Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced a $340,725 grant under the Rural Health Transformation Program’s THRIVE VIRTUAL funding category to Le Bonheur Community Outreach on Thursday, August 27, at the Arkansas State Capitol.
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has successfully performed its 100th bariatric surgery, a sleeve gastrectomy. The procedure was led by Dr. Ying Weatherall, with Dr. Tim Jancelewicz serving as co-surgeon.
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has been reverified as a Level I Children’s Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons Children’s Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program (ACS CSV). Le Bonheur was first verified in 2023 and remains the only hospital in Tennessee to achieve this designation.
This is the 26th year Love’s has partnered with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, and thanks to support from individuals and businesses, they have been able to contribute more than $35 million so far.
The Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees, benefiting Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, will run from Saturday, November 15- December 28, 2025 at the Museum of Science & History - Pink Palace.
