Children's Mercy News and Updates

Thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor, the Myron E. Sildon Legacy Gift Program was established at Children’s Mercy to honor Myron’s lifelong professional commitment to helping families build a legacy of giving through estate planning.

Through this special program, donors who make a new or upgraded planned gift to Children’s Mercy can receive a cash gift to start an endowed fund today. 

If you or a client is interested in the planned giving gift program, please contact giftplanning@cmh.edu for more information.

About Myron

We are grateful for Myron’s lifelong advocacy for the health and wellbeing of children in the Kansas City region and his service to the Children’s Mercy Donald H. Chisholm Planned Giving Council since 2005.

Myron is also the Founder of the Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium, which is in its 43^rd year.

“In my 50 years of practice, I have seen the power of estate planning to make a difference in our community. It affords families the chance to leave a major gift to their favorite charity that may not be possible during their lifetimes. I see the comfort it brings donors to know they can make their intentions known to their family and their charity of choice today that a future gift will be making a philanthropic impact upon their passing.” — Myron Sildon, Sildon Law Group

The Council's Fall Learning Forum is set for Thursday, Sept. 26 at the Children's Mercy Research Institute. Please mark your calendars! More details will follow by email.

Throughout their time as a patient family at Children’s Mercy, Planned Giving Council members, Terrence and Diane Gallagher, made friends and connections with volunteers, clinical staff, and administrative staff, and both became involved beyond being the parents of a patient.