Last year, after her nephew had been diagnosed with cancer in his abdomen months earlier, Mandy Austin found herself driving to the roof of the parking garage at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

She makes the one-hour roundtrip drive from her home so she can wave to her sister and nephew from outside their hospital room. Because of COVID-19 safety restrictions, Mandy couldn’t visit her family in the hospital.

And even though she couldn’t be there in-person, she knew her nephew was in good hands at Children’s Health℠.

For many years, Bank of Texas and Mandy, Dallas Market President, have been supporters of the hospital system, most recently as the inaugural presenting sponsor for Cape Day, which launched in 2018.

In 2021, Bank of Texas returned as the presenting sponsor for Cape Day, which encourages community members to help provide capes to our superhero patients as part of our Red Balloon League campaign. The campaign recognized the band of team members, volunteers, donors, families and researchers fighting for and raising funds for patients at Children’s Health.

“Bank of Texas was a supporter of Children’s Health before this happened to my family,” Mandy said. “But after living the experience firsthand, I see the critical importance of financial support to ensure Children’s Health continues helping families going through some of the scariest moments in their lives.”

Now, Mandy’s family understands the impact of the life-saving treatments and procedures happening at Children’s Health.

After six weeks of radiation and chemotherapy to reduce the softball-size tumor in her nephew’s abdomen, a recent PET scan showed no signs of disease.

“We couldn’t have asked for a better clinical team,” Mandy said. “Children’s Health has a very holistic approach of treating the entire family."