Prom guest Chad Michael Murray greets Liliana Paez Gallardo. Former and current Children’s Hospital of Orange County teen cancer patients and their guests held their annual CHOC oncology prom at CHOC Children’s hospital in Orange, CA on Saturday, June 24, 2017. (Photo by Bill Alkofer,Orange County Register/SCNG)
From The Orange County Register
By Courtney Perkes
Children’s Hospital of Orange County celebrated its 16th annual oncology prom with an “Alice in Wonderland” theme for about 250 cancer patients and guests on Saturday night, June 24.
The event provides a night of normalcy for teens who may have had to skip their high school proms because they were in the hospital or have weakened immune systems.
On Saturday, they dressed in gowns and tuxedos, danced and posed for pictures. Hairdressers and make-up artists helped the teens get ready.
