Here’s your first chance to step inside Akron’s newest gem and celebrate our community’s most precious jewels – kids.
Patient families, friends and the general public are invited to take their first look inside Akron Children’s Hospital’s new $180 million Kay Jewelers Pavilion at a community open house from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 26.
The open house will include:
- guided tours of our new ER, NICU, GOJO Outpatient Surgery Center and special delivery unit for high-risk newborns
- kids’ games and activities, including life-size versions of popular board games and a photo booth
- entertainment, including performances by local kids, puppeteers, costumed characters and a bubble artist
- Doggie Brigade volunteers
Attendees will also have an opportunity to draw pictures that will become part of a permanent, public artwork at the hospital.
A Look Inside
Kay Jewelers Pavilion lobby
The interior of Kay Jewelers Pavilion features a “backyard” theme echoing the joys of childhood and the idea that Akron Children’s has been a treasure in greater Akron’s own backyard since 1890.
“Akron Children’s was founded 125 years ago this year as a day nursery and has grown into a regional health system with the depth and breadth of clinical services that truly enable us to serve all of the children who need us,” said Bill Considine, president and chief executive officer of Akron Children’s. “Every detail of Kay Jewelers Pavilion has been carefully planned with our patient families in mind – and we are thrilled to finally open our doors and invite everyone to see this exciting investment into our children’s well being.”
In following the backyard theme, our new NICU is “The Treehouse” – a soothing, healing environment where families can be comfortable while neonatologists and specially trained nurses care for the youngest and most fragile of infants.
In keeping with the backyard theme of the Kay Jewelers Pavilion, our new ER has a puddle theme
Our ER, nicknamed “The Puddle,” was especially designed to facilitate a more natural flow of admissions.
The GOJO Outpatient Surgery Center, “The Sandbox,” will open with 4 operating rooms equipped for a variety of outpatient procedures, including ENT, ophthalmology, urology, dental and some plastic surgery cases.
Our new labor, delivery and recovery center, known as “The Garden,” is designed for cases when a baby is considered at high risk and in need of pediatric specialists the moment they are born.
