The University of Kentucky Children's
Hospital unveiled a life-like tree.
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LEXINGTON, KY (May 18, 1999)--Patients at the
University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital unveiled a new "Talking Tree"
today. Located in the treehouse playroom, the "life-like" tree has interactive
buttons that activate animal noises in the forest and foliage that will change with the
seasons. The idea of the tree is to bring the "outdoors" inside to children who
are hospitalized.
Funds to build the tree have been donated by Log-a-Load for Kids of Kentucky. Through
Log-a-Load for Kids, loggers and forest products businesses donate the value of a load of
logs or chipwood, as well as organize fund-raising events to support the UK Children's
Hospital.
The South Carolina Forestry Association started Log-a-Load for Kids in 1988. The
American Pulpwood Association became the Log-a-Load for Kids national sponsor of the
Children’s Miracle Network in 1993. Loggers and wood-supplying businesses in various
states raise funds for their local Children's Miracle Network-affiliated hospital through
a donation of the value of a load of logs or special fund raising events. The program has
raised almost $8 million in the last six years. Twenty-six states participated in the
program in 1998.
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