Employees, medical staff, students and volunteers are invited to bring their family and friends to two public events to celebrate the opening of Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida.
Public Open House
Date: Saturday, Oct. 24
Time: 9 a.m. to noon
Location: Shands Cancer Hospital at UF
Parking: Please park in the Shands at UF South Campus parking garage, located off Southwest 13th Street (follow event parking signs).
Details: The Public Open House will showcase the Shands Cancer Hospital and Shands Critical Care Center at UF to Alachua County and surrounding area residents. Attendees can take tours of the new medical center and enjoy family-oriented activities such as photos with Albert and Alberta, face painting, Shands SafeKids safety games, a fire truck and ambulance. We will also offer a health fair to promote cancer awareness, preventative healthcare, and trauma and accident prevention, among other services. For more information, please call Shands HealthCare Marketing and Public Relations at (352) 265-0373.
Candlelight Celebration & Blessing of the Hands of Hope
Date: Sunday, Oct. 25
Time & Locations:
6:30 p.m. Meet at Shands at UF Atrium (optional)
7 p.m. Event starts outside Shands Cancer Hospital at UF
Parking: Please park in the Shands at UF South Campus parking garage, located off Southwest 13th Street (follow event parking signs).
Details:If you’d like to start out from the Shands at UF Atrium, please meet there at 6:30 p.m. to hear opening remarks, receive battery operated candles, and walk as a group across the street to the Shands at UF South Campus. The event begins at 7 p.m. outside the Shands Cancer Hospital, and candles will also be distributed there. A short program will be followed by Shands chaplains providing the Blessing of the Hands of Hope to honor our caregivers who serve our patients. Light refreshments will follow the event.
For more information, please contact the Shands HealthCare Office of Development at (352) 265-7237 or Heather Gavan at gavanh@shands.ufl.edu.