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For Release: October 22, 2014

KANSAS CITY, Mo. 鈥� Which World Series baseball team fans have bigger hearts? Baseball fans step up to the plate and participate in a challenge for children鈥檚 health.

As the Kansas City Royals and the San Francisco Giants compete for the title of World Series Champion, Children鈥檚 Mercy Kansas City and Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford have teamed up for the Big League Fan Challenge, a (friendly) fundraising competition to see who can raise the most support for their local children鈥檚 hospital. Patients at both children鈥檚 hospitals love their local baseball teams, so we challenge fans to show their support of the Royals or Giants by making a donation in their team鈥檚 honor to one of our children鈥檚 hospitals.

Watch a special version of 鈥淭ake Me Out to the Ball Game鈥� created by patients and families at both hospitals at . Patients cheer on their favorite baseball players, the same players who have cheered them up all season long with hospital visits and gift deliveries.

Donations for the Royals will go to the I Love Children鈥檚 Mercy fund. Meeting the goal of $25,000, fans will permanently honor their 2014 (hopefully World Series Champion) Royals with a plaque on the new I Love Children鈥檚 Mercy wall.

Donations for the Giants will benefit the Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Fund, which supports the hospital鈥檚 greatest needs. When $25,000 is raised through the Big League Fan Challenge, a brick will be inscribed on the new pathway at Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford with a message celebrating our 2014 Giants fans. To learn more, visit .

Team votes and donations will close on Friday, October 31. Whichever team you鈥檙e rooting for, when fans support children鈥檚 health, we all win.

About Children鈥檚 Mercy

Children鈥檚 Mercy, located in Kansas City, Mo., is one of the nation鈥檚 top pediatric medical centers. The 354-bed, not-for-profit hospital provides care for children from birth through the age of 21, and has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of 鈥淎merica's Best Children's Hospitals.鈥� For the third time in a row, Children鈥檚 Mercy has achieved Magnet nursing designation, awarded to fewer than seven percent of all hospitals nationally, for excellence in quality care. Its faculty of 600 pediatricians and researchers across more than 40 subspecialties are actively involved in clinical care, pediatric research, and educating the next generation of pediatric subspecialists. For more than a century, Children鈥檚 Mercy has provided the highest level of medical care to every child who passes through its doors, made possible through generous community support. For more information about Children鈥檚 Mercy and its research, visit . For breaking news and videos, follow us on , and .

Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital Stanford is the heart of 麻豆果冻传媒 Children鈥檚 Health, and is one of the nation鈥檚 top hospitals for the care of children and expectant mothers. For a decade, we have received the highest specialty rankings of any Northern California children鈥檚 hospital, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2014-15 survey, and are the only hospital in Northern California to receive the national 2013 Leapfrog Group Top Children鈥檚 Hospital award for quality and patient care safety. Discover more at stanfordchildrens.org.

Authors

Contact:
Megan Alpers
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children鈥檚 Health
(408) 234-3906
megan.alpers@lpfch.org

Jessica M. Salazar
Children鈥檚 Mercy Kansas City
(816) 346-1346
jmsalazar@cmh.edu