FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 18, 2004

MEDIA - FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Sherie Cantrell
Media & Public Relations Coordinator

Work (361) 694-5662
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BUY A CASE OF APPLES
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A WEEK OF FUN AT CAMP!

Six Point Kiwanis Club 22nd Annual Apple Sale
Benefiting Driscoll Children's Hospital
Saturday, October 30, 2004
8am-4pm
$30 per case (approx. 80-100 apples per case)
(694-6401) for pre-sale tickets and information

(Corpus Christi, TX)) Welcome the Fall season with some fabulous, crisp Red Delicious and Golden Delicious Washington State Apples. The Six Points Kiwanis Club is proud to host their 22nd Annual Apple Sale, a benefit fundraiser for Driscoll Children's Hospital’s “Camp for All” Cancer Camp. The event takes place Saturday, October 30, 2004 from 8am-4pm at the hospital’s front parking lot. Throughout the years, Six Points Kiwanis Club has been instrumental with this event, raising nearly $200,000 for the children of South Texas. Their mission is to improve the quality of life for children and families in the Coastal Bend area.

An eighteen wheeler will deliver more than 800 cases of Red Delicious Apples and 100 cases of Golden Delicious Apples. All apples will be great to add to your favorite recipe for apple pie, caramel apples, apple cake and apple tarts.

Pre-Sale Tickets are recommended!!! Apples are $30 per carton. Pre-sale tickets can be purchased from any Six Points Kiwanis member or by calling 694-6401. Ticket holders should pick up their cartons on Saturday, October 30th. Walk-up sales that day are also welcome. First come, first serve as apples are limited. Cash, check and credit cards will be acceptable.

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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.

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