On Saturday, March 7th, prior to her performance at the American Airlines Arena, Britney Spears made a personal visit to the pediatric patients at Miami Children’s Hospital. Miami was the third stop on Britney’s highly successful 27-city national tour, entitled “Circus.”
After her visit with the children, Britney presented a check in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, to Michael Christensen, Co-Founder of the not-for-profit Big Apple Circus and Founder of the Big Apple Circus Clown CareSM program, which is recognized world-wide as the leader and expert in the field of “clown doctoring.”
“In addition to her incredible talent, Ms. Spears is extraordinarily generous,” said Michael Christensen, “ her concern for children is exemplified by her generous donation to the Clown CareSM program, for which we are extremely grateful. Gifts like those from Britney will help us continue to bring joy and laughter to hospitalized children across the country.”
Clown CareSM, a nationwide community outreach program of the Big Apple Circus, was established in 1986 and has been in operation at Miami Children's Hospital since 2000. For four hours a day, five days a week, year-round, more than 90 Clown Care Clown Doctors, specially selected and trained to work in the sensitive hospital environment, make an estimated 280,000 one-on-one bedside visits in eighteen leading pediatric facilities in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Miami, New Haven, New Jersey, New York City, and Washington, DC.
Miami Children's Hospital® was founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International and is South Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with more than 650 attending physicians and over 130 pediatric sub-specialists. The 289-bed hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with several specialty programs ranked among the best in the nation in 2008 by U.S.News & World Report.
About Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Where Your Child Matters Most ™ (2025)
Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children. With more than 850 physicians, including over 500 pediatric subspecialists, the hospital and its network of outpatient centers and offices serve close to 70 percent of children in the Miami market. The only "where your child matters most™,” Nicklaus Children's is home to the region's most advanced Kenneth C. Griffin Surgical Tower, and its centers of excellence Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children’s Orthopedics, Sports Health and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children’s Brain Institute and Nicklaus Children’s Heart Institute. The Nicklaus Children's Hospital's Transfer Center, Nick4Kids, and LifeFlight are responsible for transporting and saving close to 5,000 lives a year. Our 325-bed hospital, which is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, has many specialty programs routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern United States and since 2003 has been designated an American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession's most prestigious institutional honor. For more information, please visit www.nicklauschildrens.org.