Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital – Impact
Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital provides exceptional, comprehensive care to thousands of sick and injured children from its 22-county service area every year. In 2025 the Children’s Hospital again benefited from a tremendous outpouring of support from individual, community, school, corporate and other sources. Last year the Upstate Foundation raised over $3 million for pediatric programs and services.
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Every child is unique and deserves unique care.
Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital delivers health care that can ONLY be found here.
The ONLY Level 1 Trauma Center and dedicated pediatric emergency department in the region providing total care for every aspect of pediatric illness and injury.
Multiple areas for play with pediatric friendly décor and design: Four play rooms, an interactive virtual EyeClick, solarium, and art studio staffed with a licensed art therapist offer weekly enrichment events and activities, and play opportunities for children.
Schoolroom: Two full-time teachers and state-of-the-art technology in the Lukie Frechette Schoolroom are available to help children maintain their studies.
Pediatric spiritual care and chapel: For meditation and prayer services.
Multi-sensory room: A room that fosters relaxation and quiet, and can assist children with pain management.
Family-centered care is important.
The Children's hospital is designed to ensure family needs are met and make children and families more comfortable, inviting and the experience less intimidating.
Family lounges: These rooms are perfect to support large family gatherings, and feature a full kitchen, shower, multiple computers and TV.
Family sleep rooms: Designed specifically for families in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, this area has three private sleep rooms, a shower and two laundry facilities.
Family resource center: Highly popular, patients and families can borrow books, movies and video games, conduct research, catch up on work and so much more!