All Glennon Gallop proceeds benefit the kids and families served by The Danis Pediatric Center at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. The Danis Pediatric Center serves our region’s most vulnerable children, with more than 75% of families living below poverty. Home to 20,000 patient visits annually, Danis Pediatrics is an essential community service that provides excellent care for all children, regardless of their economic, racial or cultural backgrounds.

The families who come to Danis Pediatrics represent a wide diversity of economic, race, gender, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Nearly 20 languages are spoken by our families, including sign language. Children come for a variety of reasons, from well-baby visits to ongoing primary care, to the management of multiple, complex conditions. Some families travel up to two hours to receive primary pediatric care by our expert physicians.

Danis Pediatric Center services focus on preventive care that addresses social determinants of health, such as poverty, food insecurity, mental health and language barriers. Complementary services offered at The Danis Pediatric Center include:

• FACES International Adoption and Refugee Clinic addresses the complex medical, emotional and psychosocial needs of internationally-adopted, immigrant and refugee children.
• Parenting Services give parents and caregivers skills to manage children’s behavioral issues, decrease stress and improve family function using evidence-based interventions.
• Fostering Healthy Children improves the health and well-being of children in foster care through comprehensive, coordinated care.
• CARES (Connection & Resource Equity Services) links families with social determinants of health to appropriate resources by connecting with Family Navigators that will offer personalized follow-up & supportive care.