares, "He quickly developed a reputation of being a NICU troublemaker, frequently putting up a fight and extubating himself. Throughout his time in the...
May 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight✨
Stroll team "Halisha's Toy Chest" will be participating for the 24th year. Team Captain David shares, "We do this in memory of our daughter Halisha who was in and out of Strong from the age of two until age ten when she passed away from a brain tumor in 1995."...
May 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
✨#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
Brooks is the inspiration for “Team Heart 2 Heart”. His mom shares, “He enjoys spending time with his family, playing outside, sports, The Minnesota Vikings and Madden! Brooks has CHD, vACteRL Association, Cyclic Vomiting,ADHD, SPD, APD…
May 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
Team "Lawniczak Triplets" walks to celebrate Micah, Rebecca, and Emma who were born 15 weeks early.
Micah spent 121 days in the NICU. Rebecca spent 125 days in the NICU. Their parents share: "Micah and Rebecca have been discharged from Nephrology...
May 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#StrollForStrongKids Spotlight ✨
All the different reasons why teams participate in the Stroll for Strong Kids benefitting Golisano Children's Hospital are so beautiful! With their permission, I'll be spotlighting several teams over the next few weeks until Stroll day on May 31.
May 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It's Wear Purple Day. Find out what that means from Dr. Hughes from the Pediatric Epilepsy Center at Golisano Children's Hospital. foxrochester.com/news/good-da...
Wearing purple for epilepsy awareness
Dr. Inna Hughes of Golisano tells us more.
foxrochester.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Researchers at Golisano Children’s Hospital have received a multi-million-dollar grant to lead a first-of-its-kind study comparing the effectiveness of treatments for sickle cell disease.
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Golisano Children's Hospital receives multi-million dollar grant to lead first-of-its-kind study on sickle cell disease treatments
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Researchers at Golisano Children’s Hospital have received a multi-million-dollar grant to lead a first-of-its-kind study comparing the effectiveness of treatments for sickle cell dis...
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March 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The Empowering People’s Independence (EPI) Chocolate Ball Saturday was wonderful and yummy! Dr. Michel Berg from @urmed.bsky.social Epilepsy Center summed it up perfectly: “The services EPI provides - counseling, support groups, education, advocacy, and, Camp EAGR—are invaluable to children…
March 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Tuesday I visited Brookview Elementary in the West Irondequoit School District. Their students had made more than 100 Valentine’s Day cards for the staff at Golisano Children’s Hospital!
February 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift and Cynthia Erivo will be front and center at the Grammys. These artists inspire some of our grateful patients and siblings who chose to feature the singers in their artwork recently. These mini hockey sticks and many others will be auctioned off in March when…
February 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
My daughter said it’s Josh Allen degrees outside. #GoBills.
January 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Happy happy joy joy!
January 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Can hand sanitizer actually kill stomach bug germs?
Find out the facts about staying healthy from norovirus:
www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publica...
Norovirus 2025: Stomach bug myths and facts
Why is norovirus, also known as the “stomach bug,” so contagious? Is there any way to avoid it? UR Medicine infectious disease expert Brenda Tesini, MD, separates fact from fiction and explains the mo...
www.urmc.rochester.edu
January 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM