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Food World and Senior Bowl
Donate $30,000
To Children's Hospital
PENSACOLA,
Fla. (June 1, 2006) -- Officials from Food World and the Senior Bowl
presented a $30,000 donation to Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital on
Friday, May 26, to purchase equipment for the hospital’s new
neonatal/pediatric ambulance. The donation was made during the official
blessing of the Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital ambulance, which is
specially equipped for transport and treatment of critically ill and
injured infants and children.
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Food World's Melissa
Morgan, Food World District Manager Keith McCarty
(center, holding check), and Senior Bowl President and
CEO Steve Hale (far right) are joined by Pensacola area
Food World store directors during the recent dedication
of the new neonatal pediatric ambulance at Sacred Heart
Children's Hospital in Pensacola. Funds raised by the
Food World Senior Bowl Charity Run in recent years have
helped fund the new ambulance, and officials presented
an additional $30,000 donation raised by the 2005 race
to the hospital on May 26.
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“We are very pleased to help Sacred Heart
Children’s Hospital fill a critical need with the purchase of a
newborn/pediatric ambulance,” said Senior Bowl president Steve Hale.
“We’re proud to be a part of Sacred Heart’s mission of caring for sick
and injured children from Northwest Florida and South Alabama.”
This donation marks the fifth consecutive
year that the Senior Bowl and Food World have teamed up to make a major
donation to Children’s Hospital, the only children’s hospital in
Northwest Florida.
“Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital provides
such vital services to the children of Northwest Florida,” said Keith
McCarty, Food World District Manager. “The Food World-Senior Bowl
charitable partnership enables our company to fulfill the responsibility
of returning something to our communities in a greater way than ever
before.”
The new, custom-built ambulance cost
$212,000 and the cost to equip the vehicle was $125,000, including a
$100,000 transport isolette. A grant was awarded from the state
Emergency Medical Services agency, and other community support came from
Food World, the Senior Bowl and the Kugelman Foundation. The vehicle,
which can accommodate two full stretchers end to end, is spacious enough
to transport twins and a double care team in one trip. A crew of nine
can be seated comfortably inside the ambulance.
Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital has been
providing care to sick and injured babies and children for the past 37
years. For more information about children’s services at Sacred Heart,
visit www.sacred-heart.org or
call 850-416-7000.
For more information about the donation,
please call Sacred Heart Foundation at 850-416-4663.
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