ANNUAL ANIME EXPO CHARITY AUCTION BENEFITS CHOC CHILDREN'S

November 19, 2009

CHOC Children’s was the recipient of the 17th Annual Anime Charity Auction proceeds. The event was held by The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) on July 2-5, 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. More than $25,000 was generated for CHOC through the charity art auction.

"We are honored to be selected by the SPJA as this year’s benefiting charity. Since 2006, SPJA has donated close to $85,000 to support CHOC Children’s and our programs," said Winnie Tran, Corporate Relations Manager, CHOC Children’s Foundation. "This year’s proceeds will benefit the hospital’s Child Life program."

The Anime Expo® is sponsored by SPJA, and is a forum for enthusiasts of the industry involved in Anime, Manga, Games and the Culture of Japan. It is the largest convention of its kind in the U.S. for Japanese animation fans and industry professionals. The 2009 attendance figures are estimated at 44,000.

CHOC Children's is exclusively committed to the health and well-being of children through clinical expertise, advocacy, outreach and research that brings advanced treatment to pediatric patients. Affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, CHOC’s regional healthcare network includes two state-of-the-art hospitals in Orange and Mission Viejo, several primary and specialty care clinics, a pediatric residency program, and four centers of excellence - The CHOC Children’s Heart, Cancer, Neuroscience, and Orthopaedic Institutes.

CHOC is one of only eight children’s hospitals in the nation named a “2009 Leapfrog Top Hospital.” CHOC earned the Silver Level CAPE Award from the California Council of Excellence, the only children’s hospital in California to ever earn this distinction, and was awarded Magnet designation, the highest honor bestowed to hospitals for nursing excellence.  Recognized for extraordinary commitment to high-quality critical care standards, CHOC is the first children’s hospital in the United States to earn the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence.

 

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Media Contact:
Monica Garcia, Sr. Public Relations Specialist
phone: (714) 289-4183
email: mogarcia@choc.org

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