Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano President, Jerri Garison recently presented a representative of the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center with a $3,000 donation to support the Center's efforts to provide safety, healing, and justice to children of Collin County victimized by abuse or neglect. On hand to receive the donation on behalf of the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center was Melanie Carroll, vice president of development.
"The Collin County Children's Advocacy Center plays an important role in promoting healing in the lives of children and their families victimized by abuse. Baylor Plano is pleased to support an organization that is impacting the future generations of our community," said Jerri Garison, president, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano.
Over the past few years, Collin County has seen tremendous growth in the child population, from 113,245 in 2000 to 205,478 in 2009, an increase of 81%. While the population has increased by 81%, the number of confirmed victims of child abuse has increased by 152%. The Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County is committed to offering 100% of those victims with free services such as forensic interviews, sexual assault exams, and therapy as well as food and clothing to help them heal.
Funds raised from Gala 2011 will help partners of the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center in fulfilling their mission to assist children victimized by abuse. Receiving less than 10% of their funding from government sources, the Center relies heavily on donations from the community to provide the needed services to the children of Collin County. To learn more about the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center please visit www.caccollincounty.org.
Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is a 112-bed acute care hospital committed to serving North Texas residents with personalized care and advanced technology on a beautiful campus with hotel-like amenities and all private rooms. Services at the not-for-profit, fully-accredited facility include treatment for advanced spine deformities at the Baylor Scoliosis Center, neurosciences, orthopaedics, medical and radiation oncology, surgical weight loss, women's services, gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, pulmonary medicine, sleep disorders, pain management, diabetes management and more. Patients have access to digital imaging onsite at Baylor Plano and at the Baylor Diagnostic Imaging Center at Craig Ranch, an outpatient department of Baylor Plano. The hospital is the first in North Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive robotic surgery for procedures through the FDA-approved da Vinci® S Surgical System. Baylor Plano is a 2010 recipient of the Texas Award for Performance Excellence and houses an Accredited Community Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Program by the American College of Surgeons Commissions on Cancer. Baylor Plano is the only hospital in Collin County and one of six in Texas to be accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.Jerri Garison is president of Baylor Plano. For more information, or a physician referral, call toll free 1-800-4-BAYLOR or log onto www.BaylorHealth.com/Plano.
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