Believe it or not, the holiday season is just around the corner!

This year, spread holiday cheer and help MUSC's littlest patients by purchasing the 1997 Children’s Hospital holiday cards.

Children’s Hospital patients have been working hard all year long creating these wonderful works of art to add joy to your Christmas season. Because the printing costs for each card are covered by generous local sponsors, all of the proceeds benefit the Children’s Hospital.

Money raised through the sale of holiday cards helps fund research for diseases that affect the young and improvements in Children’s Hospital programs. It also helps buy paints, paper and other supplies that Children’s Hospital patients use to create the Christmas cards each year. A box of 24 cards and envelopes is $10.

Here at MUSC, you can pick your cards up at the Carousel Gift Shop. They can also be purchased at First Union National Bank, NationsBank, Palmetto Federal and other retail locations. Kiwanis Club of Charleston members will also be selling the cards. For more information, call the Children’s Hospital Fund at 792-2624.

Children’s Hospital patients whose artwork was selected as a 1997 Children’s Hospital Holiday Card are: Ghausia Ata, a 7-year-old leukemia patient from Mt. Pleasant; Kimberly Burnett, an 8-year-old leukemia patient from Duncan; Nicole Davis, a 12-year-old cystic fibrosis patient from Orangeburg; Sharon Dayse, a 12-year-old leukemia patient from Charleston; Tiffany Dow, a 9-year-old kidney disease patient from Manning; Richie Ellis, a 6-year-old sickle cell patient from Charleston; Brian Glover, an 8-year-old asthma patient from Charleston; Carrie Henderson, a 13-year-old seizure patient from Seneca; Monica Kreber, a 7-year-old leukemia patient from Mt. Pleasant; Sullivan Leamond, a 3-year-old liver transplant patient from Mt. Pleasant; Alvin Lee, a 12-year-old sickle cell patient from Hardeeville; Pierre Legare, a 7-year-old sickle cell patient from Johns Island; Wallick Mack, an 18-year-old sickle cell patient from Pineville; Tyler McNally, a 9-year-old tumor patient from Florence; Martelle Morrison, a 12-year-old asthma patient from Charleston; Karen Normoyle, an 11-year-old abdominal disorder patient from Ladson; Elizabeth Nicole Ortiz, a 6-year-old heart disease patient from Goose Creek; Tenequa Robinson, an 11-year-old sickle cell patient from Summerville; Rosanna Sauceda, an 11-year-old kidney patient from Lynchburg; Allison Smith, an 8-year-old leukemia patient from Ravenel; Damian Soles, a 7-year-old seizure patient from Loris; Daniel Stemke, a 7-year-old liver transplant patient from Isle of Palms; Janell Williams, a 10-year-old sickle cell patient from Sheldon; Rachel Wilson, a 7-year-old cancer patient from James Island.

Christmas card sponsors

The Children’s Hospital extends a special thanks to the following local businesses for supporting our children by sponsoring a holiday card: Alumax of South Carolina; Asten Group, Inc.; The Beach Company; Bishop Gadsden; Carmody Company; Carolina First; CellularOne; Cullum Mechanical Construction, Inc.; Mr. and Mrs. David Gilston; First Union National Bank of S.C.; Hope Real Eastate; Johnson Controls; JW Aluminum Company; MUSC Office of the President; NationsBank ; Palmetto Federal The Richards Group, Inc.; Rogers & Brown; Santee Cooper; Seaboard Partners; South Carolina Stingrays; Unisun Insurance Company; Utilities Construction Company WCSC-TV5; William M. Bird & Company.