PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 16, 2006

MEDIA - FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Deborah Perry Phone (361) 442-4538

PINT-SIZED AUTHORS DONATE
SELF-MADE, PROFESSIONALLY PUBLISHED BOOKS
TO URGENT CARE WAITING ROOM

Book Donation
Thursday, May 18, 2006
11:30 a.m.
Driscoll Children’s Urgent Care at Saratoga Blvd across from Spohn South

(Corpus Christi, TX) Kids helping kids! Sick children with colds and minor illnesses waiting to see doctors and nurses, as well as their siblings, will soon have new reading material to keep them occupied while they wait. More specifically, 34 hard-bound books written and published by pre-AP language arts sixth graders from Kaffie Middle School will be added to Driscoll Children’s Urgent Care waiting room’s ever-growing library. The budding authors will donate their literary creations on Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 11:30 a.m. at the facility.

The purpose of the hard-bound book project was for students to experience the writing process from brainstorming story ideas, editing, and choosing audience, all the way to illustrating and sending to a publishing company. Students purchased copies of their book for themselves and had a choice to order one to donate to Driscoll.

“I wanted the students to develop a desire to think outside of themselves and to contribute something to their community,” says Connie Kirkpatrick, language arts teacher. “I am very proud of them for their creativity and generosity.”

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About Driscoll Children’s Hospital
“Improve the health of adults and you give them back their health …
Improve the health of children and you give them their life.”

Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing to the children of South Texas for half a century. The facility is a 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. Each year, more than 6,000 children are admitted for inpatient care, 5,000 for day surgery, and 50,000 for outpatient primary and specialty care, as well as 40,000 for emergency care, as the first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children. Additionally, Driscoll maintains a state-of-the-art ground/air transport team, 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and specialized medical outreach.

www.driscollchildrens.org

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