Welcome

Proud to be Montana’s only Children’s Miracle Network Hospital!

Why donate to Shodair?

For 120 years, Shodair Children’s Hospital has served as a beacon in the night for struggling families.

• We are here to help children and heal families.

• We are here to facilitate medical testing to help find genetic answers.

• We are here to offer patient treatments, house their families, and offer support regardless of ability to pay.

Our Mission

To heal, help, and inspire hope

Shodair’s 120-year history

Shodair began as a home for orphaned and abandoned children in 1896 in response to a huge number of children living on the streets in Helena. Children would be placed on “orphan trains” typically on the east coast or in the south,  and sent to the west. Making stops along the way, children were adopted and not always in good environments.  If they were not adopted at one of the stops along the way, they would end up in Helena, the last stop. Montana Children’s Home and Hospital was developed to care for these children, and later renamed Shodair Children’s Hospital after benefactor Louis Shodair. The Receiving Home of the Montana Children’s Home Society, still stands at 840 Helena Ave., next to the old Shodair Children’s Hospital