Ways to Raise
Miracle Makers pages are a way for you to support our children, families, and team members at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego. This DIY fundraising platform allows you to create, manage, and share a fundraising page to help you plan a fundraiser on your own.
Turn your favorite events and activities into fundraisers easily with your Miracle Makers page. Fundraising activities can include fitness classes, birthdays, company parties, walks, bike rides, selling homemade items, and so much more. Don’t forget you can also join us to fundraise for our Annual Rady Children’s Walk or Light the Way Campaign as well. Contact us at fundraise@rchsd.org and we’ll help you decide which fundraising page is best for you.
Here are examples of ways others have raised funds for Rady Children’s:
Karaoke for a Cause with Foundation Escrow
Masud Sarwary is CEO of Foundation Escrow and, together with their real estate partners, have committed to raising $1,000,000 by 2030 for the Oliver Sarwary Memorial Endowment for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Rady Children’s.
Masud lost his son, Oliver, when he was just 11 days old. Masud and his family were grateful for the support of Rady Children’s NICU and pledged to “support the NICU for life” to help other families who experience the same heartbreak.
The Sarwary family began by creating a Miracle Maker page with the goal of raising $72,000 to name Room 3211 in the NICU, Oliver’s room. They were able to create their tile and visit the room in honor of his birthday on May 14, 2019.
To continue Oliver’s legacy, the Oliver Sarwary Memorial Endowment for the NICU at Rady Children’s was created in December 2019. Foundation Escrow and their partners support Rady Children’s through Karaoke for the Cause and their Masquerade Ball each year. Learn more:
10 Toes Surf Wax
Marty Hamud and Ainsley Savant are childhood friends who started their band called “MonkeyJam” and a surf wax company called 10ToesSurfWax, with proceeds benefiting Rady Children’s.
They’re talented performers and small business partners, and they were both once Rady Children's patients.
Marty was born ten weeks early at only 2 pounds and 14 ounces. He was in the NICU for ten weeks before he was able to come home. In third grade, Ainsley was hospitalized for a major infection and received lifesaving care at Rady Children’s. She and Marty work together on 10ToesSurfWax and now both give back to Rady Children’s by selling surf wax.
"We both wanted to give back to where we came from. We're thankful for the doctors and nurses in the NICU who help kids every day. We are thankful to be alive. They create miracles every day," says Hamud.
Celebrating Emerson
In October 2020, the Bialas Family’s lives changed drastically when their son, Emerson, was diagnosed with stage 2 Wilms' tumor. Over the course of several months, he underwent major surgery and received chemotherapy at Rady Children's. Today, they are overjoyed to say that he is now cancer free and happy and healthy. The Bialas family celebrated by creating a fundraising page and asking friends and family to donate on behalf of Emerson. Emerson signed his big check himself and was able to raise nearly $6,000 thanks to his friends, family, and community supporters!