1. Wings of Hope is a group of Oncology doctors, nurses and family members at CT Children’s Medical Center raising money towards the $5 million necessary for a new facility to treat children with cancer.

2. How the new facility will help care for patients/families Each year, approximately 150 families in Connecticut receive the frightening news that one of their children has been diagnosed with cancer. CT Children’s treats these families with state-of-the-art, comprehensive care. Currently, these families see doctors on Floor 2 and Floor 8 of the Hospital. This creates longer wait times and inefficiencies in running the care for the patient. The new facility will care for all patients on Floor 5 of the Hospital.

3. Children and families will have twice as many patient care rooms so that waiting times to be seen will be shorter. Privates spaces available for each family to come together without sharing challenges of chemo/radiation with others in the area. On site technician and specialized lab will provide analysis of blood within minutes instead of hours. Blood counts determine if patient is ready for chemo, needs a blood transfusion, must be admitted to the Hospital or may go home. How the new facility will help care for patients/families

4. How does this relate to Latimer Lane School? Latimer Lane has students in the hallways that have survived cancer and visit CT Children’s for cancer check-ups. Other Simsbury grade schools have children that have survived cancer and visit CT Children’s for cancer check-ups.

5. What can you do? If you are in 4 th – 6 th grade, ask family and friends to sponsor your running in the Hartford Marathon with Jeff’s Running Partners – our goal for the entire school if $500. If you are in the lower grades, ask family and friends if they could help us reach our school goal of $500. Return your donation forms to the school office by October 9! School assembly in October to present a rep from CT Children’s with a check from our school to help them build this new facility for children with cancer.