Nonprofit

Open Heart Magic


  • Mission

    Open Heart Magic inspires anxious kids dealing with difficult illness, unexpected hospital stays, and frightening medical situations, to sit up, laugh, and face their situation with courage through a personal bedside magic show.
    Open Heart Magic inspires anxious kids dealing with difficult illness, unexpected hospital stays, and frightening medical situations, to sit up, laugh, and face their situation with courage through a personal bedside magic show.

    About Us

    As a Chicago-based 501(c)(3) children’s charity, Open Heart Magic (OHM) focuses on improving the medical experience for sick kids in hospitals through joy, laughter, and hope.

    OHM certifies every volunteer to work safely within the hospital environment, directly at a young child’s bedside, to use magic to engage kids at their most vulnerable point in their hospital stay.

    At Open Heart Magic we believe doctors can’t heal everything and that laughter is the best medicine. We believe in helping sick kids get their magic back.

    Open Heart Magic currently partners with 12 hospitals in Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Cleveland:

    • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
    • University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital
    • Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn
    • Advocate Children's Hospital - Park Ridge
    • Rush Children's Hospital
    • Central DuPage Hospital
    • NorthShore Evanston Hospital
    • Loyola University Medical Center
    • Alexian Brothers Women & Children's Hospital
    • C.S. Mott Children's Hospital (Ann Arbor, MI)
    • Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH)
    • University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital (Cleveland, OH)

    As a Chicago-based 501(c)(3) children’s charity, Open Heart Magic (OHM) focuses on improving the medical experience for sick kids in hospitals through joy, laughter, and hope.

    OHM certifies every volunteer to work safely within the hospital environment, directly at a young child’s bedside, to use magic to engage kids at their most vulnerable point in their hospital stay.

    At Open Heart Magic we believe doctors can’t heal everything and that laughter is the best medicine. We believe in helping sick kids get their magic back.

    Open Heart Magic currently partners with 12 hospitals in Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Cleveland:

    • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
    • University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital
    • Advocate Children's Hospital - Oak Lawn
    • Advocate Children's Hospital - Park Ridge
    • Rush Children's Hospital
    • Central DuPage Hospital
    • NorthShore Evanston Hospital
    • Loyola University Medical Center
    • Alexian Brothers Women & Children's Hospital
    • C.S. Mott Children's…

    Cause Areas Include

    • Arts & Music
    • Health & Medicine
    • Volunteering

    Location & Contact

    • (312) 624-8079
    • 67 E. Madison Street, Suite 1504, Chicago, Illinois, US
      Suite 1504
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