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PHILANTHROPY
PHILANTHROPY
Charlotte Kovalchuk
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charlotte@wilcobr.com photo courtesy of Williamson County
B2Z Engineering Donates $16K to Future Dell Children’s Medical Center North
Cedar Park Campus to Reduce Families’ Commute
Afour-story, 187,000-square-foot Dell Children’s hospital anticipated to open in Cedar Park next year and cut Williamson County families’ travel time in half has received its first donation, thanks to B2Z Engineering, and the check was presented by Project Development Director Vince Young.
“Nothing is more special to all of us than the children of this area, and the level of care that Dell Children’s has is unmatched, and we are proud to support them,” Young told Williamson County Commissioners at their September 21 meeting before handing a check for $16,000 to Jennifer Hayhurst, executive director of the Seton Williamson Foundation. raised $8,000 in donations, which he matched for the hospital. “My bachelor’s degree at the University of Texas is in education, and I have always been passionate about giving back to the kids, whether it be hosting football camps, attending Special Olympics, supporting the Ronald McDonald’s foundation, visiting kids in the hospital, and talking to young kids on preparing for life,” he says.
KEEPING CARE IN WILCO
For Young, a former NFL quarterback, the donation was a way to give back to B2Z’s new home. Formerly in Mission, Texas, this civil engineering consulting firm recently expanded to Austin. When he heard about the future Dell Children’s Medical Center North, Young wanted B2Z to be the first to donate to the facility. He hosted an auction at B2Z’s grand opening in September and
Dell Children’s Medical Center North broke ground May 13 at Avery Ranch Boulevard and 183A in Cedar Park. The campus will feature 36 beds, emergency and trauma services, four operating rooms, endoscopy and procedure rooms, and in and outpatient sleep labs. Hayhurst provided an overview of the Dell Children’s Austin location; “Dell Children’s Medical Center has become a hub for pediatric health care in Texas, but it has also allowed us to keep our kids here, so instead of having to go to Dallas or Houston, our kids in Central Texas are staying right here for care.” She oversees philanthropy efforts for Ascension Seton and Dell Children’s Medical Center North. “We’re talking about saving so much time that parents have to take away from their jobs and their other children, L-R: Commissioner Terri Cook, Oliver Salgado, Commissioner Cynthia Long, Raphael Campos, Judge Bill and basically cutting that travel
Gravell, Jennifer Hayhurst, Commissioner Valerie Covey, Commissioner Russ Boles, Vince Young time in half for many of them; for some, even more than that.” County Judge Bill Gravell went a step further by committing to visit patients and their families and provide a meal for them at least once a year. “What you guys are doing in Williamson County is incredibly important, and we know when families are walking through a lonely, difficult time, we want to be there to stand with them,” he says.
THE CAMPUS WILL ALSO INCLUDE A 60,000-SQUARE-FOOT PEDIATRIC, MULTI-SPECIALTY MEDICAL OFFICE
child and adolescent psychology outpatient physical and occupational therapy sleep lab cardiology plastic surgery ear, nose, and throat surgery rheumatology gastroenterology pulmonology neurology infusion services dermatology hematology infectious disease
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