{"id":33889,"date":"2009-10-27T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.ucla.edu\/portal\/ucla\/pediatric-patients-experience-111760.aspx"},"modified":"2009-10-27T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T22:55:00","slug":"pediatric-patients-experience-halloween-fun-at-mattel-childrens-hospital-ucla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/33889","title":{"rendered":"Pediatric patients experience Halloween fun at Mattel Children&#8217;s Hospital UCLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>WHAT:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Despite being in the hospital, pediatric patients at Mattel Children&#8217;s Hospital UCLA will still get to celebrate Halloween by dressing up in costumes,&nbsp;face-painting and watching a magic show. In addition, five canine teams from UCLA&#8217;s People-Animal Connection (PAC), an animal-assisted therapy program, will don costumes and accompany the kids while they trick-or-treat through the hospital hallways.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong>WHEN: <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>11:30 a.m.&ndash;1:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30<\/div>\n<div style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 0.5\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"PADDING-LEFT: 30px\"><strong>11:30 a.m.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"PADDING-LEFT: 30px\">Creative arts, including crafts and face-painting<\/div>\n<div style=\"PADDING-LEFT: 30px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0.5\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"PADDING-LEFT: 30px\"><strong>Noon<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"PADDING-LEFT: 30px\">Magic show<\/div>\n<div style=\"PADDING-LEFT: 30px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0.5\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"PADDING-LEFT: 30px\"><strong>12:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"PADDING-LEFT: 30px\">PAC dogs greet kids, trick-or-treat parade begins<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong>WHERE:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Child Life Playroom, on the fifth floor of Mattel Children&#8217;s Hospital UCLA<\/div>\n<div>(757 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles)&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong>BACKGROUND:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>The annual Halloween party is hosted by the hospital&#8217;s Child Life\/Child Development department in an effort to make sure the young patients experience a memorable celebration. For the third year, Spirit Halloween, the country&#8217;s largest seasonal Halloween retailer, has generously donated all costumes and accessories for pediatric families at UCLA&#8217;s Westwood and Santa Monica hospitals. Art of Elysium, a nonprofit organization that facilitates creative arts activities with pediatric patients and their families, will organize Halloween face-painting, and Pun the Magician will host his annual magic show.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong>MEDIA CONTACT: <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Amy Albin, UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 310-794-8672&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong>R.S.V.P. &amp; PARKING:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Please call media contact to R.S.V.P. and arrange parking.<\/div>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom.ucla.edu\/rss.ashx?id=354448\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT: Despite being in the hospital, pediatric patients at Mattel Children&#8217;s Hospital UCLA will still get to celebrate Halloween by dressing up in costumes,&nbsp;face-painting and watching a magic show. In addition, five canine teams from UCLA&#8217;s People-Animal Connection (PAC), an animal-assisted therapy program, will don costumes and accompany the kids while they trick-or-treat through the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33889\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}