Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation Receives Grant from Kohl’s Cares For Kids to Promote Awareness and Injury Prevention

Thursday, September 10 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation has received a grant for $14,718 from Kohl’s Care for Kids to create the Kohl’s Gear 4 Safety program to promote awareness and injury prevention among parents and children 14 years old and younger. The grant will support a series of ten community events that will be held throughout Broward County, starting this Sunday, September 13.

The programs will be hosted and organized by Safe Kids Broward, a member organization of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network whose mission is to prevent accidental childhood injury, a leading killer of children 14 and under. The series is expected to educate about drowning prevention, bike and pedestrian safety, car safety and other topics related to wellbeing throughout the year. In addition, related information will be distributed at community health and safety fairs, as well as Kohl’s stores in Broward County.

When: Sunday, September 13, 11 a.m.
Where: Nova’s A Day for Children, the campus of Nova Southeastern University, at 3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

To view upcoming Safe Kids Broward community events, visit Memorial’s Community calendar http://www.mhs.net/community/communitycalendar.aspx

For additional information about upcoming events, call (954) 276-5991

Established in 1981, the Memorial Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides philanthropic support to supplement the income from payors and tax revenues received by the Memorial Healthcare System, ensuring the ongoing availability of the highest quality healthcare services for everyone, regardless of the ability to pay. For more information, call (954) 265-3454 or visit www.mhsfoundation.org.

Based in Menomonee Falls, Wis., Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) is a family-focused, value-oriented specialty department store offering moderately priced, exclusive and national brand apparel, shoes, accessories, beauty and home products in an exciting shopping environment. Kohl’s operates 1,022 stores in 49 states. A company committed to the communities it serves, Kohl’s has raised more than $126 million for children’s initiatives nationwide through its Kohl’s Cares for Kids® philanthropic program, which operates under Kohl's Cares, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. For a list of store locations and information, or for the added convenience of shopping online, visit www.kohls.com.

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