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Julep Cup Jaunt

What is the Julep Cup Jaunt?
The annual Julep Cup Jaunt is central Arkansas’ premier Kentucky Derby watch party and silent auction. It is held each year on the same day as the Derby. Tickets are $25 and include free covered parking.  The event, hosted by the UAMS Consortium, features Derby-themed fare, entertainment, a live screening of the Kentucky Derby and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at UAMS.

About the UAMS NICU
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at UAMS specializes in the care and needs of fragile newborns. It combines advanced technology with trained health care professionals to provide specialized treatment for the tiniest of patients. The NICU features 58 private baby rooms with special lighting, noise and temperature controls to meet each infant’s special needs. The NICU averages more than 1,000 admissions each year and has survival rates that are among the best in the nation.  A family area in the NICU, funded by proceeds from this event, has a kitchen, laundry room and additional sleeping space for family members.

About UAMS
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the only academic health center in Arkansas, is a nationally recognized institution of teaching, healing, searching and serving. In addition to its hospital and clinics, UAMS includes five colleges and a graduate school, eight Area Health Education Centers and six institutes of excellence.

About the UAMS Consortium
The UAMS Consortium, an advisory council affiliated with the UAMS Foundation Fund Board, serves as ambassadors, advocates, liaisons, advisors and facilitators on behalf of UAMS. They also work to increase community awareness of the fourfold mission of UAMS by building strong relationships between UAMS and the business community.
 


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NICU Babies Win Big in Another Successful Julep Cup Jaunt

May 3, 2010
Severe storms throughout the late afternoon and early evening May 1 didn't keep a few hundred supporters away from the seventh annual Julep Cup Jaunt to raise money for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' (UAMS) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). 

Julep Cup Jaunt Races to another Successful Year
May 14, 2009
A crowd of about 250 braved the rainy weather to enjoy the Kentucky Derby and support UAMS at the sixth annual Julep Cup Jaunt derby watch party May 2. The event raised a total of more than $30,000 in the past two years to benefit the UAMS neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The NICU cares for some of the state’s tiniest babies.

UAMS Hosts Benefit Kentucky Derby Watch Party May 3
April 28, 2008
Arkansans are invited to Central Arkansas’ premier Kentucky Derby watch party and silent auction when the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) hosts its fifth annual Julep Cup Jaunt.

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