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Children’s Fall Festival set for Friday at Moody library plaza
by UTMB Communications Department
The UTMB Osler Student Societies and Student Government Association will be having their annual Children’s Fall Festival from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday at UTMB Moody Medical Library Plaza, Ninth and Market streets, for children 12 and under. There will be snacks, games, a costume contest and more. Canned food donations will be collected for a local pantry. Free parking is available in lots J and D, on 11th Street between Market and Mechanic streets. For more information, call 409-772-2815.
Fall clothing drive
The UTMB Island Pediatrics East clinic has kicked off its fall clothing drive for new or gently used clothing. Donations will go out to UTMB patients and their families, the Family Crisis Center and others in need. Clothing and coats will be accepted through Nov. 21 and may be dropped off at the Pediatric Clinic at the Primary Care Pavilion on Harborside Drive or the Department of Pediatrics Office in Research Building 6, Room 3.300 on the Galveston campus. For more information, contact Crystal Williams at 409-772-7103.
State Employee Charitable Campaign
UTMB will kick off its 2014 charitable campaign at the Moody Medical Library Plaza today. This year’s effort focuses on all the generous hearts at UTMB. Last year, UTMB raised $470,000 for the community, and this year’s goal is $500,000. Todd Leach is the 2014 campaign chair. Charities rely heavily on donations from the SECC in order to fund their good work. In the past, in the Galveston area alone, the generous giving by UTMB employees has amounted to about half of all money raised for local and regional charities.
Halloween Blood Drive
The UTMB Blood Center is hosting a special Halloween Blood Drive from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 31 in the brown atrium hallway in between the John Sealy Hospital and the University Health Clinics on the Galveston campus. All donors will receive a pink vampire T-shirt. For more information, call 409-772-4861.
Holiday Style Show
The third annual Holiday Style Fashion Show and Luncheon will be at 11 a.m. Nov. 4 at the Galveston Island Convention Center. This annual fundraiser brings runway models to Galveston for the benefit of the UTMB School of Nursing Honors program. For more information and to purchase tickets, call 409-772-1520.
UTMB Water Tower
Last week, the UTMB water tower got a fresh coat of paint and now carries the current UTMB logo.
Asthmatics needed
UTMB researchers are looking for people with a history of physician-diagnosed asthma and are between the ages of 18 and 65 and are a nonsmoker for at least one year to participate in a research study. For more information, contact Afifa Khalil at 409-747-1887.