Friday, February 22, 2013 at 12:34AM Produced by Jim Albritton | For Delbert Hosemann, it's not roses and candy that make Valentine's Day special, it's the patients at Batson Children's Hospital. For six years, Mississippi's Secretary of State has visited sick and injured kids at the state's only children's hospital.
Friday, February 22, 2013 at 12:27AM Produced by Jim Albritton | At Batson Children's Hospital the one constant is time. Morning rounds at 7 a.m. A heliport that never closes. Pediatric ambulances ready at a moment's notice. Newborns in a minute-by-minute struggle for life. A surgery waiting room where time seemingly stands still. And a staff that constantly tries to separate hours-on from hours-off. These are their stories: Batson 24/7.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 12:24AM Produced by Jim Albritton | At Batson Children's Hospital the one constant is time. Morning rounds at 7 a.m. A heliport that never closes. Pediatric ambulances ready at a moment's notice. Newborns in a minute-by-minute struggle for life. A surgery waiting room where time seemingly stands still. And a staff that constantly tries to separate hours-on from hours-off. These are their stories: Batson 24/7.
Monday, December 3, 2012 at 7:08AM Produced by Jim Albritton | More than 1,000 people laced up their running shoes and broke out their jingle bells to support Mississippi's only children's cancer center at Batson Children's Hospital in Jackson.
Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of the 2012 Jingle Bell Jog. Click here to see all our photo albums.
Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 12:54PM The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile and Miss Mississippi Marie Wicks joined patients and staff for the annual Fall Carnival at Batson Children’s Hospital.
Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 4:42AM Mississippi State University and the University of Mississippi have joined with Batson Children's Hospital to promote the "Our Kids Got Game" bracelet campaign which raises money for Mississippi's only children's hospital. For a $5 donation fans receive a maroon and white or red and blue bracelet with school logos, the hospital name and the "Our Kids Got Game" slogan. Here are the promo videos that appear on the jumbotrons at the respective schools.
Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 4:32AM Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos Mississippi State University's 2012 Homecoming Game against Middle Tennessee State University. Click here to see all our photo albums. A video news story about the "Our Kids Got Game" campaign benefiting Batson Children's Hospital will also be posted soon.
Sunday, September 9, 2012 at 6:39PM Produced by Jim Albritton | Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann led trainees and alumni from the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy on a one-mile run from Millsaps College to Batson Children's Hospital. Each participant donated money to the state's only children's hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Patients and staff greeted them at the hospital's entrance and accepted more than $1,600. This is the third MLEOTA run benefitting the Jackson hospital.
Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of the MLEOTA run to Batson Children's Hospital. Click here to see all our photo albums.
MLEOTA, batson children's hospital in Batson Hospital, Events, Health Care, UMC, UMMC Friday, September 7, 2012 at 6:51AM Produced by Jim Albritton | Like so many things, Good Neighbor Day started in Mississippi and spread around the world. In 1994, Brook Jacobs Sr, a florist and owner of Greenbrook Flowers in Jackson, had a simple idea that caught on and blossomed quickly.
Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of the 2012 Good Neighbor Day at Greenbrook Flowers in Jackson, Mississippi.
Good Neighbor Day 2012 at Greenbrook Flowers in Jackson, Mississippi.
batson children's hospital, good neighbor day, roses, umc, ummc in Batson Hospital, UMC, UMMC Monday, June 11, 2012 at 8:02AM Produced by Jim Albritton | With performances from Memphis to New Orleans, Southern Halo—a sister trio from Cleveland, Mississippi—is getting rave reviews, not just for their talent, but for their charity, too.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at 4:01PM Produced by Jim Albritton | St. Joseph Catholic School's Dance Marathon raised thousands for Batson Children's Hospital. That story is coming soon. In the meantime, here's a dance lesson for everyone.
Friday, May 18, 2012 at 12:17AM Produced by Jim Albritton | Six-year-old Barkley Jenkins, paralyzed in a January 2012 car accident, had the time of his life as “Pilot for a Day” at Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi. The Charleston, Mississippi native, a patient at Batson Children’s Hospital in Jackson, toured the base and was honored at each stop by pilots and crew.
Go to our Facebook Photo Gallery to see photos of the Columbus AFB and their "Pilot for a Day" program. Click here to see all our photo albums.
Monday, April 16, 2012 at 10:33AM Produced by Jim Albritton | New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning visited sick and injured kids at Batson Children's Hospital in April 2012. The two-time Super Bowl MVP is no stranger to Mississippi's only children's hospital. It's home to the Eli Manning Children's Clinics.
Friday, April 13, 2012 at 3:21AM New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning, a two-time Super Bowl MVP, visited patients at Batson Children's Hospital in Jackson. Mississippi's only children's hospital is home to the Eli Manning Children's Clinics.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 8:15PM Produced by Jim Albritton | Sweet Potato Queens and their wannabes from around the world along with Jackson State University's "Sonic Boom of the South" and the Budweiser Clydesdales marched through the streets of Jackson, Mississippi's Fondren neighborhood during the Zippity Doo Dah Parade, raising money and awareness for Friends of Children's Hospital. Friends benefits Batson Children's Hospital—Mississippi's only children's hospital—at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
