Social networking focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others. As some of the fastest growing sites on the internet, social networking sites provide us with an opportunity to create communities and have a presence where many of our patients, associates, physicians, donors and friends already are. 

In an effort to interactively engage CHOC's many friends, associates and supporters in cyberspace, we have developed a presence on several of the top social networking sites. If you are already on any of these networks, we invite you to join our community.

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• Add the Support CHOC Children's Cause to your Facebook profile: http://www.causes.com/chocchildrens
• Become a fan of the CHOC Children's Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CHOC-Childrens/38975694700
• Join the Children's Hospital of Orange County Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18571536602
• Visit Choco's Facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1407435419

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Twitter

• Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/chocchildrens

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• Visit our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/chocchildrens

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Choco's Blog:

• Our favorite mascot has his own blog: http://chocspace.org/choco

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Membership has grown over 400% in the last year...more than MySpace and Facebook combined!

• Join the Children's Hospital of Orange County Group: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/99645/498B30509460
• Also, we can add a link to your linked in profile on your Associate page on PAWS. (Example: http://paws/directory/detail.cfm?id=23)

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MySpace is currently the 3rd most popular website in the United States

• Join the Children's Hospital of Orange County Group: http://groups.myspace.com/chocchildrens
• View Choco's MySpace profile: http://www.myspace.com/chocothebear

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Patient CarePages

• Free patient blogs that connect friends and family during a health challenge. If you are a patient or family member, you can set up a CarePage with us: http://www.carepages.com/choc

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Choc Walk Online Community:

• We've created a site for participants and sponsors to share video, photos, stories and more: http://members.chocwalk.org

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RSS Feeds:
We have several feeds available for you to rss into your own browser, feed reader, device or web site.

• CHOC News: http://www.choc.org/rss/pressroom.cfm
• CHOC Community Events: http://www.choc.org/rss/communityevents.cfm
• CHOC Clinical Events (CMEs & Grand Rounds): http://www.choc.org/rss/clinicalevents.cfm
• Choco's Blog: http://choco.chocspace.org/feed/

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Bernie:  A Memory That Will Live Forever Through CHOC

Hope:  After seeing pictures of herself in the NICU, Hope knew exactly where she wanted her philanthropic funds to go.

Dr. Yost:  For nearly 20 years, CHOC pediatric anesthesiologist Paul Yost, MD, has been committed to making the surgical experience less frightening for kids. Through his years of practice, he’s uncovered a few “remedies” to help children relax before heading into the operating room.