CELEBRITIES, COMMUNITY LEADERS “SCRUB FOR A CAUSE” IN HOUSTON
MedVance Institute Hosts Unique Scrubs Design Challenge to Raise Money for Charity
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HOUSTON – (May 19, 2009) – “Scrub up. We’re going in!” Not the command of an OR surgeon, but the mission of more than a dozen “designers” – national celebrities along with area VIPs and community leaders, who are participating in leading healthcare career training provider MedVance Institute’s unique “Scrubs for a Cause” design challenge.
Scrubs for a Cause will be held from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at MedVance Institute’s Houston North Campus, 450 N. Sam Houston Parkway.
Among the scrubs designers taking part in the artistic challenge are Houston Dynamo President/GM and former Oilers quarterback Oliver Luck, country music star Craig Morgan, CEO of Space Center Houston (NASA)Richard Allen, Jr., the Houston Ballet, former Houston Texans fullback Jarrod Baxter, former Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons running back Winslow Oliver, North Houston-GreensPoint Chamber of Commerce President Reggie Gray, Examiner Newspaper Group editor Charlotte Aguilar, and a host of local TV personalities and other community leaders.
Each participant has been given a pair of plain MedVance Institute medical scrubs to design, using the scrubs as the canvas for their very own creative imprint. The personalized and adorned outfits will be on display during a reception at the MedVance campus, where invited guests will vote on which scrubs are their favorites. The top three vote-getters each will have a donation made in the designer’s name to the charity of their choice.
MedVance Institute also will host a silent auction throughout the event to help raise additional money for each designer’s favorite charity. From rhinestones and iron-ons to patches and paint, anything goes.
"Cable TV has 'Project Runway' but Houston will be the new center of the design world during 'Scrubs for a Cause,' says Mark Stroeh, director of Houston North's MedVance campus. “When you've got 'Rocket Man' Richard Allen facing off with needles and thread against the likes of country music star Craig Morgan and Houston Dynamo President Oliver Luck, well, we'll be adding new flair to medical scrubs in a fun-filled setting where guests help decide which celebrities and their charities will be the real winners.
MedVance Institute’s Houston North Campus began classes in spring 2008. The campus offers courses for candidates wishing to become medical assistants, surgical technicians, sterile processing technicians, medical billing and coding specialists, and medical office administration assistants. Specializations for medical assistants and medical coding specialists will come on line in the coming months.
MedVance Institute is a fast-growing, privately held medical career training organization offering diploma and degree-granting healthcare programs. The institute was founded to provide an outstanding education in a supportive environment by following a mission of helping all students succeed in their chosen careers.
Through its 10 campuses in four states (Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Florida), MedVance Institute prepares students for a range of medical career options, including medical assistant, medical billing and coding specialist, pharmacy technician, practical nursing, radiologic technology, surgical technology and sterile processing technician. Under the MedVance Institute programs of study, some new classes begin every four weeks, allowing students to start when it is most convenient. Upon graduation, MedVance graduates are prepared to enter the workforce and are eligible to sit for national and state exams for licensing, if required.
For more information about MedVance Institute, call 866-86-GO-MED (866-864-6633) or go online at www.medvance.edu.
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