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NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN KOMANSKY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL’S LIGHT
UP A LIFE BENEFIT RAISES $475,000 TO SUPPORT PEDIATRIC
PATIENT CARE PROGRAMS
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New York
– More than
750 kids with their families joined hospital leadership and
dressed as ghouls, goblins, ballerinas, firemen and more at the
28th annual Light Up A Life Halloween
carnival, benefitting the Komansky Children’s Hospital at
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center on Saturday,
October 14, at the Field House at Chelsea Piers. The
event, sponsored exclusively by luxury retailer Saks Fifth
Avenue, raised $475,000 to benefit pediatric patient care
programs.
The festive
atmosphere featured games and activities including soccer
drills with members of the New York City Football Club, face
painting, balloon art, batting cages, a rock-climbing wall,
carnival games and musical entertainment, in addition to health
and safety-related activities, including interactive tours of an
ambulance.
Guests included Dr. Gerald
M. Loughlin,
pediatrician-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky
Children’s Hospital, Travis
Acquavella, Merrill
Curtis, Diana Gershuny, Claire Maxwell, Amory McAndrew, Erica
Silverman, Cari Walker and Mindy
Webster.
Proceeds from
the event will
benefit pediatric patient care programs including: Child
Life Services, a program that helps alleviate children’s
fears surrounding the hospital experience; The
Pediatric Emergency Department, which provides
emergency care to ill and injured children 24 hours a day, seven
days a week; The
Family Advisory Council,
a group of dedicated family members committed to providing
exceptional, family-centered care to all patients; and The
Pediatric Fellows program,
supporting postdoctoral training in pediatrics.
About NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital
NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital, together with
Weill Cornell Medicine, provides the best available care in
every area of pediatrics in a family-friendly and
technologically advanced setting. NewYork-Presbyterian is the #1
hospital in the New York metropolitan area and is consistently
ranked among the best academic medical institutions in the
nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. For more
information, visit http://www.nyp.org/komansky.
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