Mobile, Ala. (January 29, 2007)
Contact: Bob Lowry,, (251) 415-1358 |
 SENIOR BOWL PLAYERS VISIT PATIENTS AT
USA CHILDREN’S & WOMEN’S HOSPITAL
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Nick Folk of Arizona and Daniel Sepulveda of Baylor visit with patient Shay Johnson.
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From left, Dwayne Bowe of LSU, Chris Leak of Florida and Amobi Okoye of Louisville visit with patient Damion Phillips.
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| MOBILE – Football players from the Under Armour Senior Bowl traded in their helmets for handshakes and hugs when they visited Jan. 26 with young patients at the University of South Alabama Children’s & Women’s Hospital. |
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| The annual hospital visit is a favorite event for the players and their young fans, most of who are unable to attend the game. Players visited with patients in the hospital’s Treehouse play area, the Class Act school room, USS Hope treatment center, Outpatient Surgery and in patients’ rooms. |
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| “The Senior Bowl players are always generous with their time,” said Dr. Becky DeVillier, USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital administrator. “I think they enjoy their visits with our patients as much as our patients enjoy seeing them.”
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| The Senior Bowl organization has been a strong supporter of USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital for many years. In addition to the annual players’ visits, Senior Bowl support has been used to purchase Starlight Starbright World, a private, interactive computer network that allows the hospital’s children to interact with children hospitalized at other leading pediatric care centers across the United States. |
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| Senior Bowl funds have also helped purchase computers for children receiving treatment in the hospital’s USS Hope cancer and sickle cell treatment center, special golf carts that transport patients and families throughout the USA Children’s & Women’s Hospital campus, and extensive renovations to the hospital’s lobby. |
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