In his Grand Rounds last year, Dr. Newman talked about the importance of the parent’s perspective in transforming care from good to great. This inspired us to bring families into our advertising process, too. So we spoke with them and learned what matters most. They want to know that they’re dealing with the best experts anywhere. So when we launched our “Grow Up Stronger” advertising campaign in 2016, it showed how we are advancing care every day. And we’ve brought families into the advertising itself, to show we understand the important role they play in making and keeping kids healthy.

Children’s National is more than a hospital, so our advertising needs to be bigger and broader too. We are dedicated to healing kids when they are very sick, and doing everything that we can to prevent them from becoming ill in the first place. So above all, we wanted our advertising to reflect our shared purpose: helping kids be happy, healthy and thriving.

“Stronger” speaks to the work we do, the families we support, and above all, the kids we help to have brighter, healthier futures. We are stronger, because no one brings together collective expertise and shared purpose the way we do. Our work helps make families stronger, too. Because they gain confidence in knowing their children will be cared for by the best, most dedicated experts in the region. And stronger is at the heart of our vision for the future, where we become more focused on helping kids avoid getting sick in the first place. At Children’s National, we don’t just want kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger.

This year, we created new advertisements and revamped our existing advertisements to build upon the strength of the campaign. Our new work continues to show parents that as a top-ranked children’s hospital, we are experts in caring for children.

Inspired by Dr. Newman’s national bestselling memoir, and the run up to the 150th anniversary of the hospital, we created a more anthemic advertisement showcasing real patients, spanning from age 3 to 72, who share how Children’s National contributed to unique moments in their lives.