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Andrea Kunicky
Media Coordinator
Telephone: 412-692-6254
Marc Lukasiak
Director
Telephone: 412-877-1656

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® & Beads of Courage® Bring Circus Fun to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

WHAT: To celebrate the healing power of laughter, Beads of Courage® and Ringling Bros.® clowns have teamed up and will be stopping by to visit patients at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC to share plenty of laughs, smiles and courage.

The clowns will perform and visit with patients in the Eat’n Park Atrium and then stop by patient’s bedsides to participate in the Beads of Courage® program throughout the Oncology and Cardiology units. Through the Beads of Courage Program, children are given beads to represent significant treatment milestones during their journey.

The fun-filled day will include carnival games, prizes, crafts and a caricature artist.

Patients will also receive a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Clown bead that will be will be packaged with a note of encouragement as a reminder that laugher is good medicine.

WHY: The clowns are making a “Pitt” stop through Pittsburgh this week in anticipation of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey ® coming into town November 2–6.

WHO: Ringling Bros.® clowns; Beads of Courage® staff; and Children’s Hospital patients and families

WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 17, 2011

WHERE: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, One Children’s Hospital Dr., 4401 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15224

Note to Media: Media interested in attending should park in the hospital’s main driveway and meet Andrea Kunicky in the lobby to be escorted to the event.

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