A monthly gift to Bring Magic means kids facing fear, isolation, and pain have someone in their corner — not just once, but month after month.
A 9-year-old needed to make an unexpected return to the hospital. He was defeated that his treatment wasn’t working.
Mom tried to convince him that it was going to be okay. He was scared. And so was she.
But then he remembered it was Tuesday. “Today’s the magic day. Let’s hurry.”
That’s what consistent programming does — not just one magical moment, but something a child begins counting on during some of the hardest weeks of their life.
That weekly coffee date. A meal from your favorite restaurant.
The cost of a monthly gift doesn’t feel like much at the start. But over time, it can add up to something incredibly meaningful for kids in hospitals.
Monthly Gift Monthly Impact
$13/month Gives a Bedside Magic visit for a kid in need
$26/month Sends two personal magic shows to kids needing a laugh
$52/month Four personal magic shows to kids isolated in the hospital
Monthly giving helps Bring Magic continue showing up for children and families week after week, month after month.
One-time gifts are meaningful. Monthly gifts create consistency children and hospitals can count on.
When you give monthly, Bring Magic can plan. We can train more volunteers and build programming with confidence – not just when a campaign hits a goal or a fundraising event goes well.
Children’s hospitals don’t pause between fundraising cycles. Kids are being admitted every day. Volunteer Specialists are visiting hospitals weekly. And Monthly Donors are what make these magical moments possible for kids.
In 2025, Bring Magic helped 8,408 kids in hospitals across Chicago, Cleveland, and Ann Arbor. Behind every one of those visits was funding from people who decided kids needed consistent support during difficult hospital stays.
Here’s what a year of monthly giving looks like in real terms:
Next month a child and her family will receive a tough diagnosis. She’ll be in and out of the hospital for months. In 3 months, a Bring Magic volunteer will visit her. A month later, she’ll receive a knock from another magician. And in 6 months, during her hardest week of treatment, a magician will make her laugh. It will catch her parents off guard because it’ll be the first one they’ve heard in weeks.
She doesn’t know your name. She doesn’t know you give every month. She just knows that someone always seems to show up when she needs it most.
That’s you.
Monthly donors are the backbone of Bring Magic. They’re the reason we can say yes to new hospital partners, yes to training more volunteers, and yes to the kids in cities we haven’t reached yet.
When you become a monthly donor, you’re not just making a transaction. You’re joining a community of people who believe that every child in a hospital deserves a moment of wonder — and are willing to make it happen, month after month.
As a monthly donor, you’ll receive:
Kids don’t get to choose when they get sick. You get to choose to be there for them — every single month.
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