Loyal Volunteers Establish Endowed Fund
December 26, 2024
In 1982, longtime Children’s Hospital Colorado volunteer Lenore Stoddart founded La Cache, an antiques consignment shop at 400 Downing St., near where the first hospital was located.
The store was created to generate revenue to benefit Children’s Colorado and is staffed by members of the hospital’s Association of Volunteers. Through consignment, the majority of sale proceeds go to the consignor and the remainder is donated to the hospital.
Over the last four decades, La Cache and our volunteers have made a tremendous impact, giving more than $6 million in net proceeds to support Children’s Colorado patients. These funds have established three endowed chairs: The Lenore T. Stoddart – La Cache Chair in
Neonatology held by Randall B. Wilkening, MD; The La Cache Critical Care Endowed Chair, held by Kurt Stenmark, MD; and The La Cache Endowed Chair for Gastrointestinal, Allergic and Immunologic Disease, held by Glenn Furuta, MD.
As if giving their time and talent weren’t enough, our volunteers have now gone one step further to establish the La Cache Patient and Family Endowed Fund through a recent $1 million gift. This new endowed fund will support family support services, social work and integrative and creative care areas across our network of care to ensure patients and families have the best experiences possible.