Pediatric patients will unveil and demonstrate two new Starlight Fun Center mobile entertainment units at the Children’s Hospital University of Illinois.
The Fun Centers are being donated by University of Illinois at Chicago alumni Carol and Roger Shiffman of Highland Park, Ill. Roger Shiffman is the global board chairman of the Starlight Children’s Foundation and an initial inductee of the UIC Alumni Leadership Academy.
Well known in the toy industry, Shiffman — in separate phases of his career — built two highly successful companies: Tiger Electronic Toys, makers of Furby, and Zizzle, the company behind the Pirates of the Caribbean and High School Musical lines of toys.
Each Fun Center features a Sharp AQUOS LCD television, DVD player and Nintendo Wii gaming system to provide fun and distraction for hospitalized children.
“We are grateful to the Shiffman family for their generous donation to the Children’s Hospital University of Illinois,” said Dr. Usha Raj, physician-in-chief of the Children’s Hospital. “These new Starlight Fun Centers are a welcome addition to our hospital and will provide wonderful entertainment for children who must spend their days recovering from surgery or medical treatment away friends, classmates and family.”
WHO:
Attendees will include:
Carol and Roger Shiffman
Joan Steltmann, executive director of Starlight Midwest
John DeNardo, chief executive officer of the UIC Healthcare System
Pediatric patients and families
WHERE:
Children’s Hospital University of Illinois
1740 W. Taylor St.
5th floor
WHEN:
Tuesday, Aug. 23
1 p.m.
DETAILS:
Starlight Children�s Foundation Midwest helps seriously ill children and their families cope with pain, fear and isolation through therapeutic entertainment, education, and family outings that are free for the whole family.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Starlight Midwest provides ongoing support to more than 300,000 children, parents and siblings in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin with an array of outpatient, hospital-based and Web offerings.
Children’s Hospital University of Illinois is a 101-bed pediatric hospital located within the University of Illinois Medical Center to provide general and pediatric subspecialty care to children throughout the state.
The hospital includes 10 centers of excellence and is comprised of 24 pediatric medical-surgical beds, 12 pediatric intensive care beds, 10 pediatric step-down beds, and a 55-bed neonatal intensive care unit.
For more information about Children�s Hospital University of Illinois, visit www.uillinoismedcenter.org/chui
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