Nurse Erin Raiolo and her two children created “Blessing Bags” containing hats, socks, mittens and other basic supplies to help University of Minnesota Medical Center patients who are experiencing homelessness.

Leukemia threatened her life as an infant, but thanks to a University of Minnesota Health team, Eliza now leads a wonderfully ordinary life.

When a rare disease caused Dara Beal’s liver, kidneys and lungs to fail, her family put their faith in a pediatric transplant team at University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital.