Hospital Days

Join Us!

Join us for the 99th Annual Hospital Days on Thursday, July 31 to Saturday, August, 2, 2025! Enjoy three days of fun while supporting your community hospital.

Fundraising Priority

We are proud to announce that this year’s Hospital Days celebration will serve as a champion for access to life’s essentials – nutritious food, personal care items, and emergency assistance – through our Patient and Family Community Care Initiatives, ensuring dignity, health, and stability for the patients and communities we serve. Learn more.

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$50,000 Matching Gift Challenge

To encourage broad community support for this cause, the Burkehaven Family Foundation has offered a $50,000 matching gift, doubling the impact of every donation made during Hospital Days. Every dollar contributed will go twice as far in helping NLH and NHC meet essential needs across the communities we serve. Gifts made to the Hospital Days fundraising priority of Patient and Family Community Care Initiatives will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $50,000. Read more about our fundraising priority.

Sponsorships

Sponsorships are essential to New London Hospital (NLH) and Newport Health Center (NHC), helping to fund important programs, services, and equipment.

Sponsorship opportunities are available now! Learn more about our sponsorships and the variety of business benefits available.

Parade

Gather your friends, family, educators, doctors, nurses, or colleagues and invite them to join you in this year’s parade! You can organize a group walk, wear a fun and unique costume, ride a bike, or showcase your antique car or your musical talent. The possibilities are limitless, so don’t miss out on the excitement! We invite you to have fun with the circus theme – we can’t wait to see your creativity! Register today!

Community Forum

Join us for the kickoff to Hospital Days! We are thrilled for the return of the Hospital Days Community Forum on Thursday, July 31st from 9:00-10:00 AM on the New London Town Green. More information will be announced soon!

Vendor Fair

The Hospital Days Vendor Fair will take place Saturday. August 2 from 9:00am to 2:00pm in a new location for 2025-- the New London Town Green. Vendor applications are now being accepted in partnership with The Exchange. Learn more and apply today.

Jewelry Box Sale

We’re excited to announce the return of the Jewelry Box Sale at Hospital Days! We are accepting donations of gently used jewelry, which can be dropped off with one of our patient experience greeters in the NLH main lobby during normal business hours. For any questions, please contact: community.relations@newlondonhospital.org.

Special Edition E-Newsletter

View our 2024 Hospital Days e-newsletter, including photos, a note of gratitude, a fundraising update, sponsor recognition and more!

Event Disclaimer

New London Hospital hosts events that are public and camera-friendly. Your participation in or with these events constitutes implied consent to be photographed and to have those photos published on the Hospital’s website, Facebook or promotional materials. In turn, we also encourage event participants to share photographs of the Hospital’s events. If you have photos you’d like to share, please submit them to community.relations@newlondonhospital.org.