CORPUS CHRISTI RAYZ Saturday, March19, 2005 (Corpus Christi, TX) The beginning of 2005 started off with a wonderful helping hand from the Corpus Christi Rayz who teamed up with Driscoll Children’s Hospital for a New Year’s benefit and celebration. The last game of 2004 for the CC Rayz was a success for the children of South Texas. The final numbers are in and thanks to the community and CC Rayz fans the hospital will receive a check for $850. CC Rayz will present the check to Driscoll Children’s Hospital on center ice at their season finale game this Saturday at 7pm. The money raised were efforts made by both the CC Rayz and Driscoll Children’s
Hospital. We both joined forces to help sale tickets and promote a night
of celebration to benefit the children of South Texas. About Driscoll Children’s
Hospital Happy 50th birthday! Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing the children of South Texas for half a century. The facility is a 200-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. The facility’s referral area spans 31,000 square miles, making it larger than the state of South Carolina, and offers care to children throughout the Coastal Bend and Rio Grande Valley. 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. The first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children, Driscoll provides emergency care to more than 40,000 children per year. 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 a renowned pediatric intensive care program. # # # |
