CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK

CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS HAS CULTIVATED RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERED WITH A WIDE RANGE OF NATIONAL CORPORATE AND MEDIA PARTNERS TO CREATE AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS. NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS IS GENERATED THROUGH RADIO, ONLINE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMING, OFTEN FOCUSING ON THE STORIES OF CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE SERIOUS ILLNESS OR INJURIES AND WERE CARED FOR AT A LOCAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. KEY CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITAL PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS IN 2024 INCLUDE: - CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS SOCIAL MEDIA; - CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS RADIOTHONS; - CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS NATIONAL AND LOCAL CHAMPIONS PROGRAM, WHERE ONE CHILD FROM EACH HOSPITAL IS SELECTED TO SERVE AS AN AMBASSADOR, REPRESENTING THEIR HOSPITAL AND SHARING THE IMPORTANT WORK OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS CHILDREN HELPED IN 2024 MORE THAN 12 MILLION KIDS ARE TREATED AT MEMBER CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS EVERY YEAR. HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS' FUNDS: ANNA GRACEANNA GRACE WAS BORN WITH A LIMB DIFFERENCE THAT DOCTORS INITIALLY THOUGHT MIGHT PREVENT HER FROM EVER WALKING. AT TWO YEARS OF AGE, ANNA GRACE UNDERWENT SURGERY AT CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S AND JUST 10 DAYS LATER WAS IN HER PROSTHESIS AND TAKING HER FIRST STEP AND SHE HASN'T STOPPED SINCE. DONATIONS THROUGH CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS HELPED ANNA GRACE RECEIVE CUTTING EDGE PHYSICAL THERAPY EQUIPMENT AND PROSTHETICS TO ENSURE SHE CAN LIVE TO HER FULLEST POTENTIAL. JACK AND BARRETTAFTER A LONG JOURNEY WITH INVITRO FERTILIZATION, AMY AND JAYNA FOUND OUT THEY WERE EXPECTING TRIPLET BOYS. AT 20 WEEKS GESTATION, AMY HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED FOR AN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE FOLLOWED BY BED REST. BARRETT, JACK, AND LEIGHTON WERE BORN AT JUST OVER 24 WEEKS. UNFORTUNATELY, LEIGHTON PASSED AT FOUR DAYS OLD AND THROUGH THIS UNIMAGINABLE LOSS, AMY AND JAYNA HELD STRONG FOR JACK AND BARRETT WHO WOULD HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD WITH MANY PROCEDURES. DUE TO THEIR NEED FOR SPECIALIZED CARE, JACK AND BARRETT WERE SEPARATED AT TWO DIFFERENT MEMBER HOSPITALS OF CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS OFF AND ON OVER THE SPAN OF TWO MONTHS. THANKS TO DONATIONS THROUGH CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS, AMY AND JAYNA WERE PROVIDED FUNDS TO ASSIST THEM IN TRAVELING BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND HOME AND WERE ABLE TO SEE THEIR BOYS THROUGH NICVIEW CAMERAS FUNDED BY DONATIONS THROUGH CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS WHEN THEY COULDN'T PHYSICALLY BE THERE. NOLANAT THE AGE OF THREE, NOLAN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH RETINOBLASTOMA, A FORM OF CANCER THAT DEVELOPS IN THE EYE, AFTER HIS MOM NOTICED SOMETHING STRANGE IN HIS EYE. JUST TWO WEEKS LATER NOLAN'S EYE WAS REMOVED, AND HE SUBSEQUENTLY WENT THROUGH SIX MONTHS OF CHEMOTHERAPY, RINGING THE BELL TO MARK THE END OF TREATMENT JUST BEFORE HIS FOURTH BIRTHDAY. DONATIONS THROUGH CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS HELPED FUND INNOVATIVE SURGERY AND CANCER CARE, ALL INSTRUMENTAL IN NOLAN'S TREATMENT ABOUT THE NETWORK AS AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR 170 CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS, CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION, SUPPORT, INFORMATION, AND RESOURCES TO ITS NETWORK FOR RAISING FUNDS, CREATING AWARENESS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE NEEDS AND THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THE HOSPITALS CARING FOR THEM. TO JOIN THE NETWORK, A HOSPITAL SIGNS A MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT AND IS PROVIDED WITH AN ANNUAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE, REGIONAL CONFERENCES, MONTHLY NATIONAL CONFERENCE CALLS, ONLINE EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND NETWORK TOOLS, PUBLICATIONS TRAINING AND PROGRAM CONTENT FOR RADIO AND TELEVISION SPONSORS, AND TRAINING SUPPORT FOR AFFILIATES IN NATIONAL PROGRAMS AS APPROPRIATE AND NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSES.