WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The third annual Corvette Cruise-In, benefiting Brenner Children’s Hospital, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Comp Rehab Plaza at 131 Miller Street, Winston-Salem. The event is free and open to the public, however donations to the Brenner Children’s Hospital Cancer Support Program are encouraged.
The cruise-in will feature more than 100 corvettes. Entertainers scheduled to perform include: Kris Ferris, Bryan "Songbear" Smith, G.T. Summerlin, Greg Phairas and Andrea Reese.
A raffle for a new 350 crate engine donated by Flow GM Parts Center will also be held. The tickets are $5 each and will be available at the cruise-in.
As the only children’s hospital in this region, Brenner Children’s Hospital offers a dedicated pediatric oncology program. The childhood cancer treatment team at Brenner Children’s Hospital includes pediatric oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, pediatric oncology nurses, specially trained psychologists, social workers, child life specialists, nutritionists and educators who can support and inform the entire family.
The children’s hospital also offers children with cancer the opportunity to participate in the most current and advanced clinical research trials through the Children’s Oncology Group, a National Cancer Institute-supported cooperative research organization.
For more information about the corvette club, visit www.countrycorvetteclub.com. For more information about Brenner Children’s Hospital, visit www.brennerchildrens.org.
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Media Contacts: Sandra Porter, 336-403-3881 or csporter@hughes.net. Media contact for the children’s hospital: Rae Bush, 336-716-6878 or rbush@wfubmc.edu.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is an academic health system comprised of North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Wake Forest University Health Sciences and Brenner Children’s Hospital. The system comprises 1,154 acute care, rehabilitation, psychiatry and long-term care beds and is consistently ranked as one of “America’s Best Hospitals” by U.S. News & World Report.