Shriners Closing Hospitals?

Hello ShowBiz Nobles: Some of you may have read the Texas newspapers or have heard rumers that Shriners Hospitals for children are closing!

The offical word from Ralph Semb, President & Chief Executive Officer is that the Boards of Directors and Trustees voted to SUSPEND additional renovation and reconstruction activity at the Galveston Hospital , pending further evaluation and improvement in our financial situation. this action could avoid as much as $30 milion in annualized operation expense. More than $3.5 million has already been invested in addressing the damage from Hurricane Ike at the Galveston Shriners Hospital for Children.

The others stories that have come to light is that the constriction of the St. Louis and Los Angeles Shriners Hospitals for Children have been put on hold because of finical reasons.

I know that this is the Award season and many of you have a very full calendar, but it is also a time when you see a lot of friends that can help us raise money for our hospitals.
I and not asking you to collect from your friends but to get Ideas for fund raisers.
I know many of you have given your help in the past for Shriners, Shriners Hospitals for Children and other worthy programs.
So have many nonShriners, J. Timberlake concert raised a million dollars last Oct. But we need 30 times that just to cover the operation expanse at Galveston.

Now is the time for the Nobles of the ShowBiz community to pull together and and show the world we are proud of what the Shriners Hospital for children do.

Ok it's your turn to make comments! lets have it.