Adolescent Medicine Unit at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Gets Multimedia Makeover Thanks to 'Make Room for Kids' Project
April 12, 2011 - Make Room for Kids, an extension of the Foundation's Austin's Playroom Project, partnered with Microsoft and local blogger Virginia Montanez to donate over $15,000 worth of Xboxes, iPads and other technology to the Adolescent Medicine Unit at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC on April 12, 2011!
In total, the following items were donated: 12 iPads with cases, 24 Xboxes, one Kinect in the teen lounge, a 42" LCD television, three digital cameras with a digital photo printer, Cricut scrapbook machine, iTunes gift cards, Xbox games, DS games and movies.
Thank you to Virginia Montanez of That's Church blog for leading this wonderful project and to Luke Sossi and Microsoft for their continued support!
Check out the Pittsburgh Tribune Review's coverage and visit That's Church blog for a complete rundown of the day's events!
Children's Hospital Transplant Unit Gets Multimedia Makeover Thanks to 'Make Room for Kids' Project
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 November 1, 2010 - The transplant unit at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC is getting a multimedia makeover thanks to Make Room for Kids, a social media-driven fundraising project, and local Microsoft employees.
Working with the Mario Lemieux Foundation, the group partnered to raise money and multimedia donations to outfit the transplant unit with gaming equipment and laptops. On Thursday, April 29, they will deliver 24 Xbox consoles, two Xbox kiosks, extra controllers and dozens of games to the hospital's transplant unit. Each patient room on the transplant unit will be outfitted so that all patients have access to gaming and computers during their hospitalizations.
Make Room for Kids chose the transplant unit for their multimedia project because patients on that unit often are in isolation due to their compromised immune systems. Their average length of stay is nearly five weeks.
Make Room for Kids was started by Ginny Montanez of the popular Pittsburgh blog That's Church, who encouraged her readers to donate. In a week, they raised more than $15,000 for the patients at Children's Hospital.
Local Microsoft employees, including Luke Sossi, heard about the effort and donated the Xbox consoles, controllers, games, etc. on their own. The money raised will be used to buy laptops and other items that will be delivered at a later date.
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