Dallas, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/06/2012 -- The Kansas State University Wildcats and head coach, Bill Snyder, visited patients at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children http://www.tsrhc.org/research.htm (TSRHC) in Dallas on Thursday, January 5th 2012 before the Wildcats take on the University of Arkansas Razorbacks in the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic. The athletes also autographed T-shirts and posters. TSRHC patient http://www.tsrhc.org/becoming-a-patient.htm Nick Tippett, age 15 of Mansfield, Texas, presented a gift to Kansas State University head coach. The AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic is Friday, January 6 at 7 p.m. CST at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.

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Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children is one of the nation's leading pediatric centers for the treatment of orthopedic conditions, such as scoliosis http://www.tsrhc.org/scoliosis-spine.htm, clubfoot http://www.tsrhc.org/clubfoot-foot-disorders.htm, hip dysplasia http://www.tsrhc.org/hip-dyslasia-perthes.htm, hand disorders http://www.tsrhc.org/hand-disorders.htm, and Legg-Perthes http://www.tsrhc.org/hip-dysplasia-legg-perthes.htm, and certain related neurological disorders and learning disorders, such as dyslexia. Admission is open to Texas children from birth up to 18 years of age. Patients receive treatment regardless of the family's ability to pay. For more information, to volunteer or to make a donation, please call (214) 559-5000 or (800) 421-1121 or visit http://www.tsrhc.org/.