Dear Fellow Kiwanians,

The Cincinnati Children's Hospital is one of the CMN hospitals that has been supported by the First Gentleman's Project and other Kiwanis projects in the past. The following message was sent to us by the President of their foundation. You will be able to view this program on any of the NBC stations throughout the Ohio District.

Dave Whiteman
District Secretary
Ohio District of Kiwanis International

Please help us spread the word! NBC will be featuring Cincinnati Children's during a national prime time television special airing on four consecutive nights beginning next Monday, December 17.

NBC's holiday reality television show, Clash of the Choirs, will feature the Regional Center for Newborn Intensive Care (RCNIC) at Cincinnati Children's.

The show's premise has five celebrities returning to their hometowns to create an amateur choir, which will compete against the other celebrity-led choirs in a singing contest judged by the viewers. The winning choir - as determined by viewer votes - gets to designate a hometown charity to receive a cash prize.

Singer Nick Lachey is leading the Cincinnati choir, and they have selected the Cincinnati Children's RCNIC and Transport Team as their hometown charity. If the Cincinnati choir wins, money will be donated to help purchase new Giraffe Omni-Beds for the RCNIC and special isolettes to transport newborn babies in the transport team ambulances.

One of the Cincinnati choir members is the mother of a Hematology/Oncology patient. This family will also be featured on the show.

To see RCNIC and Hematology/Oncology staff and patient families featured on Clash of the Choirs, tune in to local WLWT-TV 5 for four consecutive nights:Dec. 17 (8-10 pm) Dec. 18 (8-9 pm) Dec. 19 (8-10 pm) Dec. 20 (8-9 pm)Thank you!

Ken Massey

President

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Foundation