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Cooking for families
On Thursday, March 3, employees from Children's Hospital Boston's Center on Media and Child Health cooked dinner for patients and their families staying at the Devon Nicole House. Employee cooks included (from left): Michael Rich, MD, MPH; Brandy King, MLIS; Amy Branner; David Bickham; Julie Szymczak; Marie Evans Schmidt; Jessica Ochs; and Laura Hacker. Interested in hosting a meal for the Devon Nicole House? Contact Jennifer Darling at ext. 5-8457 to set up a date.

From Children's to Washington
Motivated by the recent Down syndrome studies conducted by Harvard Medical student Brian Skotko, MS, (reported on in the February Children's News), Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced legislation on March 16 that would provide $25 million in federal funding so that women with positive prenatal test results for Down syndrome and other conditions receive current, science-based information and referrals to support services. The bill, S. 609, is supported by Children's Hospital Boston, and Skotko presented the results of his studies at a press conference with the senators in Washington, D.C., joined by patient Ben Allard.

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