Press Release - July 1 2004

Contact:
Jennifer Choi
Assistant Director, Media Relations
NYU Medical Center
212-404-3533
jennifer.choi@med.nyu.edu

Linda Arye
President
Quilts for Kids
215-295-5484
quiltsforkids@snip.net

NYU Surgeons Inspires Large Quilt Donation to Pediatric Patients

(L-R) Linda Arye, Raisa Puhacz, Dr. Roy Nuzzo, and Dr. Thomas Errico admire a quilt together

New York, NY, June 24 2004 - Stephanie Hnatiw, a resident of Macungie, PA, and Linda Arye, President of Quilts for Kids presented 70 quilts to the pediatric patients at NYU Medical Center in honor of Dr. Thomas Errico, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery and Dr. Roy Nuzzo, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery yesterday at the Pediatric Acute Care Unit at NYU Medical Center.

All the quilts were donated by Quilts for Kids and were made of discontinued designer fabrics and quilted by volunteers from across the US and Canada. Ms. Hnatiw presented the quilts in an expression of gratitude to Drs. Errico and Nuzzo for the compassionate and expert surgical care they provided to her daughter, Raisa Puhacz, 18, who was treated at NYU Medical Center for scoliosis. Ms. Hnatiw added that Raisa is developmentally disabled and thus was unable to describe how she was feeling to her doctors which made providing care to her very challenging. "They were not typical doctors that rushed their patients, rather they were comforting, patient, and always answered all of my questions," said Ms. Hnatiw.

About Quilts for Kids
Quilts for Kids, Inc. transforms discontinued designer fabrics into quilts that comfort children with cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses as well as battered and abused children. Quilts for Kids links design centers nationwide to their communities, so that children in need in those regions may be served. Quilts for Kids also initiated the Red, White and Blue Project in September 2001 that makes and donates quilts to the families of deceased victims of terrorist attacks. www.quiltsforkids.org