H.J. Russell & Company Volunteers Celebrate the Mothers of Patients Being Treated at
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding Hospital
Russell CARES volunteers to kick off Mother’s Day weekend by helping patients make love-themed activities for their mothers while also receiving some gifts and goodies of their own
WHAT:
Just before Mother’s Day, Russell CARES, the new, formalized community engagement arm of H.J.
Russell & Company, will have employee volunteers show a lot of love for Hughes Spalding patients and
their mothers by doing various love-themed activities with them in the lobby of the downtown hospital.
Together, the volunteers and patients will do arts and crafts, play games, dine on Chick-fil-A courtesy of
Vine City Chick-fil-A, color and win prizes. As a parting gift, in addition to their love-inspired crafts, more
than 75 patient families will receive a set of interactive Playtime Bed Sheets with games and learning
tools printed directly on them that have been donated by Russell, and mothers will receive a flower.
The children who are being treated on the hospital’s in-patient floor that day will receive their very own goodie bag and set of sheets delivered directly to their rooms by Michael Russell, CEO, H.J. Russell & Company and other Russell CARES volunteers.
Russell’s history with Hughes Spalding runs deep. Born at Hughes Spalding were two of the three children (H. Jerome and Michael) of the late Atlanta business leader, philanthropist and construction icon, Herman J. Russell (1930-2014) and his wife, the late Otelia Hackney Russell (1930-2006). In 2010, the Hughes Spalding lobby was named after Mrs. Russell, and in 2016, the Emergency Room was named after Lovette Twyman Russell, the wife of Russell CEO Michael Russell. She was also born at Hughes Spalding and currently serves as the chair of the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hughes Spalding Community Foundation Board.
WHEN: Wednesday, May 9, 2018
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding Hospital (in the Lobby)
- Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE, Atlanta, GA 30303
PHOTO/VIDEO OPPS:
- Children of various ages interacting and doing crafting activities with Russell CARES volunteers and their mothers
- Michael Russell and Russell CARES volunteers delivering gift bags to patients
INTERVIEW OPPS:
Michael Russell, CEO, H.J. Russell & Company
Julia Jones, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta @ Hughes Spalding, VP of Operations
Mo Ivory, former V-103 on-air personality, professor of law at Georgia State University
Hughes Spalding child/mother in room receiving gifts
About H.J. Russell & Company
Founded in 1952, H.J. Russell & Company (Russell) is one of the largest minority-owned real estate development and construction services firms in the United States. A multi-faceted organization providing integrated solutions and an exceptional customer experience, Russell has developed, designed/built, renovated and managed some of the nation’s most complex and high profile projects involving multiple stakeholders and requiring exceptional diplomacy and skill. Visit www.hjrussell.com to learn more about the firm and Russell CARES.
Media Contacts:
Betsy Helgager Hughes, BLH Consulting, Inc. on behalf of H.J. Russell & Company
betsy@blhconsulting.net, 404-771-9793
Ayana R. Isles, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Ayana.Isles@choa.org, 404-785-7577
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