Safari Ltd® Supports Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Holiday Toy Drive

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Safari Ltd®, a worldwide distributor of quality, hand painted animal replicas, donated more than 2,000 of its toys to Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation’s annual Holiday Toy Drive last week.

The Holiday Toy Drive benefits children spending their holidays in the hospital. On Christmas morning, patients will wake up to a surprise toy package from "Santa Claus" containing a variety of donations. Other children visiting one of Miami Children’s Hospital’s nine outpatient centers will receive similar gifts. This is the first year Safari Ltd® has participated in this Toy Drive, and the company plans to make this an annual tradition.

"At Safari Ltd®, we strive to give back to our local community," owner and CEO Ramona Pariente said. "We hope to spread a lot of holiday cheer by providing these gifts to children and their families."

Safari Ltd® is a 3rd generation, educational toy company, renowned for their dedication to and continued support of learning through the joy of play.

About Safari Ltd®
For 30 years Safari Ltd® has been a leading manufacturer of innovative, educational toys specializing in authentic hand-painted replicas.

Safari Ltd® has licenses with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Monterey Bay Aquarium to produce scale model dinosaur and sea life replica collections, establishing Safari Ltd® as a serious replica company for children and collectors alike. All of their products are lead free.

Safari Ltd® philanthropic contributions cover a wide variety of local and global conservation efforts, including Big Cat Rescue, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the Humane Society of Greater Miami Adopt-A-Pet, New York Cares, the Marine Mammal Center, the Nature Conservancy, National Eagle Center and the Sierra Club. For more info, visit www.safariltd.com.

About Miami Children’s Hospital®
Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation is a not-for profit 501(c)(3) established to create a world-class pediatric hospital so no child need leave South Florida for superior medical care. "Funding World-Class Care" and following the principle that all children deserve state-of-the-art pediatric care with no financial boundaries, the Foundation helped 289-bed Miami Children’s Hospital become a leader in pediatric healthcare with more than 40 subspecialties, the largest pediatric neurology center in the United States, a top provider of cardiology and neonatology services, and a Research Institute conducting in excess of 200 clinical trials and protocols.

Ten Miami Children's Hospital pediatric specialty services are among the best in the nation, according to U.S.News & World Report's 2012-13 "America's Best Children's Hospitals" rankings. Miami Children's is once again the only hospital in Florida with programs listed in all 10 categories in which the publication offers rankings.

Miami Children’s Hospital is one of 170 pediatric hospitals in North America affiliated with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® and South Florida’s only freestanding Hospital dedicated exclusively to children. To learn more about the Foundation and offer support, visit mchf.org, become a fan on Facebook at facebook.com/MCHFoundation, or call 305.666.2889 (toll free: 1.800.987.8701).
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