NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Saints’ punter, Thomas Morstead’s What You Give Will Grow foundation is teaming up with Triumph Over Kid Cancer (TOKC) and Ochsner Hospital for Children for a major announcement today, Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at Ochsner Medical Center, 1514 Jefferson Hwy.
TOKC’s mission is to improve the lives of children with cancer by raising their spirits, raising the public’s awareness, and funding research to improve the treatment and survivability of pediatric cancers.
Since 2012, What You Give Will Grow has raised thousands of dollars for programs throughout the Gulf South with a strong focus on children’s charities and cancer initiatives.
Ochsner Hospital for Children is a 115-bed children’s hospital within a hospital with 120+ physicians specializing in 30 pediatric specialties and sub-specialties—serving over 80,000 children across Louisiana every year.
Ochsner Health System is Louisiana’s largest non-profit, academic, healthcare system. Driven by a mission to Serve, Heal, Lead, Educate and Innovate, coordinated clinical and hospital patient care is provided across the region by Ochsner's 28 owned, managed and affiliated hospitals and more than 60 health centers. Ochsner is the only Louisiana hospital recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a “Best Hospital” across three specialty categories caring for patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries worldwide each year. Ochsner employs 17,000 employees and over 1,000 physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties, and conducts more than 1,000 clinical research studies.
