Long Beach State University Athletics
Game Day charity event will be held May 20 at Blair Field benefiting the Stramski Children's Developmental Center at Miller's Children's Hospital
5/9/2012 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 9, 2012
Long Beach, Calif. - On Sunday May 20, Long Beach State and Steel Magnolias will host "Game Day", an event in connection with the Dirtbags 1 p.m. game against Pacific, which will benefit the Geraldine Stramski Children's Developmental Center at Miller's Children's Hospital in Long Beach, Calif. There are three primary objectives for Game Day: One, raise funds for the Stramski Center; two, increase awareness about the services offered through Stramski; and three, provide an afternoon of fun for the patients of Stramski and their families. Long Beach State and the Steel Magnolias, a Long Beach-area not-for-profit volunteer group, have joined forces to ensure that these goals are met and that Game Day maximizes its positive effect for the Stramski Center.
Complimentary tickets, food, prizes and entertainment will be provided to the Stramski Center patients and their families. Complete proceeds from tickets sales through this promotion will be donated back to the Stramski Center. To purchase tickets or donate, Click Here and enter the promo code "Stramski" in the Special Offers Code section to purchase these $7 event tickets.
The Geraldine Stramski Children's Developmental Center
The Stramski Children's Development Center is a multidiscipline team of highly trained professionals who care for the needs of children and families facing life long challenges. Under the direction of Dr. Gary Feldman, the medical director of the Center, children with birth defects, autism, chronic diseases, developmental problems, cleft lip and palate, speech, hearing and vision problems, attention deficit disorder, and many other problems that may interfere with the normal mental, emotional, social and academic development of a child can have their needs met in a professional and loving manner. The Stramski Center often serves as the transitional care center for infants and toddlers, who have developmental delay following hospitalization in either the NICU or PICU. The Stramski Center also houses an International Adoption Program that provides consultation, evaluation and counseling to families that are in the process of adopting a child from another country.
More information about the Stramski Center can be found at millerchildrenshospitallb.org/stramski.
Steel Magnolias
The Steel Magnolias are a Long Beach community group that began in 1999 with a mission to raise funds and to promote goodwill and the public's awareness of the needs and services of the Stramski Children's Developmental Center. In the past thirteen years the Steel Magnolias have raised close to $3,000,000 in support of the Stramski Center. The money has been raised primarily at the annual Gala and the Home Tour, which has become one of the group's most popular events and draws a crowd of more than 700.
More information about the Steel Magnolias can be found at the Steel Magnolias official website.
