About Rowan Branch

The women of Rowan Branch are dedicated to raising funds for the life-saving work done at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland. Rowan Branch, founded in 1952, is part of the non-profit corporation, Children’s Hospital Branches, Inc.

Rowan Branch prides itself on being one of the single largest Branch contributors, raising over $150,000 a year for urgently needed projects including; an on-site MRI machine, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit equipment, Operating Room equipment, Emergency Department Heliport, and a Cystic Fibrosis Center.

Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland is the oldest, busiest and most comprehensive free-standing pediatric medical center between Los Angeles and Seattle, providing care to all children, regardless of their families’ ability to pay. Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland has Northern California’s only designated Pediatric Trauma Center and the largest pediatric Intensive Care Unit in California.

Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) is among the top 10 federally funded pediatric research centers in the nation. Children’s scientists strive for fundamental advances in basic and applied bio-medical sciences. Our research is generally targeted towards curing pediatric disease; much of it has important implications for people of all ages in areas such as cancer, obesity, asthma, and cardiovascular disease and aging.