Hasbro Fund gives $500,000 for Bradley addition

EAST PROVIDENCE – The Hasbro Children’s Fund, the philanthropic arm of toymaker Hasbro Inc., has donated $500,000 to Bradley Hospital to support the construction of a 44,000-square-foot addition on the hospital campus.
The new building is the centerpiece of a three-phase, $31.1 million plan to revitalize and modernize the entire facility that is slated to be completed by the fall of next year.
“Bradley Hospital has a long history of providing outstanding psychiatric care to children and for helping them overcome the obstacles they face,” Hasbro President and CEO Brian Goldner said in announcing the gift. “It is because of this legacy and Bradley’s commitment to caring for children that Hasbro is pleased to make a donation to the hospital’s revitalization project.”
The project will significantly increase and upgrade patient, visitor and research space at Bradley, the nation’s first psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents and a teaching partner of Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School.
The first phase will involve the construction of a two-story building on the lower part of campus that will substantially increase the available inpatient space and create 60 private rooms to accommodate 15 children with developmental disabilities, 30 adolescents and 15 young children. Those patients are now housed in semiprivate rooms in the Laufer building.
All inpatient rooms will be located in clusters of small, quiet “pods,” the hospital said. The design is intended to provide patients and their families with privacy, enable staff to closely monitor and quickly respond to patients and allow the hospital to be more flexible when admitting patients.
The second phase will focus on renovating the vacated space in the Laufer building. The renovates will allow Bradley to enhance and expand its outpatient and partial-hospitalization programs for children and adolescents, including SafeQuest, an intensive after-school program for teens at risk for self-harm who may also be suffering from significant mood or anxiety disorders. The renovated space will also allow for increased “cutting-edge” research initiatives, the hospital said.
The final phase will involve moving the Children’s Residential and Family Treatment (CRAFT) program – a residential program for children ages 4 to 12 who do not require inpatient care but cannot yet live with their families – from the Laufer building to Swan House, which is also to be renovated. The move will give the children their own yard, as well as additional space to do their homework, visit with their families and play.
A formal groundbreaking for the new building was held April 14 (READ MORE). That same day, Bradley launched the public phase of “Uniquely Bradley: Advancing Children’s Mental Health,” a capital campaign aimed at raising $7.5 million for the project.
“We can’t thank Hasbro Inc. enough for their generosity as we embark on this exciting new venture,” Bradley President and CEO Daniel J. Wall said in a statement.
“Their support will help bring our buildings and facilities up to modern standards, better enabling us to provide innovative, comprehensive and family-centered care to the growing number of children from Rhode Island and all across the country who seek our mental health services each year. We are deeply grateful for their commitment to advancing children’s mental health.”

Hasbro Children’s Fund – the philanthropic arm of Pawtucket-based Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) – includes the giving formerly done by the Hasbro Children’s Foundation and the Hasbro Charitable Trust. Additional information is available at www.hasbro.org.
Bradley Hospital – founded in 1931 as the Emma Pendleton Bradley Home – is a member of the nonprofit Lifespan health care system, along with The Miriam, Newport and Rhode Island and Hasbro Children’s hospitals. To learn more, visit www.lifespan.org/bradley.

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