MU Gold Ribbon Day promotes childhood cancer awareness
University of Missouri Health Care’s Children’s Hospital will team up with the MU Athletics Department on Saturday, Sept. 13, to provide young cancer patients and their families with a day of fun-filled Tiger football activities, while raising awareness for childhood cancer.
The eighth annual event will begin at 11 a.m. with a tailgate party in the west parking lot of the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veteran’s Administration Hospital. Pediatric and adolescent cancer patients from Children’s Hospital and their families will enjoy games, along with free food and drinks.
“It’s our goal for this event to let these kids be kids and to honor their courage and determination in winning their battle with cancer,” said LeAnn Reeder, a child life activity specialist at Children’s Hospital. “We would also like to raise childhood cancer awareness.”
After the tailgate party, participants will watch the MU Tigers take on the University of Nevada Wolf Pack in a special reserved section at Memorial Stadium/Faurot Field. Participants will wear gold T-shirts in honor of children who are battling cancer, those who have lost the battle and survivors of the disease.
Children’s Hospital is the largest and most comprehensive pediatric healthcare center in mid-Missouri. Housed at University Hospital and Columbia Regional Hospital, the 115-bed hospital is the only facility in mid-Missouri offering comprehensive, specialized children’s services such as trauma care, neonatal transport, child life therapy, a pediatric intensive care unit and a pediatric hematology and oncology outpatient unit.
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