PIH Health Whittier Hospital Receives $41,000 Brave Beginnings Grant to Enhance NICU Care

PIH Health Whittier Hospital Receives $41,000 Brave Beginnings Grant to Enhance NICU Care

Whittier, Calif. (July 29, 2026) — PIH Health Whittier Hospital received a $41,000 grant award from Brave Beginnings, a program of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation. These funds will support the purchase of a Giraffe Omnibed Carestation for the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
PIH Health Whittier Hospital is designated as a Level III NICU and is able to provide critical care for the most medically fragile patients. Each year, the PIH Health Whittier Hospital NICU cares for more than 350 infants.
 
The state-of-the-art Giraffe Omnibed Carestation combines a full-featured incubator and a radiant warmer in one integrated system. “This new technology will allow the NICU to provide a controlled, stress-reduced environment for premature and newborns requiring specialized care,” said PIH Health Chief Nursing Officer Lydia Arroyo. “This generous donation is an investment in the health and future of our community's newest patients.”
 
“We are incredibly grateful to the Brave Beginnings program and the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation for investing in the health of our smallest patients,” said PIH Health Foundation Vice President, Amy Fitzgerald “Partnerships like this demonstrate the extraordinary impact philanthropy can have on patient care. By providing advanced technology, these generous investments help our caregivers deliver the highest level of care to vulnerable newborns and their families. Together, we are strengthening the future of neonatal care in our community.”
Brave Beginnings works to ensure ventilators and essential neonatal equipment are always available to newborns in critical need. Each year in the United States, 1 in 10 babies is born prematurely, creating a significant need for hospitals to have an adequate supply of vital equipment. Access to advanced technology like the Giraffe Omnibed Carestation, helps healthcare teams provide the highest level of care during a newborn's most critical moments.
 
Each year, Brave Beginnings awards grants to hospitals across the country to help fund essential neonatal intensive care equipment, including critical airway carts, infant resuscitators, incubators, omnibeds and other life-saving technology. The program is dedicated to ensuring hospitals have the specialized resources needed to care for premature and critically ill newborns.
 
“Every newborn deserves access to the highest quality care from the moment they enter the world,” said Branden Miller, Principal, In-Theatre Marketing & Distribution, Amazon MGM Studios and Brave Beginnings Grants Committee Chair. “Brave Beginnings is delighted to support PIH Health Whittier Hospital with a neonatal equipment grant so that they may care for babies in critical need and keep more babies in their NICU, close to loved ones and together with their care team.”
 
For more information on neonatal intensive care services at PIH Health, please visit PIHHealth.org/NICU