Holiday Party for Young Craniofacial Patients

What/Who:
The Craniofacial Center at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago is hosting a holiday party for young patients, infant to 15 years old. Children born with cleft lip and palate or other craniofacial birth conditions, their families and center staff -- more than 400 in all -- will celebrate with Ronald McDonald, Santa, face painting, food, gifts and music.

When:
Saturday, Dec. 2
Noon - 2 p.m.

Where:
University of Illinois Medical Center
1740 W. Taylor St.
Rooms 1130-1135, First Floor

Details:
The party is sponsored each year by the Craniofacial Center's Advisory Board (Face the Future). Members of this fundraising board, its teen board members (junior and senior high school students), and members of the Craniofacial Center staff (both doctors and support staff) donate their time and funds to hold this annual event.

The Craniofacial Center is one of the oldest and largest facilities in the world dedicated to the evaluation and treatment of infants, children, adolescents, and adults with cleft lip and palate, and other congenital craniofacial conditions.

A team approach is the hallmark of the center, where medical and dental specialists and allied health professionals join together to provide interdisciplinary, comprehensive care in a single location. The center calls on all the resources of the UIC academic medical center within the comfort of a private, children-friendly environment where patients are evaluated and treated.