As Children's Board Chairman John L. Adams looks on, Plano Mayor Pat Evans reads a proclamation declaring Sept. 25 "Children's Medical Center Legacy Day" and expressing appreciation for the quality pediatric healthcare and community service Children's Legacy provides.
Two-year-old Kennedy Spurger, one of the ribbon cutters in the official opening ceremony for Children's Legacy, waits for her cue while wearing her special purple ribbon-cutter T-shirt.
From left, Maddy Taylor, Danielle Franco and Kayla Caster, cheerleaders from Hendrick Middle School in Plano, cheer to the music of the Rice Middle School band. Twenty cheerleaders added spirit to the event and led a countdown before the ribbon cutting.
A giant red bow adorns the hospital entrance at Children's Legacy during opening day ceremonies. The bow itself spans 8 feet by 11 feet and weighs 150 pounds. A smaller 100-foot red ribbon was cut during the ceremony to signal the official opening of the campus.

From left, Ralph and Susan Stow, parents and Plano community members; Christopher J. Durovich, president and chief executive officer of Children's; and John L. Adams, chairman of the board of Children's, prepare to cut the red ribbon designating the official opening of Children's Legacy Thursday, Sept. 25. With them are dozens of children who helped cut the ribbon with the aid of safety scissors.