Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Drive collects $5,000 worth of toys for hospitalized children


Children receiving care throughout CoxHealth will reap the benefits of a Children’s Miracle Network toy drive that gathered more than $5,000 worth of toys this Christmas.

Members of the community and CoxHealth staffers from throughout the system donated thousands of new toys, everything from coloring books and action figures to DVDs and video games.

“The community as well as our hospital departments were so generous,” says Heather Zoromski, executive director of Children's Miracle Network. “These toys will be spread throughout our hospital departments that treat pediatric patients. We have received thousands of really nice, brand new toys that will be used for encouragement, prizes and healing all year round.”

The donated toys will be used in the CoxHealth Pediatric unit, CoxHealth Pediatric Urgent Care, Child and Adolescent Psych unit, Pediatric Outpatient Therapies area, Infusion Center and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.