Kentucky Derby Watch Party May 1 to Benefit UAMS Preemies
| LITTLE ROCK – Arkansans are invited to Central Arkansas’ premier Kentucky Derby watch party and silent auction May 1 when the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosts its seventh annual Julep Cup Jaunt to benefit its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit which specializes in the care of fragile newborns.
The event will be 4-6:30 p.m. in the Fred W. Smith Conference Center on the 12th floor of the UAMS Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute. Tickets are $25 per person and can be purchased online at www.julepcupjaunt.eventbrite.com.
Guests will have the opportunity to watch the 136th Running of the Kentucky Derby at 5 p.m. on a 12 ft. by 24 ft. theater-style screen. Derby-themed fare will be catered by Capers restaurant, with music by the jazz trio The Real Thing. Derby hats are encouraged.
Sponsors include Elizabeth J. Pruet, USA Drug, Arvest Bank, U.S. Trust, Delta Trust, First Arkansas Bank and Trust, Mitchell Selig Gates & Woodyard PLLC, Affiliated Real Estate Appraisers of Arkansas, Viking Range Corp., Cassie and Jason LaFrance, Regions Bank, JPMS Cox, Williams & Anderson PLC, Distinctive Designs by Tanarah, and Amy and James Harkins.
Silent auction items include a four-day vacation to Red River, N.M., a Viking grill, a guided duck hunt, autographed sports memorabilia, cosmetic consultation with Suzanne Yee, M.D., an Arkansas Travelers family package, a pet care and boarding package at Canine Country Club, artwork, jewelry and restaurant gift cards, among many others.
The event is hosted by the UAMS Consortium, a council of advocates for the future of UAMS that works to increase community awareness of the UAMS mission by forging relationships with the business community.
The NICU at UAMS combines advanced technology with trained health care professionals to provide specialized treatment for the tiniest of patients. It averages more than 1,000 admissions each year and has survival rates among the best in the nation.
UAMS is the state’s only comprehensive academic health center, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Related Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a 540,000-square-foot hospital; six centers of excellence and a statewide network of regional centers. UAMS has 2,775 students and 748 medical residents. Its centers of excellence include the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, the Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, the Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, the Psychiatric Research Institute and the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 10,000 employees, including nearly 1,150 physicians who provide medical care to patients at UAMS, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, the VA Medical Center and UAMS’ Area Health Education Centers throughout the state. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com.