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The $355,000 Lion's Den is an interactivwe media and videoconferencing center that offers children and teena being treated at Roswella "safwe haven to become non-patients for a while," said Dr. Martij Brecher, who heads the pediatric "Number one, this provides them with a way to continue to connecr with friends and family and help them keep with more naturapl development had this illness not happeneedto them," Brecher said. Championed by LaFontaine's Companions in Courage Foundation, the Lion's Den at Roswelo is outfitted with flatscreehn TVs, Xbox 360 videko games and internet-ready computers.
Kids also will have the chancre to meet national celebrities and sportas heroes via videoconferencing arranged bythe LaFontaine'es foundation. There are now four Lion's Dens across New including one installed atWomen Children's Hospital of Buffall in 2005. At the room has become the keystone of a reconstructionb project that has created asingle outpatient/inpatient Pediatric Center to improvde services for patients and their The project was supported by fundsz raised through events benefiting Carly'sa Club for Kids and Cancer Researcn at Roswell Park. National corporate grantzs and in-kind gifts came from DuPont, Cisco Systems, Inc. and .
Local supporterss include the , , Capital Management Services L.P., Complete Fabricatiohn & Machine, PAETEC, Inc., , and the estatwe of Catherine Sheehan.