Calling All Singers: Show Your Talent at "Idols For Kids" Audition

       Summer Event to Benefit Sunrise Fund and Child Life Program at SBUMC

STONY BROOK, N.Y., July 9, 2009 – Auditions for the first “Idol for Kids” singing competition benefitting the Sunrise Fund and Child Life Program at Stony Brook University Medical Center will take place on July 15. The competition involves adult singers only and is modeled after the hit TV program “American Idol.” Auditions will run from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the Stony Brook University Hospital Main Lobby Conference Room on Level 5.

The show date is August 8, 2009, at 7:00 PM in the Student Activities Center (SAC), Ballroom A, on the West Campus at Stony Brook University. The program is developed by Idol Entertainment and Sound Surgeon Long Island (SSLI) Studios.

The Sunrise Fund was created in 1999 as a grassroots organization by concerned parents of patients. Through the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at SBUMC, the fund raises money to establish numerous initiatives to help children fighting cancer and lend support to their families. Doctors, nurses, child care specialists, social workers, and other healthcare professionals make up the Sunrise Fund team. Visit www.sunrisefund.org.

Through the Child Life Program at SBUMC, professionals provide therapeutic, educational, and recreational activities to meet the unique emotional and developmental needs of hospitalized children. Activities include medical play therapy, games, arts and crafts, as well as specialized programs such as animal assisted therapy, music therapy, birthday and holiday parties. For more information about the Child Life Program call 631-444-3840, or visit http://www.stonybrookmedicalcenter.org/pediatrics/childlife/.

Singers who want to audition for Idol for Kids can just show up during the audition times. For more information, call 631-864-2450, or visit www.sslistudios.com.

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