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January 25, 2007
Galkos Construction, Inc., a Huntington Beach-based home improvement company, recently donated $30,000 to Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), designating CHOC its charity of choice. The donation will be used to help fund a new primary care treatment room and a second CHOC Breathmobile®, a fully equipped mobile asthma treatment unit.
Frank Gialketsis, president and founder of the family-owned and operated business, says, "Galkos, our partners, and our employees are pleased to support the life-saving efforts of CHOC. It is extremely rewarding to know we are helping CHOC make a mark on the lives of the children and families in Southern California."
Galkos is already making plans to raise additional funds for CHOC by the end of this year.
About Galkos Construction: With 30 years of experience, Galkos Construction has become one of the largest and most trusted names in the home improvement industry. Galkos is a family- owned company that provides high quality products, professional installations and most of all a high level of customer service.
About CHOC Children's: Named one of the best children’s hospitals by U.S. News & World Report (2012-2013), CHOC Children's is exclusively committed to the health and well-being of children through clinical expertise, advocacy, outreach and research that brings advanced treatment to pediatric patients. Affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, CHOC’s regional healthcare network includes two state-of-the-art hospitals in Orange and Mission Viejo, several primary and specialty care clinics, a pediatric residency program, and four centers of excellence - The CHOC Children’s Heart, Neuroscience, Orthopaedic and Hyundai Cancer Institutes. CHOC earned the Gold Level CAPE Award from the California Council of Excellence, the only children’s hospital in California to ever earn this distinction, and was awarded Magnet designation, the highest honor bestowed to hospitals for nursing excellence. Recognized for extraordinary commitment to high-quality critical care standards, CHOC’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is the first in the United States to earn the Pediatric Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence.
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Media Contact:
Denise Almazan, Director of Public Relations
phone: (714) 509-8680
email: pr@chocchildrens.org
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