Supporting BBCH
Whitby received excellent care at the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital in Portland, Maine. We are proud to give back to BBCH, with a particular focus on care for children with severe congenital heart defects.
A special fund has been set up at the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital in Whitby's memory.
The fund supports educational programming for nurses in the BBCH pediatric intensive care unit. In recent years, the funds have sent many nurses to conferences focused on pediatric cardiology and pediatric critical care. These conferences would not normally be in the operating budget, so the funds are truly helping the nurses enhance their expertise.
You can contribute to this special fund!
If the following fields appear, make your donation In Honor Of “Whitby Tousignant” and add “Whitby Tousignant Fund” in the Description. If the fields do not appear, not to worry, donations made through this page are automatically applied toward the Whitby Tousignant Fund.
What are we doing?
Helping Pediatric Nurses with Information on the Go
Our first gift to the BBCH was a tablet computer mounted to a rolling cart, to be used by critical care nurses in the pediatric intensive care unit. The tablet is continually updated with information about congenital heard defects and pediatric cardiology.
Continuing Education
We make an annual gift to the BBCH to be used for pediatric critical care nurses to attend conferences and educational events centered around pediatric cardiology. We have sent nurses to the Northeast Pediatric Cardiology Nurses Association Annual Conference and a pediatric critical care nursing summit.
The BBCH and Slugger Opens
The BBCH Open is held each September across multiple golf courses in the Portland, Maine area. Generous support from participating teams and sponsors raises funds and awareness for the critical work being done at Maine's premiere children's hospital.
Team lovewhitby.org is thrilled to promote all the efforts being carried out in Whit's memory while supporting the special place that cared so much for him.
Each year, the Portland Sea Dogs also host the Slugger Open to raise funds for the BBCH. We have entered teams in each of the past several tournaments.