Yale Bulletin and Calendar

January 28, 2000

Volume 28, Number 18

Movie screenings benefit child clinics

Regional pediatric specialty clinics operated by the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital will receive $250,000 over the next 10 years from the Connecticut Association of Theatre Owners.

The Department of Pediatrics and Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital jointly operate comprehensive health centers for children in the New Haven region at the Children's Hospital, and for children in the Danbury region at the Brookfield Pediatric Specialty Clinic. A third children's health center will soon open for lower Fairfield County at Greenwich Hospital.

These specialty clinics provide care for pediatric patients with the full range of illnesses that affect children.

Movie theater owners will raise the funds through special showings, film premieres and other activities at participating theaters throughout Connecticut. The pilot activity was the limited showing in early December of "Phantom Menace: Star Wars Episode I," which raised $20,000. The film was returned to theaters by LucasFilm and 20th Century Fox specifically to help raise funds for children's programs throughout the country.

"The philanthropy of the Connecticut Association of Theatre Owners will enable us to advance the pursuit of children's health and bring specialized, highly complex pediatric care to children and adolescents throughout Connecticut," says Dr. Joseph B. Warshaw, chair of the Department of Pediatrics and deputy dean for clinical affairs at the School of Medicine. "The development of pediatric specialty centers will ensure that children who require the care and attention of a Yale pediatric specialist can receive that care as close to home as possible and will be synergistic with the care provided by primary care physicians."

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