At the old Children's Memorial Hospital the hospital owned the parking garage and controlled the costs, so with validation a parent could park up to 24 hours for just $5 - not bad for a family in any kind of crisis that resulted in their child being in the hospital. Now that the hospital has moved to the new Luire Children's Hospital the Standard Parking Corporation owns the lot and with validation parents are now paying $10 for 7 hours of parking or $15 for a full day. That means a family, such as ours, that needs to pay to park every day would be looking at $300-$450 a month just to be able to see their sick child. The new lot does not serve as a parking structure just for the children's hospital as it is a busy and congested part of the city, and we are not against the company being able to make a profit from anyone parking in the garage to stay at one of the many luxury hotels in the area. What they do need to do is take into account that they are now providing a service to families during their most desperate time, and that service is not covered or defrayed by insurance. We would love to get some help to let the Standard Parking Corporation know that the entire community is against making parents of sick kids pay the high parking rates they are charging. We are sure they will try to tell everyone that there are less expensive lots nearby, but that begs the question why should a parent with a sick child have to seek out less expensive parking further away from the hospital?