Oct. 15, 2012

Spirit of Children and Spirit Halloween Stores Provide Fun and Funding at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU

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By Shira Pollard
Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU

Spirit of Children will hold a special Halloween party for pediatric patients at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. Spirit of Children has raised more than $85,000 for the hospital’s child life department to date.

WHAT:     Halloween party for patients complete with costumes, games and crafts

WHEN:    Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, 2 p.m.

WHERE: Main Hospital, 7th Floor
      1250 E. Marshall St.
        
WHO: Pediatric patients and families
          Spirit Halloween employees

Media must be escorted into the hospital.

About Spirit of Children
Since 2006, Spirit of Children has supported Child Life departments to make hospital stays less scary for kids and their families and touches hundreds of thousands of pediatric patients each year by providing both fun and funding to hospitals at Halloween and all year long. Spirit of Children enables hospitalized children to celebrate Halloween like kids should by organizing events complete with costumes, accessories, decorations and activities. This season, Spirit of Children will host celebrations at 85 hospitals and hopes to raise $3.5 million, bringing its total contribution to more than $10 million since the program’s inception.