Accomplishments

Cape Ivy is proud to have brought warmth, comfort, and support to children and families in 37 states. Through partnerships with hospitals, medical facilities, Ronald McDonald Houses, and other organizations, Cape Ivy distributes approximately 5,000 ponchos each year to children facing serious medical challenges. With the support of generous donors and dedicated volunteers, Cape Ivy continues to reach more children and families each year.

Ponchos Donated

Unique Locations

Select a state below to see the facilities that have received Cape Ivy ponchos and the number donated.

Virginia — 4,206 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
University of Virginia (UVA) Children’s Hospital	2,017
Carilion Clinic – Roanoke	664
INOVA Children’s Hospital – Fairfax	278
Ronald McDonald House of Richmond	355
INOVA Schar Cancer Center – Fairfax	87
Ronald McDonald House of Charlottesville	79
Pediatric Specialists of Virginia’s (PSV) Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (Infusion Center)	155
Ronald McDonald House of Northern VA -Fairfax	132
Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters (Norfolk) – Out-patient infusion center	37
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU	301
St. Mary’s Hospital – Richmond	13
Connor’s Heroes – Richmond	56
Ronald McDonald House of Roanoke	20
Charlottesville – Albemarle Rescue Squad	6
Yellow Door Foundation – Charlottesville	2
Touch a Truck Fundraiser for UVA Children’s Hospital	4

North Carolina — 1,144 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Levine Children’s – Charlotte	393
WakeMed Children’s – Raleigh	323
Novant Health Hemby Children’s – Charlotte	36
Atrium Health – Jeff Gordon Children’s Center – Concord	38
Duke’s Children’s Health Center	24
Cape Fear Valley Medical – Fayetteville	55
Ronald McDonald House of Durham	20
Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill	32
UNC Children’s – Chapel Hill	127
Smiling While Sending Hope	96

South Carolina — 2,039 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Prisma Health Children’s Hospital – Upstate (Greenville)	340
Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Carolinas – Greenville	78
Prisma Health Children’s Hospital – Midlands (Columbia)	600
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital – Charleston	374
Ronald McDonald House – Charleston	359
Grand Strand Medical Center – Myrtle Beach	288

Georgia — 2,392 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Children’s Hospital of GA – Augusta	369
Ronald McDonald House – Augusta	130
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite	50
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta – Arthur M Blank Hospital	458
Ronald McDonald House – Atlanta near Arthur M. Blank Hospital	439
Ronald McDonald House – Atlanta near Scottish Rite	49
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding	424
Dwaine & Cynthia Willet Children’s Hospital of Savannah	417
Emory Proton Therapy Center	20
Wellstar Health, Pediatrics, Kennesaw	36

Florida — 2,420 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Miami Cancer Institute	369
UF Health – Jacksonville	604
Ronald McDonald House of South Florida – Miami	47
Ronald McDonald House – Jacksonville	158
Holtz Children’s Hospital at U of Miami	122
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital – Miami	246
Nicklaus Health – Coral Springs (formerly Broward Health – Coral Springs)	259
Arnold Palmer Children’s Hospital – Orlando Heath	15
Lakeland Regional Health	90
Joe Dimaggio Children’s Hospital – Hollywood	121
Johns Hopkins All Childrens – Cancer and Blood Disorders Institute -St. Petersburg	15
Wolfson Children’s Hospital – Jacksonville	224
AdventHealth – Tampa	31
Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest FL – Ft Myers	31
Nemours Children’s Health – Orlando	88

Washington, DC — 275 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Children’s National (DC)	121
Children’s National – Bunker Hill (DC)	56
Ronald McDonald House (DC)	98

Maryland — 1,571 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center – Baltimore	338
Believe In Tomorrow at Johns Hopkins	30
The Children’s Inn at NIH – Bethesda	301
Ronald McDonald House of Maryland – Baltimore	544
Sinai Hospital – Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics – Baltimore	172
Sinai Hospital – Samuelson Children’s Hospital – Baltimore	170
Kennedy Krieger Institute – Baltimore	16

Delaware — 726 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children	341
Ronald McDonald House of Delaware	385

New Jersey — 1,856 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital – Meridian – Jersey Shore Medical Center	255
Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital at Hackensack – Meridian	402
Ronald McDonald House – Long Branch (now closed)	15
Ronald McDonald House – New Brunswick	297
Ronald McDonald House of Southern NJ (Camden)	31
The Valley Hospital – Ridgewood	386
Cooper University Hospital – Camden	32
St. Peter’s University Hospital – New Brunswick	47
Copperman Barnabas Medical Center – Livingston	90
Overlook Medical Center- Hersh Children’s Center – Summit	15
Goryeb Children’s Hospital – Morristown	204
St Joseph’s – Paterson	46
Children’s Specialized Hospital – Toms River	36

Pennsylvania — 3,404 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia	390
Ronald McDonald House – Philadelphia	902
Gift of Life Family House – Philadelphia	5
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh	529
Ronald McDonald House – Pittsburgh	530
Penn State Children’s Hospital – Hershey	86
Ronald McDonald House – Hershey	39
UPMC Children’s – Harrisburg	338
UPMC Hamot – Erie	18
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children – Philadelphia	371
Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital -Allentown	75
Wellspan Health -York Hospital	48
Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital – Danville	55
Penn Health – Lancaster General Hospital	18

