PRESS RELEASE: TINY SET INCLUDING MISS JANUARY, MR. MARCH OVERCOME MAJOR MEDICAL CHALLENGES, OBSTACLES TO GRACE PAGES OF 2006 CALENDAR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 15, 2005

MEDIA - FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Deborah Perry Phone (361) 442-4538
www.driscollchildrens.org

TINY SET INCLUDING MISS JANUARY, MR. MARCH OVERCOME MAJOR MEDICAL CHALLENGES, OBSTACLES
TO GRACE PAGES OF 2006 CALENDAR

2006 Driscoll Children’s Hospital Calendar Unveiling & Autograph Session
Thursday, December 22 at 11 a.m.
Driscoll Children’s Hospital

2006 Calendars Available Now!
In the Driscoll Gift Shop or on-line at www.driscollchildrens.org
$10 each
100% of proceeds benefit Driscoll Children’s Hospital

(Corpus Christi, TX) Hospital physicians and nurses are taking their “hats off to kids!” in the Driscoll Children’s Hospital 2006 Calendar. Decked out in a wide variety of head gear, Miss January, Mr. October, as well as other calendar kids will be on-hand for an official unveiling and autograph session on Thursday, December 22, 2005 at 11 a.m. in the hospital’s lobby.

Driscoll’s 2006 calendar and its beautiful color images catch a glimpse of children from the Coastal Bend, Victoria, and Rio Grande Valley showing amazing amounts of courage and grace in the face of debilitating diseases and painful procedures. The 13 children, including one set of twins, represent all the extraordinary children who can now realize their dreams because of quality, specialized pediatric health care they received from extraordinary people - the physicians, nurses, and staff at the hospital.

The 2006 calendar is $10 each and available in the hospital’s Gift Shop or on-line at www.driscollchildrens.org. Proceeds will benefit the Driscoll Children’s Hospital’s patient programs and services.

Driscoll Children's Hospital Logo
About Driscoll Children’s Hospital
“Improve the health of adults and you give them back their health …
Improve the health of children and you give them their life.”

Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing to the children of South Texas for half a century. The facility is a 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. Each year, more than 6,000 children are admitted for inpatient care, 5,000 for day surgery, and 50,000 for outpatient primary and specialty care, as well as 40,000 for emergency care, as the first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children. Additionally, Driscoll maintains a state-of-the-art ground/air transport team, 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and specialized medical outreach.

www.driscollchildrens.org

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