LLU Children’s Hospital Patients Treated to Freestyle Motocross Show at 13th Annual Big Air Kids Fair
- Seasoned riders Jimmy Fitzpatrick and Andy Bell brought some friends who put on their helmets and boots, got on their bikes, and did a show full of flips and tricks off a giant ramp setup outside the hospital.
- After the show the group was able to tour the Children’s Hospital, visit with patients at their bedside, sign autographs, and hand out gifts and swag.
A press release from Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital:
17 September 2022 | Patients at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital (LLUCH) got some fresh air and a freestyle motocross show on September 14 at the 13th annual Big Air Kids Fair.
Seasoned riders Jimmy Fitzpatrick and Andy Bell brought some friends who put on their helmets and boots, got on their bikes, and did a show full of flips and tricks off a giant ramp setup outside the hospital. Riders Noah Hickerson, Javier Villegas, and Vinnie Carbone showed off their best stunts at the event in hopes of putting a smile on the faces of the kids who are undergoing treatment for a variety of illnesses and/or injuries.
After the show the group was able to tour the Children’s Hospital, visit with patients at their bedside, sign autographs, and hand out gifts and swag.
The Big Air Kids Fair took a seven-year hiatus during the construction of the new hospital and the pandemic, but came back in full force this year for the patients.
About Loma Linda University Children’s Health
Loma Linda University Children’s Health includes Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital and its multiple clinics spread across the Inland Empire dedicated to keeping children healing, healthy and happy. As the only dedicated pediatric hospital in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, LLUCH treats over 100,000 patients — including the delivery of over 3,000 babies — annually. The newly added San Manuel Maternity Pavilion in the expanded hospital, part of the Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical Campus, which opened in August 2021, will offer mothers and babies of the Inland Empire the highest quality of dedication and care. Part of Loma LInda University Health, a Seventh-day Adventist organization, LLUCH is a faith-based health system with a mission “to continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ.”
