FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 5, 2006

MEDIA - FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Sherie Cantrell
Media & Public Relations Coordinator
Phone (361) 694-5662
Cell (361) 548-6073

AREA GOLFERS “CHIP IN” FOR SOUTH TEXAS KIDS

11th Annual Golf Classic benefiting Driscoll Children’s Hospital
Friday, October 6, 2006?? 11 a.m.
Corpus Christi Country Club at 6300 Everhart Road

(Corpus Christi, TX) Area golfers including local and regional business professionals will putt for pediatric healthcare on Friday, October 6, 2006 during Driscoll Children’s Hospital 11th Annual Golf Classic. For more than 10 years, the Florida Scramble tournament has been a successful tradition which combines golfers’ love of competition and passion for South Texas children’s health.

Registration will begin at 11 a.m. with driving range and practice green available. The buffet luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. followed by a shot gun start at 1 p.m. An awards party will conclude the day’s festivities at 5:30 p.m.
Funds raised from the sold out event will ensure that funds remain available for the purchase of pediatric equipment and continued support for the programs that help to meet the diverse health care needs of the children of South Texas. Last year, proceeds totaled more than $120,000.

Sponsors of Driscoll Children’s Hospital 11th Annual Golf Classic include Grand Classic Sponsors Valence Health and Brin & Brin, PC Attorneys at Law and Grand Sponsor Fulton Coastcon, General Contractors.

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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.

www.driscollchildrens.org

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