West Virginia — 44 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
West Virginia University (WVU) Medicine Children’s	17
Ronald McDonald House of Morgantown	27

New York — 544 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center – New Hyde Park	247
Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital – NYC	54
Staten Island University Hospital – Florina Cancer Center	62
Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital – Syracuse	72
Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital at NY Presbyterian – NYC	36
Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center – Yonkers	37
Oishei Children’s Hospital – Buffalo	20
The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore – The Bronx, NYC	16

Connecticut — 668 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Connecticut Children’s – Hartford	165
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center – Farmington	147
Yale – New Haven Hospital	248
Greenwich Hospital – Greenwich	18
Ronald McDonald House of New Haven	90

Rhode Island — 57 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Ronald McDonald House of Providence	39
Hasbro Children’s Hospital – Providence	18

Massachusetts — 1,382 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Ronald McDonald House of Boston Harbor	27
Baystate Children’s Hospital – Springfield	382
Tufts Children’s Hospital	317
Ronald McDonald House of Springfield	57
Lowell General Hospital	290
UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center- Worcester	45
Boston Children’s Hospital	264

Vermont — 36 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
University of Vermont Children’s Hospital	36

Kentucky — 1,080 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Kentucky Children’s Hospital – Lexington	484
Norton Children’s Hospital – Louisville and Norton’s Children’s Medical Center – Brownsboro	432
Ronald McDonald House – Louisville	127
Ronald McDonald Charities of the Bluegrass – Lexington	37

Tennessee — 1,600 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Williamson Medical Center – Franklin	509
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt	583
The Children’s Hospital at Tristar Centennial – Nashville	16
Niswonger Children’s Hospital – St Jude Affiliate Clinic – Johnson City	32
Children’s Hospital at Erlanger (Chattanooga) City	50
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital – Memphis	394
Ronald McDonald House – Nashville	16

Ohio — 2,070 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Cincinnati Children’s	474
Ronald McDonald Charities of Greater Cincinnati	685
Ronald McDonald House of Dayton	145
Dayton Children’s	68
Ronald McDonald House of Columbus	103
Nationwide Children’s Hospital – Columbus	98
Cleveland Clinic Children’s	52
Ronald McDonald House – Cleveland	16
Akron Children’s Hospital	236
Children’s at Aultman Hospital – Canton	31
Ronald McDonald House of Akron	131
Promedica Russell J. Ebeid Children’s Hospital – Toledo	16
Flying Horse Farm – Mt. Gilead	15

Indiana — 32 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital	32

Illinois — 221 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Comer Children’s Hospital at the University of Chicago	52
Advocate Children’s Hospital – Oak Lawn	10
Lurie Children’s Hospital – Chicago	159

Missouri — 834 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Children’s Mercy – Kansas City	834

Michigan — 142 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital (Ann Arbor)	94
Ronald McDonald House of Western Michigan – Grand Rapids	48

Louisiana — 77 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Our Lady of Lordes Women’s and Children’s Hospital – Lafayette	45
Willis-Knighton South and the Center for Women’s Health – Shreveport	32

Mississippi — 699 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Children’s of Mississippi	699

Alabama — 189 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Children’s of Alabama	189

Arkansas — 69 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Children’s of Arkansas	69

Nebraska — 32 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center – Omaha	32

Texas — 301 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
MD Anderson Cancer Center – Houston	20
Texas Children’s – Houston	128
El Paso Children’s Hospital	15
Driscoll Children’s Hospital – Corpus Christi	16
Methodist Children’s Hospital – San Antonio	52
St. David’s Children’s Hospital – Austin	32
University Medical Center – Lubbock	16
Cook Children’s – Dodson Clinic- Ft. Worth –	16
Children’s Medical Center Dallas	6

Wisconsin — 18 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Children’s Wisconsin – Milwaukee Hospital	18

North Dakota — 46 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Sanford Health Bismark	46

South Dakota — 15 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Sanford Children’s Hospital – Sioux Falls	15

Iowa — 142 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s	124
MercyOne Children’s – DesMoines	18

Colorado — 20 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Children’s Hospital Colorado (Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders)	20

Arizona — 61 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Phoenix Children’s Hospital	61

New Mexico — 38 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
University of New Mexico School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics	38

California — 462 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego	44
Valley Children’s Hospital- Madera	235
UC – San Diego Health	15
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles	30
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital	21
Antelope Valley Medical Center	30
Community Regional Medical Center – Fresno	16
MD Bakersfield Memorial Hospital	15
Kaiser Permanente – Santa Clara	16
John Muir Health- Walnut Creek	31
Shani Thornton CCLS – ChildLifeMommy.com	9

Miscellaneous

Recipient / Event	Ponchos
The Fanconi Anemia Research Fund Family Meeting	10
Cory’s Project For Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin	3
Individuals

Canada — 80 ponchos donated

Hospital / Facility	Ponchos
Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (Saskatchewan)	80

Mission Trips

Location / Trip	Ponchos
Operation Rainbox
Nepal
Liberia