Annie Waters, vice president of foundation operations, and J.J. Harrington and Lauren Smith, youth committee members, joined Belinda Jensen on KARE-11 to talk about Children’s Minnesota’s Star Gala benefiting the genomic medicine program. The groundbreaking program helps kids in all care areas at Children’s including the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), cancer and blood disorders program and fetal medicine. When the community comes together to support Children’s, we are able to help all children and families in a lot of different ways. Watch the full segment: Star Gala benefit event to raise funds for genomic medicine.
Annie Waters speaks on the 28th annual Star Gala benefiting genomic medicine
- By Alexandra Erritt
Choosing Children’s Minnesota
Children’s Minnesota offers a breadth of services to get the health care your child needs, because we care about your child’s health and well-being.
Popular Categories
Recent Stories
Choosing Children’s Minnesota
Children’s Minnesota offers a breadth of services to get the health care your child needs, because we care about your child’s health and well-being.
Popular Categories
Recent Stories
More news stories

After a rare cancer diagnosis, Alec found personalized care through Children's Minnesota's adolescent and young adult cancer program....

Myah was born weighing just 1 pound, 4 ounces, facing collapsed lungs, infections, sepsis, and prolonged respiratory support. Despite the challenges, Myah is now a healthy, feisty and fearless one-year-old....

Children’s Minnesota is proud to congratulate 122 physicians who have been recognized as 2026 Top Doctors by Minnesota Monthly magazine....