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Phyllis Brown
phyllis.brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Phone: 916-734-9023
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Lizann Hunt
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Phone:916-339-4245

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Media Advisory: 10,000 Valentines to be delivered to patients at UC Davis Children's Hospital

February 13, 2013

What: 
Patients at UC Davis Children’s Hospital receive more than 10,000 handmade Valentines collected by Star 106.5 as a part of “Monica Lowe’s Valentine’s Day Cards for Kids!”  The Valentines were created throughout the Sacramento region, by students at Franklin High School, Girl Scouts troops, churches and even an off-road vehicle club.

When:
10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14 – St. Valentine’s Day

Where:
UC Davis Medical Center – Members of the media should go to the hospital main lobby to be escorted to pediatrics.

Valentine cardsWho:
Children will receive Valentines in the children’s hospital. The cards also will be distributed to children in the pediatric Emergency Department; Children’s Surgery Center and infusion center in the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Background:
Star 106.5’s Midday Announcer Monica Lowe is the mother of an adult who suffered from cancer as a child and has recovered. She was moved to hold the Valentine’s Day card drive to help children who are hospitalized during the holiday.

UC Davis Children's Hospital is the Sacramento region's only nationally ranked, comprehensive hospital for children, serving infants, children, adolescents and young adults with primary, subspecialty and critical care. It includes the Central Valley's only pediatric emergency department and Level I pediatric trauma center, which offers the highest level of care for critically ill children. The 129-bed children's hospital includes the state-of-the-art 49-bed neonatal and 24-bed pediatric intensive care and pediatric cardiac intensive care units. With more than 120 physicians in 33 subspecialties, UC Davis Children's Hospital has more than 74,000 clinic and hospital visits and 13,000 emergency department visits each year. For more information, visit children.ucdavis.edu.
Media Contact
Phyllis Brown
phyllis.brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Phone: 916-734-9023
Fax: 916-734-9066
Lizann Hunt
lhunt@entercom.com
Phone: 916-339-4245