"The WeGo Foundation engages pediatric patients at 11 hospitals across the country with telepresence robots to provide virtual tours of attractions, allowing children and their families to seek both educational enrichment and safe "escape" from the hospital."

Clowns?? 🤡 New research suggests that "clowns can ease the anxiety and pain children feel when they're hospitalized for chronic care." - Michael Patrick, MD Ohio State Read more on how video visits, laughter, and fun can help alleviate symptoms! ⤵️⤵️ jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

The impact that #play has on #ChildDevelopment cannot be understated! Research has revealed that physiologic responses, such as palm sweating, excessive body movement, tachycardia, and hypertension, can be reduced with play interventions. More here: pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/147/1/…

WeGo offers children the ability to explore venues, interact with tour guides, and experience a sense of normalcy! With many #childlife services halted due to #COVID19 , WeGo serves as the perfect remedy to allow kids to be...kids!

"The stuffed animal allows them to practice, and it also serves as a distractor," says pediatric endocrinologist Risa Wolf. "When the child gets a shot, the bear also gets a shot and has its blood sugar checked." usnews.com/news/health-ne…

This #ChildLifeMonth we’re celebrating the way play is incorporated into hospital visits! “We normalize the hospital environment by facilitating and adapting play so that patients can continue learning, expressing themselves and coping,” says Marie, a Child Life specialist.

Here's what some of our Accelerator teams had to say after meeting with the Orange Element team.

SIL invites the community to join us for the Innovators' Showcase event on April 27, 4-6 p.m. EST! RSVP now to reserve your spot. Prepare to be INSPIRED by ten mission-driven ventures bringing solutions to tackle challenges in Baltimore and beyond. eventbrite.com/e/sil-innovato…

Bravo to SIL student teams for placing in the Johns Hopkins University annual Business Plan Competition. In the #socialinnovation track, WeGo Foundation placed 1st (winning $5k), and Taara Projects placed 3rd (winning $1k). JHTV JHU_CLE Christy Wyskiel

Proud to announce that our WeGo team placed 1st in the Social Enterprise category at the annual JHU Business Plan Competition. Looking forward to allowing more kids to explore the world outside the hospital walls! hub.jhu.edu/2021/04/28/bus…

Perspective: Meet Patrice, the Spy Museum robot who is opening a secret world to hospitalized kids wapo.st/3w8c6KR

Check out this awesome piece in the Washington Post about WeGo and our newest partnership with the SPY Museum! Here, kids have the opportunity to go undercover, solve puzzles, and explore the amazing artifacts of espionage. Stay tuned for more!

SIL team WeGo Foundation has partnered with the Spy Museum in Washington D.C. to provide opportunities for children and young adults to have an immersive tour -- via a robot that they control from their hospital rooms. Learn more: ow.ly/LjMg50ESl6r

The The International Spy Museum and WeGo Foundation teamed to offer tours to hospitalized kids, courtesy of Patrice the robot. bit.ly/3vSpPG2

Congrats again to Dyslexia Advocation, Inc. for receiving the $25K Cohort Prize during Social Innovation Lab's Innovators' Showcase. And be on the lookout for big things coming from all our teams! bddy.me/2SBIXtk Franciscan Center SpreadKarma WeGo Foundation

WeGo is competing in the Red Bull Basement competition and needs your help! Please spare 2 minutes to follow the link and give us a "shout-out". Your support will go a long way in helping us serve patients all around the world! basement.redbull.com/en-us/projects…

A new partnership between The Strong National Museum of Play and the WeGo Foundation will help give hospitalized children an immersive and interactive museum experience — all from their hospital room. #ROC trib.al/nD6OYF8

We're excited to partner with The Strong Museum & be the first medical facility in the region to join the WeGo Foundation network, all while bringing joy to our patients while they're in our care. 💛💙💛

We recently partnered with the WeGo Foundation which allows our patients to explore the world outside the hospital with a friendly robot that can be driven around from a hospital bed via an iPad. Two patients got to visit SUE the T. rex 🦖 at the Field Museum!

Truly SUEper! 🦖 Thrilled to be partnering with WeGo Foundation & Comer Children's Hospital to bring the museum to pediatric patients. ✨