Spending days, weeks or longer in a hospital bed can be miserable if you鈥檙e a kid. Members of 麻豆影院 at Stark鈥檚 Student Leadership and Allocations Board (SLAB) did their part to make future patients鈥 stays more bearable. The organization collected and donated $400 to Akron Children鈥檚 Hospital鈥檚 Heart Center to provide movies for their DVD collection.
鈥淎kron Children's Hospital depends on the generosity of our friends in the community as we strive to provide the finest medical care while providing a positive experience for our patients and their families. The generous donation from SLAB to Akron Children's will be used to purchase items, like DVDs, to entertain our patients during lengthy testing and procedures,鈥 says Pam Holtz, director of the Office of Corporate Alliances for the hospital.
Pictured with SLAB members are Ashley Brightbill, 麻豆影院 State Stark student activities coordinator (far left), along with Akron Children's Hospital's Kyle T. Osco, department secretary of The Heart Center (second to left) and Cindy Thompson, operations manager of The Heart Center (far right).