Photo courtesy of Miller Hospital.
1:15pm | More than a dozen celebrities from the Pro/Celebrity race of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach made a pit stop at Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach. Actor Adrien Brody of King Kong, Hill Harper of CSI:NY, reality star Brody Jenner, Kim Coates best known for Sons of Anarchy, Mixed Martial Arts fighter Cain Velasquez, comedian Adam Carolla, and Eddie Cibrian from CSI:Miami and his wife country singer LeAnn Rimes Cibrian were among the competitors from the Toyota Pro/Celebrity race who went room to room visiting patients.
Since 1992, the child life program at Miller Children’s has received generous gifts from Toyota Motor Sales USA. Toyota donates money for each Pro/Celebrity driver to the “Racing for Kids Foundation,” a non-profit fund-raising program that supports Miller Children’s and other children’s hospitals.
“We are honored to have the Grand Prix Celebrity Racers stop by to visit the kids,” says Rita Goshert, manager, Child Life, Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach. “They bring a tremendous amount of joy to our pediatric patients and their families through this often very overwhelming time.”
Adrien Brody stops to visit with patients in the Miller Children’s playroom. Photo courtesy of Miller Hospital.
Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes Cibrian visit Miller Children’s patient Alexis who was happy to show them her smile. Photo courtesy of Miller Hospital.
William Fitchner and Brody Jenner autograph hats and photos for patients in the playroom. Photo courtesy of Miller Hospital.