Concours d’Elegance Porsche Raffle Benefits Kentucky Children's Hospital
LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 7, 2022) — Concours D’elegance is proud to announce its annual Porsche raffle fundraiser for Kentucky Children's Hospital. Held at Keeneland Race on July 16. The Concours d'Elegance, has donated more than $700,000 to Kentucky Children’s Hospital to support initiatives such as pediatric emergency simulation, which allows providers to rehearse low-frequency, high-risk pediatric medical emergency scenarios.
The winner of this year’s raffle will take home a brand new Porsche 718 Cayman Raffle. Tickets are $100 each, and a maximum of 1,500 tickets will be sold. Tickets will be available until July 16.
"Keeneland Concours d’Elegance help moves the University of Kentucky Children’s Hospital closer to fulfilling their mission and reaching its goals," said Tom and Connie Jones, chairs of Concours D’elegance. "In our years of support, our donations have been focused on robotic patients/simulation babies — great teaching aid to students and doctors alike. As the Keeneland Concours team approaches its second decade, we are all very proud to be helping with the great work KCH performs day in and day out."
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Keeneland Concours d’Elegance Endowment for Newborn Research funds basic and translation research for our caregivers and basic scientists in the NICU. A $511,821 endowment established $125,000 to fund the creation of a pediatric simulation lab, $50,000 to fund the purchase of the next generation of portable pediatric simulation training systems, and $50,000 in support of Kentucky Children’s Hospital programs and family support.
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