MEDIA ALERT: CareSource Presents "The Best Defense is a Strong Offense" Dominique Wilkins Visits Nationwide Children's Hospital to Educate Families on Diabetes Management

August 16, 2011

CareSource presents “The Best Defense is a Strong Offense” with NBA Hall of Famer and former player of the Atlanta Hawks, Dominique Wilkins. This event is free and open to the public. Wilkins is a Novo Nordisk Diabetes Ambassador and will be educating families on diabetes management and signing autographs.

Kids and parents are encouraged to attend to:

  • Learn offensive skills to defend against diabetes
  • Get free pediatric blood pressure, vision/hearing, height/weight screenings and autographs
  • Schedule well-child check-ups and sports physicals for a later date

When:
Tuesday, August 16
1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public

Where:
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Stecker Auditorium, Education Center
700 Children's Drive
Columbus, Ohio 43205

Media Contact:
Betsy Woods, Media Relations Specialist
CareSource
(937) 531-3158 office
(937) 232-6794 cell
betsy.woods@caresource.com

Media Relations
Nationwide Children's Hospital
(614) 355-0495

About Nationwide Children's Hospital

Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 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 16,000 that provides state-of-the-art wellness, preventive and rehabilitative care and diagnostic treatment during more than 1.8 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.