94-06-17 U.Va. CMC received the 1994 Hospitals week award

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                                   Contact:  Katherine Jackson

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., June 17--The University of Virginia
Children's Medical Center (CMC) received the 1994 Children and
Hospitals Week Award for Excellence from the Association for the
Care of Children recently in Toronto.
     U.Va. was chosen from the large hospital/pediatric unit
category for "its exceptional and innovative programming."
     Three national awards are presented annually in recognition of
the accomplishments of Children and Hospitals Week participants.
Children and Hospitals activities are designed to increase
awareness of the needs of children and families in health care
settings.  CMC-TV technical director Linda Drake coordinated U.Va's
week-long activities.
     Children and Hospitals Week, now in its 15th year, is held
late in March and hundreds of health care institutions across the
country participate.  It highlights hospital and community-based
activities and educational events aimed at hospital staff, children
and families and the community at large.
     The Award for Excellence was first presented in 1993.  The
recipients were Scottish Rite Children's Medical Center in Atlanta
and Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven.
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Charlotte A. Buttner, Program Support Technician, Health Sciences
Center News Office, McKim Hall Room 3116, #429 Charlottesville,
Virginia,  22908  804-924-5679, cab2j@virginia.edu
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[Submitted by:  (cab2j@dmt03.mcc.virginia.edu)
               17 Jun 94 10:14:09 EDT]