This is such a great opportunity to give our assistance to a hospital that has been such a tremendous presence and provided so much benefit. The Fun Center is a brightly colored, mobile entertainment unit containing a VCR, television, videocassettes and a Nintendo-64 game system. The multi-media unit is specially designed to roll up to kids wherever they are in the hospital. Reports from medical professionals indicate the distractive entertainment therapy provided by Fun Center actually decreases children s requests for pain medication. The Fun Center helps kids escape the stress of treatment for a little while and just be kids, said Kevin Goodwin , assistant administrator of St. Mary s Hospital .
Laughter really is pretty good medicine.
Placement of the Fun Center is part of the 10 th Anniversary celebration of Colgate-Palmolive s corporate sponsorship of Starlight Children s Foundation. Prescription Diet pet foods. Schnuck Markets, Inc. currently operates 93 stores in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. The family-owned company was founded in St. Louis in 1939. Along with the fun centers, Starlight also arranges placement of portable Internet PC Pal computers and recreational Starlight Rooms in hospitals.