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  • Annual Fire Truck Day for burn survivors fills hearts with new friendship

    Fire Truck Day is all about celebrating the recovery of the campers, all burn survivors, at the Aluminum Cans for Burned Children (ACBC) Burn Camp. This annual event has been taking place since the mid ’80s, and from what we can tell, is unique to us. We’ve never heard of another event like ours. You… Read more…

    Annual Fire Truck Day for burn survivors fills hearts with new friendship

  • Akron Children’s celebrates Air Bear’s 10th anniversary

    The memory that sticks with Sarah Traw was the calming effect the Air Bear medical helicopter crew had on her after it arrived at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. Sarah’s 9-year-old child, Jocelyn, had been hit by a pickup truck July 1 while riding a bike in front of their house in Mineral Ridge,… Read more…

    Akron Children’s celebrates Air Bear’s 10th anniversary

  • Recipe: Zucchini cookies are healthy and delicious, says dietitian

    As seen on Fox 8 Recipe Box If your zucchini harvest has you scratching your head looking for different recipe ideas, look no further! Akron Children’s Hospital dietitian Lindsay Bailey has a recipe that utilizes the popular summer vegetable in a very sweet way. Lindsay showed Fox 8’s Jessica Dill how easy it is to… Read more…

    Recipe: Zucchini cookies are healthy and delicious, says dietitian

  • An ATV accident and a 2nd chance meeting with Air Bear

    Hunter Withrow had 2 encounters with Akron Children’s Hospital’s Air Bear® medical transport helicopter within a few weeks last year. The first experience he remembers; the second he doesn’t. The first was a Memorial Day weekend event in Wooster. People were able to meet the crew and look inside the helicopter during one of Air… Read more…

    An ATV accident and a 2nd chance meeting with Air Bear

  • E-cigarettes are providing teens with a gateway to smoking – (VIDEO)

    Developed to help adults quit smoking, Juuls and other e-cigarettes are finding an audience in teens who are experimenting with nicotine for the first time. In this Children’s Channel video, Crystal Cole, MD, an adolescent medicine specialist at Akron Children’s Hospital, shares the impact these devices may be having on young adults.

    E-cigarettes are providing teens with a gateway to smoking – (VIDEO)

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