ADVISORY/Macy's West Selects UCSF Children's Hospital as the Beneficiary of Its Annual San Francisco Holiday Tree Lighting.News Editors/Assignment Desks ADVISORY...for Friday (Nov. 28) --(BUSINESS WIRE) For the first time, Macy's West Macy's West is a division of Macy's, Inc. (formerly Federated Department Stores) and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It currently operates approximately 200 stores throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas. is making its annual Union Square holiday tree lighting a charitable event, benefiting UCSF UCSF University of California at San Francisco Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. . Members of the public can join in to make the season a little brighter for a child by sponsoring a light to help illuminate the 80-ft fir tree. Sponsorship is $10, with all donations going to UCSF Children's Hospital for specialized programs to provide the best medical care as well as essential emotional and spiritual support at the most difficult time for a family - when a child is faced with a life-threatening illness. UCSF Children's Hospital is the best pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. hospital in California and one of the top 10 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. . The 180-bed hospital, cradled within the larger UCSF Medical Center The UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus Heights and Mount Zion in San Francisco, California are the major research and medical teaching hospitals of the University of California, San Francisco. It has been ranked as the 7th-best overall medical center in the United States by U.S. , is the referral center for children with serious and life-threatening conditions from Northern California and around the world. Its pediatric experts are leaders in 50 medical specialties. Doctors and staff focus entirely on the medical, emotional and social needs of young patients and their families. Macy's West, headquartered in San Francisco, is a division of Federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. , one of the nation's leading department store retailers. Macy's West operates 141 stores in seven states and Guam, with 2002 annual sales of more than $4 billion. NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 24, purchase tickets to sponsor a light or a string of lights on Macy's Holiday Tree at www.ucsfhealth.org/tree or call toll free (888) 689-UCSF. Each ticket can be used as an attractive gift card to inform a friend that a light has been purchased in his or her name. All donations are tax deductible. ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 6 TO 6:30 PM, Macy's will light its traditional "gift to the City," an 80-foot tall holiday tree decorated with thousands of twinkling lights and 1,500 red and gold ornaments. Santa Claus leads thousands of revelers in the countdown before he throws the switch on Union Square's holiday decorations and the giant wreath on Macy's Geary Street facade. The 14th annual tree lighting ceremony is free and open to all. |
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