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America's sweetest ride stops at Children's Hospital  A chocolate lover's dream machine rolled into the MUSC Horseshoe on Monday, Feb. 28. Loading the Hershey's Kissmobile for its next stop are Claire Abbott, MUSC Children's Hospital Fund, and Becky and Brenda Gilbert, members of the Kissmobile crew. The Hershey's Kissmobile—an 11-foot-6-inch tall, 25-foot-6-inch long vehicle designed to look like three giant Hershey's Kisses—stopped at MUSC as part of  its cross-country tour to raise awareness and donations for the Children's Miracle Network. The Children's Miracle Network is affiliated with more than 170 children's hospitals in the United States and Canada, including the MUSC Children's Hospital.   Claire Abbott, left, and Mary Katherine Trible, MUSC Children's Hospital Fund, share a hug with Kiss, the mascot. At the Children's Hospital, Hershey's mascot Kiss played with children in the Atrium and visited other patients in the hospital. Children had the chance to have their picture taken with Kiss and got storybooks, coloring sheets and crayons, and maps of the Kissmobile's 2000 tour. The Kissmobile made several other stops in Charleston at local grocery stores.    One hundred percent of proceeds raised from the sale of Kissmobile post cards and keepsake photos during the Kissmobile's Charleston tour will go to MUSC Children's Hospital to support research and programs. During 2000, the Kissmobile will visit more than 100 major U.S. cities, driving more than 100,000 miles. Visitors to the Kissmo-bile can play "The Great Kiss Race," a computer animated racing game, see how the Kissmobile was created, and learn how Hershey's Kisses are made.  In addition to its technical wizardry, the Kissmobile also has the capacity to store more than 230,000 Hershey's Hugs and Kisses chocolates in a refrigerated compartment.  For more information about Hershey's Kissmobile Tour, call the Kissmobile Hotline at 1-888-499-KISS or visit <http://www.hersheys.com/kissmobile>.