With a medley of seasonal decorations and magical trees on display, it’s easy to get caught up in the sparkling details of Akron Children’s Hospital’s 34th annual Holiday Tree Festival. In fact, decorators spend hours carefully crafting every detail to bring not only beauty to the branches, but also meaning. Details found in trees like […]
Holiday Tree Festival offers beauty beyond the tree branches
The beauty of the Akron Children’s Hospital Holiday Tree Festival is often in the stories that inspire people to donate and decorate trees. For one local family, the care they received at Children’s touched them personally, inspired a career and motivated them to give back to the hospital that helped their premature baby boys thrive. […]
Holiday Tree Festival: A dazzling display of dedication
Twinkling lights, beautifully-decorated trees and dazzling displays are set to shine at the 33rd annual Holiday Tree Festival, which for many, kicks off the holiday season on Nov. 22. The festival, which is presented by the volunteers of Akron Children’s Hospital, is expected to draw more than 250,000 visitors during its 9-day run.
Ohio CycleWorks Charities set to ride 3,000 miles to support hospital
Ohio CycleWorks Charities, a team of four cyclists, is set to take off Saturday, June 14 at 12 p.m. in the Race Across America (RAAM). The cyclists, Bryan Ray, Matt Geis, Brian Zupancic and Shawn Aker, will bike 3,000 miles across the country from Oceanside, Calif. to Annapolis, Md. in an event built on a foundation of giving back to the community.
Students tickle the ivories to raise money for Akron Children’s Hospital (Video)
The sounds of the piano filled the air of Akron Children’s atrium lobby when the Piano-a-thon took place recently to raise money for the hospital. One hundred percent of the event’s proceeds benefit Akron Children’s. As of 2013, the event has raised more than $45,000.
Art show supports different kind of healing
On June 29, 6-year-old Emerson Schmidt smiled widely as she presented a $250 check to Theresa Borodkin, a nurse manager for Akron Children’s Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders.
