The Mario Lemieux Foundation created The Playroom Project initiative following
Nathalie and Mario Lemieux's personal experience while caring for their
profoundly premature infant son at Magee-Womens Hospital. As they were tending
to young Austin, there was no place, or no one, to engage the lively minds and
provide a comfortable calming environment for his sisters Lauren and Stephanie.
It was then that Nathalie devised this idea to someday raise funds for playrooms
at area hospitals in western Pennsylvania. The Playroom Project seeks to benefit
families and improve the quality of a child's hospital experience whether as a
visitor or patient. Nathalie Lemieux serves as Chair of The Playroom Project,
and each room is called Austin's Playroom.
In just six years, the Mario Lemieux Foundation and The Playroom Project
luncheon/auction has raised the needed funds to renovate and furnish Austin's
Playrooms for the following institutions:
 Completed Playrooms:
- Magee-Womens Hospital - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- The Children's Home of Pittsburgh - Transitional Infant Care Hospital
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh - Oncology Playroom
- UPMC Presbyterian Hospital - Radiation / Oncology Department Playroom
- UPMC Passavant Hospital -Emergency Department / General Medical
- The Children's Institute - Playroom / Courtyard
- Gilda's Club - Playroom
- Canonsburg Hospital Emergency Department
- Somerset Hospital Emergency Department
- UPMC McKeesport Emergency Department
- The Children's Home of Pittsburgh and Lemieux Family Center
Pending - Scheduled Openings 2007:
- Sewickley Hospital - Emergency Department
- Latrobe Area Hospital
- Mercy Hospital Emergency Department
- St. Clair Hospital Emergency Department
The Mario Lemieux Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 organization.
To make a donation to The Playroom Project click here.
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