First Grade Class Donates to Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware
Thursday, May 15, 2008 @ 01:06 PM EDT
by: Alison Burris
Ph: 302-651-6396
email: aburris@nemours.org
Wilmington, DE – On May 6, a class of first graders from St. Catherine of Siena made a donation to Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.
For at least a dozen years, they have been participating in the Hospital Awareness Program that invites kindergartners and first graders from local schools to visit the Child Life Activity Center at duPont Hospital. There they play in a ‘doctor’s office’ using a stethoscope, talk about germs, make finger casts and discuss how to keep bones healthy. The Auxiliary at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children offers this program to help introduce youngsters to the hospital in a non-threatening manner.
This year, St. Catherine of Siena raised $185 through a bake sale and presented a basket full of fun things children can use to entertain themselves during their stay in the hospital.
The Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children is a division of Nemours, which operates one of the nation’s largest health systems devoted to pediatric patient care, teaching and research. Set on a beautiful 300-acre campus near Wilmington, Delaware, the 180-bed duPont Hospital for Children offers all the specialties of pediatric medicine, surgery and dentistry.
Nemours is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children. For more information, please visit Nemours.org.
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About Nemours
Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.
Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.
Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.
