Avengers In The Community
June 1, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Los Angeles Avengers News Release
LOS ANGELES - On Thursday, "A-Team" dancers Brittany and Meki helped celebrate Wal-Mart's 20-year Anniversary Campaign with the Children's Miracle Network by assisting Audrey Cyr (a parent of twins that receives medical care giving) with a $1,000 shopping spree for gifts for patients at the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. The event took place at the Wal-Mart Super Center in Pico Rivera.
"This is such a great cause and to be able to help out really touched my heart," Meki said. "The patients are going to be so excited with all the great gifts we choose for them."
In 1987, moved by a desire to impact the medical needs of children, Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, partnered with Children's Miracle Network. Twenty years later, Wal-Mart and Children's Miracle Network are celebrating that monumental partnership by raising $10 million in May. To meet this goal, Wal-Mart and Sam's Club implemented a variety of fund raising activities and programs this spring.
The 20-year celebration kicked off with Miracle Balloon sales throughout the United States and the XM Kids Traveling Roadshow Live from the Balloon Bus. The XM Traveling Roadshow hit the road for three weeks broadcasting live, visiting Children's Miracle Network hospitals, and encouraging kids to support Children's Miracle Network by taking part in Wal-Mart's and Sam's Clubs' "Buy a Balloon" campaign. The "Balloon Bus" drove from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., stopping at 11 different Children's Miracle Network hospitals and Wal-Mart/Sam's locations.
For more information about the Children's Miracle Network please visit their website at www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org/ or call (801) 278-8900.
Founded in 1901, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles has been treating the most seriously ill and injured children in Los Angeles for more than a century, and it is acknowledged throughout the United States and around the world for its leadership in pediatric and adolescent health.
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles treats more than 62,000 children a year in its Emergency Department. It admits more than 11,000 children a year to the hospital, and nearly 50 percent of those admissions are children under four years of age. There are more than 287,000 visits a year to its 29 outpatient clinics and laboratories; nearly 5,000 visits at community sites through its Division of Adolescent Medicine. Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is able to offer the optimum in multidisciplinary care, with 85 pediatric subspecialties and dozens of special services for children and families.
For more information about Childrens Hospital Los Angeles please visit their website at www.childrenshospitalla.org/ or call (323) 660-2450.
For more information about the Wal-Mart Foundation please visit their website at www.walmartfoundation.org/wmstore/goodworks/scripts/index.jsp or call Jeanette Velarde (562) 801-2413.
The Avengers are currently 6-6. The team's next game will be on Saturday, June 2, when they play host to the defending ArenaBowl champion Chicago Rush at STAPLES Center.
Pro-rated Avenger season tickets are on sale now at 888-AVENGERS or www.laavengers.com. Single-game tickets, which range in price from $10 to $69.50, are also on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com and the STAPLES Center box office.
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