UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals Foundation

If you've been in the audience you know: Notes & Words is a one-of-a-kind evening of incredible music and inspired storytelling benefitting UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. We're thrilled to showcase this special event in San Francisco for the first time - and to invite you to be a part of our Notes & Words tradition! Don’t miss GRAMMY Award-winning guitar virtuoso Gary Clark Jr., internationally bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin, and other dazzling performers at Notes & Words on Saturday, April 5 at the SF Masonic. https://lnkd.in/dE6jXbBr

We can't wait for Cat Bohannon, scientist and author of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution to take the stage at Notes & Words! Cat has a Ph.D. from Columbia University in the evolution of narrative and cognition, and her research explores explores how women’s biology has shaped human history and culture, and her essays and poems have appeared in numerous publications including Scientific American, Mind, Science Magazine, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, and The Georgia Review. Don't miss your chance to see this incredible author - learn more and get your tickets at notesandwords.org.

It’s a national problem with serious repercussions, and the stakes have never been higher: Young people are battling mental health disorders at an unprecedented rate. At UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, our experts are tackling the crisis head on through innovative, big picture strategies. Join us for this timely conversation about how health care providers, educators, caregivers, and parents can come together to make a transformative impact on teen mental health. Visit https://lnkd.in/gx5nKxhm to register.

The best show in the Bay for one night only!

We’re so thrilled that New York Times and internationally best-selling author Gabrielle Zevin will be taking the stage at this year's Notes & Words! Zevin is author of several critically acclaimed novels, including The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, which is now a motion picture, and Young Jane Young. Her most recent novel is Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, one of the best books of the year, according to the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, Entertainment Weekly, the Atlantic, Oprah Daily, Slate, NPR, the Hollywood Reporter, and many other outlets. Don’t miss your chance to see this incredible author on April 5 at the SF Masonic – visit notesandwords.org to get your tickets!

Congratulations on your 6th work anniversary, Erin Sims! Thank you for all that you do!

We can’t wait for this three-time GRAMMY-nominated singer songwriter to rock the Notes & Words 2025 stage! Grace Potter burst onto the music scene in the early 2000s and has since released seven acclaimed albums, shared the stage with the likes of The Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, and the Allman Brothers Band, and played nearly every major music festival. Her latest work, “Mother Road,” is her most magnificently unfettered collection of songs to date and was composed over a two-year span driving back and forth on road trips across America. Don’t miss this electric rock ’n’ roll performer on April 5 at The Masonic. Tickets available at notesandwords.org.

This Valentine’s Day, we’re dishing out an extra serving of love to our patients. But we need your help! Choose one of our fun food-themed e-cards, add a special message, and let our patients know how much love and support surrounds them each and every day.