IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN!
WHEN DRISCOLL PATIENTS DISH UP A HEAPING HELPING OF HOLIDAY CHEER IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER!

Holiday card collection filled with whimsical, thoughtful seasonal children’s art;

2007 Holiday Card Collection Unveiling
Friday, August 10, 2007 at 10:30 a.m.
Driscoll Children’s Hospital
(Interview opportunities with card artists)

(Corpus Christi, TX) The hottest month of the year is bringing holiday cheer to Driscoll Children’s Hospital. With the help of some very young and talented artists, the hospital will unveil its 2007 Holiday Card Collection on Friday, August 10, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. in the main lobby. Sales from the annual project support the Marsha K. Wilcox Scholarship Foundation which provides children with cancer, funds for college. New this year each card’s production cost has been graciously sponsored by local families and businesses. Thanks to these sponsors, all of the funds collected this year will go into the scholarship fund.

As in the past, this year’s card art comes from a variety of patients from all over South Texas.

2007 Holiday Card art and artists include:

• Country Christmas Star
  Jaqueline Black age 7 – Corpus Christi, Texas
  Underwritten in recognition of the Ready or Not Foundation
• Tropical Christmas
  James Ragan, age 13 – Corpus Christi, Tx
  Rabalais I&E Constructors
• Singing Angels
  David Garza, age 6- Corpus Christi, Tx
  Cotten, Landreth, Kramer Architects & Associates, Inc.
• Snow Family
  Pedro Zambrano-Pharr, Tx
  Wilcox Family
• Candy Canes
  Marissa Rodriguez, age 10- Calallen-Corpus Christi, Tx
  Watermark Corporate Apparel and Promotions
• Snowman
  Marissa Rodriguez, age 10-Calallen-Corpus Christi, Tx

Driscoll Children’s Hospital 2007 Holiday Cards are $12 per package and will be available for purchase Tuesday, September 4, 2007 in the hospital’s Gift Shop located in the main lobby or at www.driscollchildrens.org/holidaycards. Corporate orders will be taken immediately.

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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