Children’s Hospital Introduces 2025 Ambassador in Celebration of Giving Tuesday

This Giving Tuesday, December 2nd, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital invites the community to give back during their Season of Giving campaign to help more children like their 2025 ambassador, Wren Jacob Werner.

For nearly 90 years, Children's Hospital has touched the lives of millions of children in East Tennessee and beyond. Season of Giving helps raise critical funds to support the programs and services that support children like Wren.

This year’s ambassador entered the world with a fierce and fighting spirit, despite weighing just 3 pounds and 2 ounces and measuring a tiny 16 inches long at birth. The doctors discovered Wren had a rare and life-threatening condition called tracheoesophageal fistula, where the esophagus and windpipe are improperly connected. He was safely transported via a lifesaving neonatal transport team, equipped to safely transfer critically ill newborns. Wren arrived in time for the pediatric surgeons to perform critical surgery, connecting his esophagus to his stomach. After 68 long days in the NICU, Wren finally went home – stronger, thriving and full of hope.

With the community’s help, Children’s Hospital can purchase another transport incubator - the most advanced neonatal transport technology available to safely transport infants, like Wren.