Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Reveals 2008 Holiday Event Schedule
Children's and the Savannah College of Art and Design Celebrate the Season
ATLANTA – July 2008– Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is pleased to announce its 2008 holiday event schedule. Now in its 28th year, the Children’s Christmas Parade will kick off the holiday season Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Attracting more than 300,000 spectators annually, the Children’s Christmas Parade is the largest Christmas Parade in the Southeast. This year’s Parade will include award-winning marching bands, floats, dance groups, celebrity guests, giant helium balloons, clowns and many other surprises.
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) has joined Children’s to present new and cherished holiday traditions that will benefit the patients and families of Children’s. SCAD has partnered with Children’s to host the Children’s Holiday Gala, a festive holiday cocktail event to be held Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. The Children’s Holiday Gala will feature a “Festival of Trees” display, which will include more than 30 decorated trees honoring patients of Children’s. Proceeds from the Children’s Holiday Gala and the Children’s Christmas Parade will benefit the not-for-profit pediatric healthcare system.
“Children’s is thrilled to be working with the Savannah College of Art and Design, all the parade participants, sponsors and volunteers for the 2008 holiday season,” said Kitty Correll, 2008 Children’s Holiday Event Chairman. “We are thankful for the opportunity to provide Atlanta with memorable holiday experiences while raising money for Children’s.”
The 2008 Children’s Holiday Event Schedule:
The Children’s Holiday Gala
6:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 5, 2008
The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
1600 Peachtree St., Atlanta
The cherished holiday tradition of honoring the patients and families of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta lives on with a “Festival of Trees” display including more than 30 honorary trees decorated by SCAD students. $150 per person also includes open bar, hors d’ouevres, live music, a silent auction that includes additional designer decorated trees, wreaths and table top displays, and other fun surprises.
The Children’s Christmas Parade
10:30 a.m. to noon
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008
Downtown Atlanta (parade begins at Peachtree Street near Baker Street)
Now in its 28th year, the Children’s Christmas Parade will ring in the holiday season as it marches a 1.5-mile route through downtown Atlanta. Award-winning marching bands, colorful holiday floats, giant balloons and Santa Claus are among the highlights of this year’s parade.
2008 Beneficiary: Critical Care Services
Proceeds from the 2008 Children’s Holiday Gala and the Children’s Christmas Parade benefit the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Critical Care services.
At Children’s, Critical Care service areas provide specialized, comprehensive care for seriously ill and injured children in a state-of-the-art environment. Critical Care services at Children’s include the Neonatal Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs), which care for high-risk newborns. For critically ill and injured children of all ages, the Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) also offer a wide range of services, and along with the Children’s NICU, provide access to more than 400 specialists in 30 pediatric, medical and surgical specialties. Children who require personalized care and high-tech treatment are cared for in the Technology-assisted Intensive Care Unit (TICU) at Children’s, which offers advanced technology and equipment—sized just for children—for a wide range of illnesses and injuries.
Leading-edge technology is also used to treat children with extracorporeal embrane oxygenation (ECMO) services. Children’s is one of only two centers in Georgia to offer ECMO, which assumes a patient’s heart and lung functions and allow these organs to heal during critical illness.
Children’s, a not-for-profit organization, relies on the generosity of our cmmunity to provide thousands of children each year with the critical care they need to fight battles against illness and injuries.
Visit www.choa.org/criticalcare for more information.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, a not-for-profit organization, is committed to enhancing the lives of children through excellence in patient care, research and education. Managing more than half a million patient visits annually at three hospitals and 15 neighborhood locations, Children’s is one of the largest clinical care providers for children in the country. Children’s offers access to more than 30 pediatric specialties, and has been consistently ranked among the top children’s hospitals by Child magazine and U.S.News & World Report. With generous philanthropic and volunteer support, Children’s has made an impact in the lives of children in Georgia, the United States and throughout the world. Visit www.choa.org or call 404-250-KIDS for more information.
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