Dust off those bowling shoes for the 19th Annual Rock N Bowl Saturday, February 16 at the Columbus Square Bowling Palace, 5707 Forest Hills Blvd (43231). The event, organized by the Development Board of Nationwide Childrens Hospital and presented by the Columbus Bar Foundation, supports child abuse treatment and prevention programs at the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Childrens.
Check-in for the first session begins at 12 p.m., while the second sessions check-in begins at 2:30 p.m. and at 5 p.m. for the third session.
Five bowlers will represent a team, and raise $500 or more during two hours of bowling fun. QFM96s Wags and Elliot will be spinning tunes for the event. Last years Rock N Bowl saw 500 participants and raised more than $88,000 for the Center for Child and Family Advocacy at Nationwide Childrens.
To register, captains can organize a team of five bowlers and send in their registration form along with a $20 deposit to:
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Foundation
Attn: 2008 Rock N Bowl
700 Childrens Drive
Columbus Ohio 43205
Captains also can register on-line at www.NationwideChildrens.org/RockNBowl. Deadline for registration is Monday, February 4.
For more information contact Kris Mazzola, Nationwide Childrens Hospital Foundation, (614) 355-0888 or Kris.Mazzola@NationwideChildrens.org.
Additional sponsors for Rock N Bowl include Baker & Hostetler, Continental Business Systems, Downes Hurst and Fischel, Neace Lukens, Opus North, STAT Communications, The Quandel Group, Trucco Construction Company, Unlimited Concrete Solutions and Warner and Harper.
The Development Board of Nationwide Childrens Hospital is a dynamic group of Columbus area business professionals committed to raising funds to support various programs at Nationwide Children's Hospital. The Development Board sponsors three major fundraising events each year including The Woody Hayes Celebrity Golf Classic and Kick-Off Party, Rock N Bowl and Slice of Columbus.
19th Annual Rock N Bowl Slated for February 16
January 8, 2008
About Nationwide Children's Hospital
Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit free-standing pediatric health care systems providing unique expertise in pediatric population health, behavioral health, genomics and health equity as the next frontiers in pediatric medicine, leading to best outcomes for the health of the whole child. Integrated clinical and research programs, as well as prioritizing quality and safety, are part of what allows Nationwide Children’s to advance its unique model of care. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 14,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.7 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded free-standing pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.