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Games and treats and dunk tanks, oh my!
Former and current patients of Children’s Hospital of Greenville
Hospital System
University Medical Center (GHS) have celebrated two summers in style,
thanks
to generous
Virtual Toy Drive donors.
The Children’s Hospital Carnival transforms the Healing
Garden at Greenville
Memorial Hospital into a lively party with everything from classic
midway-style
toss games to resident-manned dunk tanks. Donations through Virtual Toy
Drive’s
Special Outings fund keeps kids and their families entertained and
well-fed by
providing the dunk tank and popcorn and snow cone machines. Partnership
with other
donors means a bevy of prizes for carnival goers.
Child Life Specialist Tara Collins, CCLS, called the annual event
“awesome.”
“We tried to think of things [the kids] would normally do at a
carnival, but
we tried to adapt it to the Children’s Hospital,” she said. “Really, the
purpose
of doing activities and events in the hospital is to let them do things
they would
normally do when they’re not in the hospital. We want to create those
experiences
for them here so they don’t feel like the missed out on those parts of
their life.”
Kids often spend days, weeks and even months at a time being
treated in the Children’s
Hospital. While they’re hospitalized, children may miss out on everyday
moments,
such as play dates, field trips and birthday parties.
During that time, the Child Life department maintains our
child-friendly environment
and commitment to psycho-social healing by working with patients using a
variety
of tools. The Children’s Hospital Carnival, which Child Life
specialists
organized, is an excellent example of how the department enriches and
transforms
the treatment process for our youngest patients.
Supporting the Children’s Hospital Carnival or Child Life
department is as simple
as clicking your mouse.
Visit virtualtoydrive.org,
where you can purchase items for Child
Life and donate funds for the third
annual Children’s Hospital Carnival to be held June 10, 2011. |
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detailing the organization’s efforts over the past 15 years to reduce
the number of accidental childhood injuries and save lives. Since its inception
in 1994, Safe Kids Upstate has contributed to a 25
percent reduction in deaths and a 17 percent reduction in accidental
injuries. They have also helped reduce the number of motor vehicle
deaths of children four years of age and under by 43 percent.