1. MD Anderson Children‟s Cancer
Hospital

2. General Info
Mission Statement:
“To cure cancer in children and young adults
within a caring, life-affirming environment.”
Location:
Houston, TX
(They serve kids from
all over the country)

3. What do they do to help the
community?

4. What do they do to help the
community?
Specialize in Children‟s Cancer treatment
(Target Group/Issue: Kids with all types of
cancer)

5. What do they do to help the
community?
“MD Anderson ranks No. 1 in cancer care
according to U.S. News & World Report‟s
annual „America‟s Best Hospitals‟ survey.
The same source ranks the Children's
Cancer Hospital as one of the top 15
hospitals in cancer care for children.
Plus, we rank first in the number and
amount of research grants awarded by the
National Cancer Institute.” from MD Anderson
website

6. What do they do to help the
community?
• It consists of three parts:
George E. Foreman Pediatric and Adolescent
Inpatient Unit
The George E. Foreman Pediatric and Adolescent Inpatient
Unit is a 26-bed facility for children and adolescents. It is
located in the Main Building, Floor 9, near Elevator F. This
self-contained unit includes two nursing pods and a protected
environment for patients receiving bone marrow, stem cell or
umbilical cord blood transplants. There are also primary and
secondary school classrooms, counseling rooms, playrooms,
a teen lounge, a large recreational area with a basketball
hoop and jungle gym, a library, a laundry room and a kitchen.
Children requiring critical care are moved to the four-bed
pediatric intensive care unit two floors below.

7. What do they do to help the
community?
• It consists of three parts:
Robin Bush Child and Adolescent
Clinic
The Robin Bush Child and Adolescent Clinic is designed
for young patients who see their physicians for checkups
or get treatments that allow them to return home the same
day. The clinic includes 10 examination rooms, a
playroom, a 10-bed Ambulatory Treatment Center for
chemotherapies and other infusions, and a large waiting
area. It is named for the young daughter whom President
George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush lost to leukemia in
1953.

8. What do they do to help the
community?
• It consists of three parts:
Kim’s Place
This was founded by Kim Perrot ( WNBA Champion) who died
of cancer. She wanted to have a place where young adults at
MD Anderson could just “hang out”. It has a pool
table, jukebox, mini-kitchen with microwaves and
refrigerators, three computers with Internet access, video
games, and two basketball free-throw machines.

9. How successful are they at what
they do?
• Throughout the past 50 years they
have:
• Pioneered new drug therapies for leukemia and cancers of the
bones and muscles
• Initiated a limb salvage surgical technique for bone tumor patients
• Made groundbreaking research in the effective use of chemotherapy
to cure pediatric brain tumors
• Demonstrated that the MD Anderson developed drug, clofarabine, is
effective against pediatric acute leukemia and achieved FDA
approval
• Innovated a novel therapy to treat tumors that have spread to the
lungs
• Engineered and performed a life-saving surgery for children with
tumors that have metastasized in the abdomen

10. What could our money do to help
MD Anderson?
Start research
Provide entertainment for patients
Ski Trip (sponsor a kid)- $2,000
Summer Camps – Age 12 and under:
$450, Teen Camp: $860
Give towards something

11. Would this organization be a
good organization for the 7th
Grade Fund to contribute to?

12. Would this organization be a good organization for the
7th Grade Fund to contribute to?
MD Anderson would be a good
organization for the 7th Grade Fund to
help. This is because it serves thousands
of children every day in their fight against
cancer. Also, it has a direct service
component and a research component.

13. Personal Connection
• Sarah has a friend who moved from
Barrington to Houston to get treatment at
MD Anderson because it gave her the best
chance to live through her cancer.

14. • Information from:
http://www.mdanderson.org/patient-and-cancer-
information/care-centers-and-clinics/childrens-
cancer-hospital/index.html
Contact: Janet McCloskey
(713)-794-3231
MD Anderson
Made by: Rachel Greenberg, Eli Shea, and
Sarah Hill