Mayo Clinic Announces Annual Contribution to Ronald McDonald House, Gift of Life Transplant House and Hope Lodge

Tuesday, December 02, 2003

Who: David Herman, M.D., Chair, Clinical Practice Committee; Hugh Smith, M.D., Chair, Mayo Clinic Board of Governors; Jeff Korsmo, Administrator, Mayo Clinic in Rochester; Karel Weigel, Administrator, Community Relations.

What: Mayo Clinic announces plans to make a contribution to the operating fund of each of three Rochester organizations that provide a home away from home for Mayo Clinic patients and their caregivers.

The recipients are Ronald McDonald House, Gift of Life Transplant House and the American Cancer SocietyÕs Hope Lodge. Each offers a homelike setting where patients and caregivers may stay a few days, a few weeks or several months, depending on the course of treatment.

When: Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003, at 3 p.m.

Where: Gonda Building , 4th Floor Lecture Hall 100 Third Ave., S.W., Rochester, Minn.

Note: Media are asked to meet at the Gonda Building Information Desk at 2:45 p.m. Please call John Murphy at 284-8377 to confirm attendance.

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Contact:
John Murphy
507-284-5005 (days)
507-284-2511 (evenings)
email: newsbureau@mayo.edu

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