Tucson, AZ – Safari Club International Foundation was among the first to contribute to the newly announced Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC. The opening gala on July 29th and opening ceremony on the 30th kicked off a campaign to raise $20 million dollars for the children’s center.

“It is truly an honor for the SCI Foundation to support The Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma,” said SCIF President Merle Shepard. “SCIF’s long association with the Richard Childress Foundation is strengthened through this important new project. We are pleased to add the Institute to the long list of valuable efforts we support that are sparked by the remarkable generosity of SCI Life Member Richard Childress.”

“The research conducted here at The Childress Institute will produce innovations and research that could be used in two SCIF-sponsored Safari CARE clinics in East and West Tanzania,” noted SCI’s Humanitarian Services Chairman Gene Rurka.

The Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma will strive to become the most comprehensive children’s facility in the country by funding new research, education, outreach, treatment and prevention. The Institute will also focus on raising awareness about childhood injuries, and to develop new, child-specific medical devices.

For more information, please visit www.childresspediatrictrauma.org , www.wfu.bmc.edu , or call toll free 1-866-635-8190

The SCI Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization that funds and manages worldwide programs dedicated to wildlife conservation, outdoor education and humanitarian services, including such programs as Sportsmen Against Hunger, Sensory Safari, Safari CARE, Disabled Hunter, the American Wilderness Leadership School, Becoming an OutdoorsWoman & More and Youth Education Seminars (YES) Outdoors. Call 877-877-3265 or visit www.sci-foundation.org for more.