Kathy and Don Waggoner are looking forward to Valentine’s Day weekend this year, as they do every year, because February 14 marks the kickoff of the hospital’s 20th “Have a Heart, Do Your Part” radiothon. Parents to 7 children and 13 grandchildren, they haven’t missed volunteering at a radiothon since its inception. Akron Children’s holds […]
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Local radio host Keith Kennedy has a “heart” for kids
Keith Kennedy, longtime radio host and vice president of programming for iHeartMedia, is as excited to be a part of the 98.1 KDD 20th anniversary “Have a Heart, Do Your Part” Radiothon as he was when it first began in 2000. Even before he became the “official” on-air host in 2010, he was an integral […]
Karen Ingram named 2018 Distinguished Service Award recipient
It’s only appropriate during her 40th year of working at the hospital that Karen Ingram, patient service representative, Locust Pediatrics Care Group, was named the 40th person to receive the hospital’s prestigious Distinguished Service Award (DSA). Every year since 1979, the DSA has been presented to an employee or volunteer who has made outstanding contributions […]
Pam Baker named nurse leader of the year
Congratulations to Chief Nursing Information Officer Pam Baker, MSN, for being recognized by the Ohio Organization of Nurse Executives (OONE) as their 2018 Nurse Leader of the Year. The award identifies a top nurse leader across the state for innovation in leadership of the workplace and profession, promotion of professional practice through research and publications, […]
Public safety spotlight: Meet Officer Andrew Neely
If you saw Andrew (A.J.) Neely in the hall last month, you may not have recognized him. The normally clean-shaven public safety officer was sporting a beard in honor of “No-Shave” November. “In November, our department participated in a national cause called ‘No-Shave November’ by donating money to the Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer […]
Visitor restrictions in place during respiratory season
Keeping patients safe is a #1 priority at Akron Children’s and we accomplish this in a number of ways – from limiting our patients’ exposure to infectious illnesses to preventing falls and medication errors. With respiratory virus season upon us, the risk of spreading influenza and RSV to patients with other medical problems is a legitimate […]
