Published December 23. 2025 10:11AM
CONTRIBUTED PHOTOSOn Dec. 12 Lehigh Valley Hospital, part of Jefferson Health hosted a dedication ceremony to honor August David Adler, who died in 2015. Adler died the day after he was born. His family donated an Adalyn Rose Foundation remembrance cart to the emergency department at Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital, part of Jefferson Health. ABOVE: A dedication ceremony for the Adalyn Rose Foundation Remembrance Cart honoring August David Adler is held in the waiting room near the Breidegam Family Children’s Emergency Room at Lehigh Valley Hospital Dec. 12.
The cart includes a library of grief books for children and adults as well as blankets, stuffed animals and other items to help with loss.
Family members and hospital staff gather for the dedication ceremony Dec. 12.
Adalyn Rose Foundation remembrance carts are also available in the neonatal intensive care unit and labor and delivery unit of the hospital.