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Associates & Affiliates

The Associates & Affiliates (A&As), Children's Hospital's all-volunteer force of 3,000 dynamic women and men have raised support for the hospital since 1914. Currently, there are 26 A&A Groups all raising funds for projects designed to enhance vital services for children. The A&As raise money and goodwill for Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Current Projects

The Associates Chair in Endocrinology

The Associates Chair in Transplant Surgery

Purchase Everyday Note Cards and Holiday Cards

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"Sunflower" note card; blank inside

Patient art is created each year through the Mark Taper-Johnny Mercer Artists In Residence Program.

To purchase everyday note cards and holiday cards featuring this artwork, please download the order form.

Proceeds benefit the Associates Chair in Endocrinology and the Associates Chair in Transplant Surgery.

Associate Groups

Affiliate Groups’ Projects

  • BrightEyes - The Vision Center
  • Delta Delta Delta - Hematology / Oncology Research
  • FOCUS - Literally Healing Program
  • Friends of Children's Hospital - LIFE Program
  • Healing Arts Reaching Kids (HARK) - Expressive Arts Therapies
  • Las Madrinas Guild - Las Madrinas Diagnostic Innovation Endowment
  • Pasadena Guild - Pasadena Guild Chair, Pediatrician-in-Chief and Sr. Vice President, Academic Affairs 
  • Project CHLA - Cardiology
  • Spiritual Care Guild - Spiritual Care Program
  • The Green House - The Green House Endowment for Surgical Research
  • This Little Light - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Meet the A&A's Chairman

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Bonnie McClure

Bonnie McClure, Chairman, Associate and Affiliates; Member, Board of Trustees began her dedication to Children's Hospital Los Angeles as a volunteer when she was 17 years old.

Mrs. McClure served on the hospital’s board of directors for 19 years and is a current member of Children's Hospital Los Angeles’ board of trustees.  She is a member and was past president of Children's Chain, and is an active member of the Spiritual Care Guild, two of the hospital’s 26 Associate and Affiliate groups.

Mrs. Duque personally appointed Mrs. McClure as chairman of the Associates and Affiliates’ long running and successful annual Doll Fair fundraiser, a four-year commitment. She served as co-chair of four hospital-wide premier theater fund raising events: Phantom of the Opera, Cirque du Soleil, Sunset Blvd., and Beauty and the Beast.

Mrs. McClure helped coordinate Children's Hospital Los Angeles’ Centennial Celebration and its many events, in 2001. Her dedication continues as she trains the hospital’s tour docents and manages the hospital’s archives.

Mrs. Wilson stated, when she appointed Mrs. McClure as her successor, "Bonnie’s devotion to Children's Hospital Los Angeles and our young patients knows no bounds."