Same Magic. New Name.

✨ Open Heart Magic is now Bring Magic! ✨

Transforming Children’s Hospitals, One Smile at a Time 

Bring Magic started in Chicago, and the Windy City will always be our flagship and home base. However, this world-class program is too important to stop there. The laughter and strength that comes from Bedside Magic programs have expanded to reach kids in northeast Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan, and now is primed to go further.

Our Magical Cities

Deep Dish Magic

Bring Magic started in the Chicago’s West Loop at Rush Children’s Medical Center, and ever since those first magic words and laughs filled the rooms our reach has grown. Chicago’s expansive neighborhoods and sprawling suburbs benefit from dedicated Volunteer Specialists helping kids every week. From the north shore of Evanston to the south side of Chicago, from the Magnificent Mile to the far north and west suburbs, it turns out magic words work no matter where they are.

Chicago Hospital Partners

  • Advocate Children’s Hospital — Oak Lawn
  • Advocate Children’s Hospital — Park Ridge
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
  • Ascension Saint Alexius Women and Children’s Hospital
  • Endeavor Health Edward Hospital
  • Loyola Medicine Children’s Hospital
  • NorthShore Evanston Hospital
  • Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital
  • Rush University Children’s Hospital
  • University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital

Hail! Hail! to Magicians!​

The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children is an institution known for advanced medical care, and is exactly Bring Magic has found a perfect home in Ann Arbor. In 2016, Volunteer Specialists began to walking the halls at Mott Children’s to bring laughter and strength to the Little Victors isolated in their rooms. And ever since, kids, families, and staff have eagerly looked forward to “magic nights” at the hospital.

Ann Arbor Hospital Partners

  • University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital

Deep Dish Magic

Northeast Ohio is globally recognized for being top leaders in medical care, and is exactly why Bring Magic has been a natural fit since our first visit in 2016. Patients from around the midwest, the nation, and the world, come to Cleveland for care and our Volunteer Specialists work side-by-side to ensure every child has a reason to laugh and find strength in the hospital. Cleveland rocks? Yeah, and it’s pretty magical.

Cleveland Hospital Partners

  • Cleveland Clinic Children’s
  • University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s

What sets this program apart?

Building Reliable – and Magical – Programs with our Partners

One strength of our Bedside Magic programs is it’s consistency. When hospital staff can utilize magic to provide a distraction, an alternative, and a redirect from the medical situation, that is when kids have a chance to heal. 

Volunteer Specialists complete hospital orientations and health screenings to provide consistent service week after week. When paired with our comprehensive screening and robust Bring Magic University training, volunteers are able to work independently so staff can focus their resources on other critical care.

Bring Magic to Your Community

Children everywhere deserve moments that help them feel like kids again — even during treatment. That’s why Bring Magic is expanding beyond Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Cleveland to reach more hospitals, families, and care teams across the country.

Launching a Bring Magic program in a new city requires more than a single visit. It takes fundraising support, hospital partnerships, volunteer recruitment, training through Bring Magic University, and the long-term systems needed to deliver consistent, high-quality experiences families and care teams can count on week after week.

If your hospital, healthcare network, company, or community is interested in helping bring Bring Magic to your area through funding, partnerships, or leadership support, we’d love to start the conversation.

Join the cause.

You Can Be a Part of These Magical Teams

Volunteer Specialists – in Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Cleveland – transform hospital rooms for kids. And last month, over 750 kids were given permission to stop being a patient and start being a kid. The laughter filling our hospital partners is all thanks to dedicated volunteers.  

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