Christina Echegaray Archive — Page 34 of 36

White smiley face with a broad curved smile and two eyes on a yellow rounded-square background.
July 25, 2013

App helps children manage their health care routines

Adults have calendar applications on all their digital devices to remind them of appointments and what’s next on their agenda.

By Christina Echegaray
Group of adults posing indoors while holding an oversized check for $73,000 payable to Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt from the Music City Tennis Invitational.
July 18, 2013

Music City Tennis Invitational holds serve for Children’s Hospital

The Music City Tennis Invitational celebrated its 40th anniversary recently with another banner year, raising $73,000 for the Center for Child Development at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Christina Echegaray
Group portrait of seven adults gathered around a seated person using a wheelchair, with several people holding bouquets and one holding a framed certificate in a conference room.
June 27, 2013

Project Opportunity graduation

Project Opportunity, a 10-month job skills training program for individuals with developmental disabilities, recently celebrated its five new graduates.

By Christina Echegaray
Pageant titleholders wearing crowns and sashes pose at a telephone bank for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Telethon, with operators seated at tables displaying telephones and NewsChannel 5 and hospital signage.
June 27, 2013

Annual telethon brings in $1.8 million for Children’s Hospital

The annual Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Telethon celebrated its 30th year on June 2, raising more than $1.8 million. All proceeds benefit the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, the local Children’s Miracle Network hospital.

By Christina Echegaray
A child and an adult seated at a table engage in an art activity, with colored drawings, paintbrushes, and art supplies spread across the table.
June 20, 2013

Program gives young patients creative outlet

Caleb Clark is a soft-spoken, polite 10-year-old boy who’s not overly talkative. But what emotions and feelings he doesn’t express with words come pouring out with a splash of water colors on paper — joy, sadness, anger, happiness and peace.

By Christina Echegaray
Child in a black suit and red tie sits at a desk with clasped hands, flanked by two American flags and a U.S. emblem backdrop.
June 6, 2013

Bone disease doesn’t slow Kid President’s campaign

Robby Novak has become known to the world as ‘Kid President,’ an online YouTube sensation spreading a message about how people can “make the world more awesome.”

By Christina Echegaray