About Kids Day

2008 marked the 26th anniversary of The Buffalo News Kids Day fundraising drive benefiting Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Robert Warner, M.D. Center for Children with special needs and Children's Charities of WNY. Since 1983, Kids Day contributions have totaled more than $3.5 million helping children all across the Western New York region. If you weren't able to join us this year as a volunteer, but would like to volunteer for next year, please call our Kids Day staff at 849-4526, Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 4 pm after February 15, 2009.

Variety Kids of Buffalo

• 74-year old tradition of caring for children on the Niagara Frontier.
• With a sole commitment to the medical care of children, Variety Kids focuses on the sick, handicapped and underprivileged.
• Assists other children’s agencies, such as St. Mary’s School for the Deaf,
  the Boys & Girls Club of Buffalo & Lancaster/Depew, Camp Good Days
  and Special Times, and Make a Wish Foundation among others.

Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo

• Treats more than 13,000 in-patients annually and logs more than 80,000
  outpatient visits as WNY’s only designated Pediatric Trauma Center.
• The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit cares for more than 600 of the
  smallest and sickest infants per year and averages 40 patients per day.
• Performs more than 10,000 pediatric surgeries annually with about
  2,000 inpatient surgeries such as brain tumors, spinal cord injuries,
  spinal fusions for cerebral palsy, and multiple sclerosis.

Take this opportunity to make a difference for Variety Kids and Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo.