Shannon Elizabeth, Actress & Child Courage Ambassador, appeared live on the Mount Sinai TV KidZone located at Kravis Mount Sinai Children’s Hospital on Fifth Avenue in New York City in honor of National Teddy Bear Day. Shannon co-hosted Medical Bingo with Child Life Specialist, Nicole Wood, as kids played right from their hospital beds.
After the winners were announced, Shannon joined EnCourage Kids Foundation CEO & President Michele Hall Duncan to deliver Teddy Bears to the children. “Nearly 2,400 bears were given to hospitalized children for National Teddy Bear Day 2019! Shannon Elizabeth brings her incredible love of animals and children to life as presenter of KidZone TV today. We are thrilled to have her as an EnCourage Kids Foundation Ambassador,” said Duncan.
“What a great afternoon co-hosting Medical Bingo and delivering Teddy Bears to pediatric patients for National Teddy Bear day. It is truly an honor for me to put so many smiles on children’s faces,” said Shannon Elizabeth. “I am so blessed that I can make a difference and be part of the enCourage Kids team.”
KidZone TV from Mount Sinai is a state-of-the-art interactive production and broadcast studio that produces live programming three times a day, seven days a week, for pediatric patients and families.
About Shannon Elizabeth
Shannon Elizabeth is an American actress and former fashion model. Elizabeth has appeared in comedies such as american pie, Scary Movies And Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. He also appears in horror movies like Jack Frost, Thirteen Ghosts, cursedAnd Night of the Devils. He is described as sex symbol for his role in 1999 comedy movie american pie. He also has a cameo in the film True love and enter Catch the Christmas Star where he sang for the first time on camera. He currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa and runs the non-profit animal rescue organization he co-founded in 2001, Animal Avengers.
About enCourage Kids Foundation
Since 1985, enCourage Kids Foundation has helped humanize health care for youngsters and their families with impact-driven pediatric programming resources and supports the Community of Life for Children. Serves more than one million kids yearly, enCourage Kids is focused on making hospitals a better place to be better. Our program offers relief from the burden of continuous care, hospitalizations, and physician appointments, while helping pediatric amenities to meet the unique needs of their patients. enCourage Kids Foundation envisions a world where every child—no matter the hardships of their medical journey—experiences joy, hope, resilience, and healing. www.encourage-kids.org
If you would like to make a donation or get entangled with the EnCourage Kids Foundation, you can do so by visiting www.encourage-kids.org
