Children's Mercy and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford Team Up for a Big League Fan Challenge
As the Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants compete for the title of World Series Champion, Children's Mercy Kansas City and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford have teamed up to throw out the Baseball Fan Challenge: Step up to the plate for children's health. Patients at both children's hospitals love their local baseball teams, so we challenge fans to show their support of the Royals or Giants by making a donation in their team's honor to one of our children's hospitals.
Visit the Children's Mercy YouTube Channel to watch the Royals' biggest fans from Children's Mercy cheer on their favorite baseball players, the same players who've cheered them up all season long with hospital visits and gift deliveries. Fans can show their support for the Royals by making a donation in their honor online at www.crowdrise.com/bigleaguefan today through Friday, October 31.
Donations for the Royals will go to the I Love Children's Mercy fund. Meeting the goal of $25,000, fans will permanently honor their 2014 (hopefully World Series Champion) Royals with a plaque on the new I Love Children's Mercy wall, on display at the hospital's new gift shop opening early next year.
About Children's Mercy
Children's Mercy, located in Kansas City, Mo., is one of the nation's top pediatric medical centers. The 354-bed, not-for-profit hospital provides care for children from birth through the age of 21, and has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of "America's Best Children's Hospitals." For the third time in a row, Children's Mercy has achieved Magnet nursing designation, awarded to fewer than seven percent of all hospitals nationally, for excellence in quality care. Its faculty of 600 pediatricians and researchers across more than 40 subspecialties are actively involved in clinical care, pediatric research, and educating the next generation of pediatric subspecialists. For more than a century, Children's Mercy has provided the highest level of medical care to every child who passes through its doors, made possible through generous community support. For breaking news and videos, follow us on Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford is the heart of Stanford Children's Health, and is one of the nation's top hospitals for the care of children and expectant mothers. For a decade, we have received the highest specialty rankings of any Northern California children's hospital, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2014-15 Best Children's Hospitals survey, and are the only hospital in Northern California to receive the national 2013 Leapfrog Group Top Children's Hospital award for quality and patient care safety. Discover more at stanfordchildrens.org.