– Calling All Swedish Hospital Babies & Parents –
Swedish Medical Center Searches for Cutest Baby Photos to Celebrate its 100th Anniversary
SEATTLE, Wash. – April 5, 2010 – Were you or your baby born at Swedish Medical Center? If so, dust off your photo albums and scan and send in your best baby shots – whether your photographs are from 1910, 1939, 1999 or 2009, Swedish wants to see them.
In honor of its 100th year of nonprofit service, Swedish wants to recognize some of its patients through a search for photos of babies born at any birthing center now part of Swedish Health Services, including Swedish Hospital (Swedish First Hill, Swedish Ballard and Swedish Cherry Hill), Doctors Hospital, Seattle General Hospital, Ballard General Hospital, Ballard Community Hospital and Providence Seattle Medical Center.
Since opening its doors in 1910, more than 200,000 babies have been born at Swedish Medical Center — in fact more babies are born at Swedish each year than at any other hospital in Washington. Last year alone, there were more than 7,400 babies born at Swedish’s First Hill and Ballard campuses.
“Swedish is iconic in the community as a place to have your baby,” said Cal Knight, president and chief operating officer at Swedish Medical Center. “We often meet people in the community who are proud to tell us they were born at Swedish or had their children here. For our 100th anniversary, we want to celebrate that and reunite with patients through photos.”
How to Enter the “I’m a Swedish Baby” Photo Contest
Entries for the cutest Swedish baby photo contest will be accepted online from April 5, 2010 through June 1, 2010. Visit http://www.swedish100.org and complete the registration form, then follow the links and instructions to upload up to six photos of you or your baby into one of the six categories:
- Craziest hair
- Biggest sports fan
- Trick-or-treat
- My first birthday
- Most adorable
- I ♥ my pet
Photos must be in .jpeg image format. Only online entries will be accepted. Terms and conditions for participation in this contest apply.
Each contest category will have a grand prize, second prize and third prize winner. Grand prize winners will receive a two-night stay for four people to Great Wolf Lodge and a $300 gift card to spend at the lodge during their stay (approximate retail value of prize is $1,000). Second place prize winners will receive a $500 Nordstrom gift card and third place winners will receive a $250 Amazon.com gift card.
Winners will be notified on or about June 21, 2010.
The photos must be of a baby (18 months of age or younger) at the time when the picture was originally taken (they can be any age now) and must be accompanied by: 1) the entrant’s first and last name; 2) the baby’s first name, if different from entrant; 3) the relationship to the baby; 4) the name of the Swedish Medical Center campus or hospital “birthplace”; and 5) birth month and date (excluding year). Entrants can also submit a 200 character story or information with the photo.
To protect any privacy concerns, baby photos will appear online with only the entrant’s first name, baby’s first name, birth month and date, birthplace and a short story.
Swedish partnered with digital agency, POP, to design and create the commemorative site.
Full rules are available at http://www.swedish100.org. For additional information about the contest, contact Natalie Kozimor, Swedish Medical Center, (206) 386-6767 or Natalie.Kozimor@swedish.org or find us on Twitter @Swedish.
About Swedish Medical Center
Swedish Medical Center is the largest, most comprehensive, nonprofit health-care provider in the Greater Seattle area. It is comprised of three hospital campuses (First Hill, Cherry Hill and Ballard), a freestanding emergency room and specialty center in Issaquah, Swedish Visiting Nurse Services and Swedish Physicians – a network of 13 primary-care clinics. In addition to general medical and surgical care, Swedish is known as a regional referral center, providing specialized treatment in areas such as neurological care, cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, high-risk obstetrics, pediatrics, organ transplantation and clinical research. For more information, visit www.swedish.org.
I’m a Swedish Baby Campaign
In celebration of its own 100-year birthday, Swedish will honor Swedish-born babies of all ages by encouraging involvement in its I’m a Swedish Baby campaign, which already has a strong presence on Facebook which can be found at www.facebook.com/swedishbabies. In addition, babies born at Swedish in 2010 will receive a commemorative 100th anniversary clothing outfit.
About POP
POP is a leading digital agency that crafts experiences for the web, mobile devices and emerging digital platforms for Fortune 1000 brands, including Target, Amazon, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, and Epson. Founded in 1996, POP has 120 employees with offices in Seattle and New York. To learn more about POP, please visit www.pop.us.
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