Twelve-year-old Children's Memorial patient Gabby Reese, a brain tumor survivor, will serve as the patient champion and will officially kick off the race.
Many of the steppers are honoring loved ones who have been cared for at the hospital or who have been patients themselves. The event is expected to raise $600,000. It will benefit the fundraising efforts of K.I.D.S.S. for Kids, an affiliated organization of Children's Memorial Hospital, and the hospital's Family Services department.
ABC7 is the media sponsor for this event. ABC7's John Garcia is the spokesperson.
Link: www.childrensmemorial.org/stepup
Sunday, January 30, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
7:45 a.m. Welcome and Program
8 a.m. first step-off
Where:Aon Center
200 East Randolph
Chicago
Upper Lobby (Enter on Randolph Street side lower level)
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Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, is recognized as one of the top pediatric hospitals in the country by rankings published in U.S. News and World Report and serves as a major regional referral center. Its physicians are on the faculty at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The hospital is currently engaged in the Heroes for Life campaign to raise a minimum of $600 million to help create Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and support its medical and nursing professionals, programs and research. As a not-for-profit organization, Children's Memorial relies on philanthropy to help provide care to 147,000 patients and their families every year. For more information, visit www.childrensmemorial.org.
