The 18th annual CHaD HERO takes place Sunday, October 15 on the Dartmouth Green when thousands of real-life superheroes will gather for a fall festival, 1-mile fun run, 5K run and walk, and the region’s most scenic half marathon. This premier community fundraising event has raised $9 million to date for Dartmouth Health Children's and the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD). At Dartmouth Health Children’s and CHaD, no child is ever turned away, and the community’s support of the HERO helps kids lead their healthiest, happiest lives.
The action-packed HERO festival on the Dartmouth Green will include local food vendors, a Kid Zone featuring face painting, interactive science with VINS, giveaways, and much more. There will also be live entertainment on the main stage and plenty of opportunities to cheer on HERO participants. During this year’s HERO, there will also be a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Dartmouth Health Children’s Intensive Care Nursery (ICN). Participants and spectators can visit the ICN tent at the Dartmouth Green on HERO Day to help celebrate this remarkable milestone.
New this year, each of the 13 miles of the HERO half marathon will honor a Kid HERO who has exemplified courage and resilience in the face of serious health challenges. To learn more about the inspiring crew of Kid HEROES – all of whom have benefitted from the care and services of Dartmouth Health Children’s and CHaD – chadhero.org.
The CHaD HERO is powered by incredible participants, volunteers, and sponsorship partners including, The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, Hypertherm HOPE Foundation, Couch Family Foundation, Finding Our Stride, Global Rescue, White Mountain Insurance, and BioXCell.
For more information www.CHaDHERO.org
About Dartmouth Health Children's
Dartmouth Health Children’s is the most comprehensive pediatric healthcare system in the region and the first integrative medicine children’s health system in the country. Dartmouth Health Children’s is fully integrated in Dartmouth Health and anchored in Lebanon, NH, by Dartmouth Health’s Golisano Children’s Hospital (also a member of the nationwide Golisano Children’s Alliance): home of the highest acuity neonatal intensive care unit and only pediatric intensive care unit in New Hampshire, along with the only adolescent medical-psychiatry unit in northern New England. Through a unique partnership with the state of New Hampshire at Hampstead Hospital, Dartmouth Health Children’s also provides the state’s only inpatient psychiatric care for children and adolescents. Dartmouth Health Children’s advances knowledge through groundbreaking research and education as the primary pediatric partner of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and delivers the best patient- and family-centered care for infants, children, and adolescents in a range of settings across New Hampshire and Vermont. Outpatient specialty visits and same-day surgery services are available at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics in Manchester, NH, with pediatric primary care at nearly every Dartmouth Health member location.