Northstar Anesthesia and Cheeriodicals Spread Cheer to Patients at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

A team from Northstar Anesthesia, along with Cheeriodicals, delivered cheer in the form of 304 big green boxes and a wagon to patients at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children during a "Cheeriodicals Day" event held on November 7, 2016.

Cheeriodicals are "big green boxes of cheer" made up of age-appropriate magazines and activity books, room decorations, puzzles, stickers and games for the children to enjoy.

Approximately 250 employees from Northstar Anesthesia volunteered their time to assemble the one-of-a-kind children’s gift boxes.

"This is our first time making a delivery to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and we’re so thankful for Northstar for recommending their hospital to receive this gift. We are very excited to be working with Northstar Anesthesia to bring smiles to the children and families today," said Gary Parisher, President of Cheeriodicals. "We’re always thrilled to work with a new hospital but this is the first orthopedic specialty hospital we’ve delivered to and it’s such a joy to bring cheer to their patients.”

“We are thrilled to be the recipients of these ‘boxes of cheer’. Thanks to Northstar Anesthesia from the hospital and from Child Life. We are all so very excited that we’ll be able to cheer up the children here at Scottish Rite,” said Mike Stimpson, Development Officer, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.

After a special delivery to the hospital, free of charge, by Two Men and a Truck Dallas / Ft. Worth, Cheeriodicals and a team from Northstar Anesthesia began handing out the big green boxes of cheer to patient families at the hospital. The boxes were tailored to boys or girls and specific age groups and are sure to bring joy to the children for days and weeks to come.

“Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children is an amazing organization,” said Kerri McCulloch, Chief Marketing Officer, Northstar Anesthesia. “On behalf of our entire team at Northstar and Northstar Anesthesia’s 2016 National Neighborhood Meeting, it was our joy to deliver smiles today to the children at Scottish Rite."

Cheeriodicals Day is catching on across the country. In addition to Dallas, Cheeriodicals has worked with childrens hospitals in dozens of markets nationwide including: Minneapolis, Phoenix, Birmingham, Cincinnati, Chicago, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Fort Lauderdale, Columbus, New York and Omaha on Cheeriodicals Days and has plans to continue working with corporate sponsors to bring cheer to childrens hospitals.

About Northstar Anesthesia

NorthStar Anesthesia was founded by an anesthesiologist and a CRNA whose focus is on combining clinical best practices with proven change management processes. NorthStar Anesthesia provides the solutions needed to optimize operating room efficiency and increase profitability. This approach established NorthStar as one of the most successful and fastest growing anesthesia care communities in America. Today, NorthStar Anesthesia runs successful anesthesia programs with approximately 2,000 providers at more than 180 facilities in 20+ states.

For more information visit www.northstaranesthesia.com 

About Cheeriodicals

Cheeriodicals is a national corporate team building and gift box company that conducts philanthropic events benefiting childrens hospitals, Ronald McDonald Houses, Veterans Hospitals and other charities across the country. For more information about Cheeriodicals, visit www.boxesofcheer.com, or follow Cheeriodicals on Twitter and Facebook.

About Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children is one of the nation's leading pediatric centers for the treatment of orthopedic conditions and sports injuries, as well as certain related arthritic and neurological disorders and learning disorders, such as dyslexia. Patients receive treatment regardless of the family's ability to pay.

For more information, to volunteer or to make a donation, please call 214-559-5000 or 800-421-1121 or visit scottishritehospital.org.