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Source: Janet Basu
415-476-2557
26 November 2003
Ronnie Lott, Willie Brown, Macy's tree lighting to celebrate support for UCSF Children's Hospital
WHAT: On Friday, November 28, 6:00 to 6:30 p.m., San Francisco celebrates Macy's annual gift to the city -- the annual Union Square holiday tree lighting ceremony. For the first time, and in the true spirit of giving, Macy's holiday tree will benefit a worthy cause -- UCSF Children's Hospital. The public can sponsor one of the thousands of twinkling light bulbs on the spectacular 80-foot fir tree. All proceeds benefit support programs at UCSF Children's Hospital for children and their families at the most difficult time -- when a child is faced with a life-threatening illness.
WHO: The Honorable Mayor Willie Brown, 49er great Ronnie Lott, KGO-TV's Spencer Christian, UCSF Medical Center CEO Mark Laret, UCSF patient Samantha Williams and her mother, and the Ark Of Refuge Restoration Choir, featuring Bishop Yvette Flunder. They'll join Macy's and UCSF Children's Hospital staff, young patients and their families, the San Francisco community and Santa Claus to celebrate the holiday season.
WHERE: Union Square Park, San Francisco
WHEN: Friday, November 28, 2003 Program begins at 6:00 p.m. Tree Lighting at approximately 6:27 p.m.
TV NEWS ASSIGNMENT EDITORS: Please send your crews to 251 Geary Street on Friday, November 28 and ask for a Macy's PR representative. You will be escorted to the reserved media area. CONTACT: Jill Osaka, (415) 393-3455 or (877) 669-8187
REPORTERS NOTE: To Reserve Interviews: call UCSF News Services, (415) 476-2557. Ten-year-old Samantha Williams and her mother, Stacy of Lodi, CA, representing young patients and their families; UCSF CEO Mark Laret, and UCSF Children's Hospital Director of Mothers and Children's Services Roxanne Fernandes.
UCSF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND MACY'S HOLIDAY TREE: Tickets to sponsor a light or string of lights on the tree will be on sale through December 24 at the gift shops at:
UCSF Medical Center, 505 Parnassus Avenue UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center, 1600 Divisadero Street, in San Francisco
Credit card donations may be made online at www.ucsfhealth.org/tree and by calling toll free (888) 689-UCSF.
Tickets may also be purchased on Friday, Nov. 28, at the tree lighting and Macy's Holiday Lane store in Union Square.
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