Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Is Nationally Recognized in 2009 Aster Awards Program for Excellence in Medical Marketing

A topping off event hosted by Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital was recognized with a silver Aster Award in the special event category. The Aster Awards are hosted by Creative Images, Inc., an internationally recognized firm specializing in strategic health care marketing.

On January 30, 2009, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital celebrated a milestone event by hosting a topping off ceremony as the final steel beam was lifted into place on its new children’s hospital. Patients, families, donors, physicians, staff, members of the community and the media attended the event coordinated in conjunction with’Reagan Marketing + Design.

“The new Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital truly belongs to the people in our region,” said Tom Hanley, director, marketing and communications, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. “Our goal was to engage the community by sharing information about the completion of the new Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital slated for completion in 2011 and this award acknowledges our success. It’s an honor to receive recognition from the Aster Awards as we build a new children’s hospital. “

The Aster Awards‘are a medical marketing awards program allowing health care organizations and advertising agencies to compete against similarly sized competitors from across the nation and world.

Learn more about the new Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital at’devoschildrens.org/2011‘or watch Bob Connors, MD, president, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital,’speak about the new hospital‘at the award winning event.

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is West Michigan’s largest children’s hospital, serving children and families throughout a 37-county region. A teaching hospital, it includes more than 150 pediatric specialty physicians uniquely skilled in providing medical and surgical care to children in more than 40 pediatric specialties. The hospital cares for more than 7,600 inpatients and 190,000 outpatients annually. Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is committed to caring for children and families with compassion, excellence and innovation.’ Visit www.devoschildrens.org for more information.