Survivor's Rodger Bingham Visits Cincinnati Children's
Bingham Greets Other Fans Via STARBRIGHT World Webcast
CINCINNATI - On Wednesday, May 8 at 10 am, Rodger Bingham, former Survivor: The Australian Outback contestant, will visit patients at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
After competing in Survivor: The Australian Outback, Bingham, of Crittenden, Kentucky, continued teaching industrial arts to students at Grant County High School while remaining a part time farmer and real estate investor.
"My devotion is to teaching children the value of life," says Bingham. "I hope to continue the effort during my visit with patients at Cincinnati Children's."
Bingham, along with a Cincinnati Children's child life specialist, will visit children in Locations E and H. He will also make an appearance on a STARBRIGHT World" webcast to field questions and talk to fans from another national children's hospital.
STARBRIGHT World is a private and secure computer network that provides powerful tools that enable children to find information about their medical condition in "kid-friendly" language, chat with peers who are undergoing similar treatments, post opinions on serious topics, or simply be distracted from pain by playing an online game. STARBRIGHT World is a product of the STARBRIGHT Foundation, a non-profit organization that creates products and programs for kids with chronic illnesses. The STARBRIGHT Foundation, chaired by Steven Spielberg and General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, is focused on empowering seriously and chronically ill children to overcome challenges they face daily. For more information, please call 800/315-2580, visit http://www.starbright.org or use America Online Keyword: Starbright.
Child Life at Cincinnati Children's is a unique department of dedicated child life specialists focusing on promoting optimal growth and development in children, reducing the stress of health care experiences, providing support and education to children and their families and advocating for psychosocial care in pediatrics.
Contact Information
Amy Caruso, 513-636-5637, amy.caruso@chmcc.org
