October 3, 2008

We Care for Kids Day happens Sunday

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Nayo Ka-Dumasane, right, competes against her friend Alejandra Latinez to go the farthest in one of the inflatable games set up during We Care For Kids Day. (photo by Dana Johnson)

Karla Brown shows off her face paint. (photo by Dana Johnson)

Karla Brown shows off her face paint. (photo by Dana Johnson)

Alan Garcia gets some exercise jumping rope. (photo by Dana Johnson)

Alan Garcia gets some exercise jumping rope. (photo by Dana Johnson)

Triplets, from left, Lucia, Theo and Seth Greenland and their parents, Fiona and Paul, came to visit their former Neonatal Intensive Care Unit caregivers. (photo by Dana Johnson)

Triplets, from left, Lucia, Theo and Seth Greenland and their parents, Fiona and Paul, came to visit their former Neonatal Intensive Care Unit caregivers. (photo by Dana Johnson)

Last Sunday, the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt held the fourth annual We Care for Kids Day at the corner of Blakemore Avenue and Natchez Trace on the VU campus. The event featured reunions of former patients as well as dozens of interactive and educational booths and play areas designed to provide messages about nutrition, music, physical activity, literacy, safety and health.