Medical Arts Hospital will host its 2nd annual balloon launch this coming Friday, at 4:30 p.m., at the helipad outside of the emergency room entrance to raise awareness for Child Abuse Prevention Month. Those who attend the event are asked to wear blue. A reception with refreshments will follow the balloon launch. Xandi Perez, co-trauma coordinator and organizer of the event, said the goal of the event is to raise awareness of child abuse. Perez said the event went well last year, but she hopes to have more people show up. Sixty people attended the launch last year, but Perez said she has ...