## Building the Clemente Bridge

The Roberto Clemente Foundation has established the Roberto Clemente Fund at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to provide critical support for international patients and their families as they travel to Pittsburgh for life-saving treatment.

Through UPMC’s International Services Team, children from more than 80 countries receive specialized care in areas such as transplantation, heart care, and pediatric cancer. The fund helps ease the challenges families face while seeking treatment far from home, allowing them to focus on what matters most: their child’s healing.

Together, we are continuing to build the “Clemente Bridge”—connecting communities across borders through care, compassion, and opportunity.

A Family’s Gratitude

“Please receive warm greetings filled with gratitude from a thankful Latino family. We would like to express how much your generosity and support mean to us—and to many other families at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

When a family arrives at the hospital with a sick child, they also arrive carrying fear, uncertainty, and heavy hearts. During those difficult moments, the support of people like you becomes a true blessing. Your generosity represents more than financial assistance; it provides hope, relief, and the comforting reminder that we are not alone on this journey.

Latino families deeply value those who extend a helping hand without expecting anything in return. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for thinking of our community and supporting parents and children during some of the most difficult moments of their lives. Your kindness leaves a lasting mark on our families.

As we say in Puerto Rico, ‘Good people always leave light wherever they go.’ Thank you for being one of those people and for bringing light to so many families.”

—With deepest respect, affection, and gratitude,

A Grateful Family

Help Us Continue Building the Clemente Bridge

Every family deserves to feel supported while seeking life-saving care for their child—no matter where they call home.

Your gift to the Roberto Clemente Fund provides international patients and their families with critical assistance, comfort, and hope throughout their journey to Pittsburgh.

Donate, share our mission, or join us in carrying Roberto Clemente’s legacy of service forward. Together, we can create a bridge of compassion that reaches children and families around the world—and continue leaving light wherever we go.

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