At this morning’s annual Orioles holiday party -- at which the team this year hosted 80 children who had been previously treated at the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital -- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis and his wife Jill will launch their new partnership with the hospital.
The Davises will serve as ambassadors for the hospital, which treats nearly 40,000 children a year in the region, helping to raise awareness for childhood illnesses while promoting UMCH’s pivotal role in providing patient care, pediatric disease research and teaching future generations about health care providers.
Throughout the upcoming baseball season, Chris and Jill Davis also plan to visit with pediatric patients at UMCH, provide autographed memorabilia to include in silent auctions benefiting the hospital’s philanthropy efforts and also assist with the hospital’s fundraising events.