CMC benefits from telethon
by Danielle Wong Moores
The local Children’s Miracle Network Celebration Broadcast celebrated a total of $922,136 raised in the past year to benefit programs and services at the MCG Children’s Medical Center. During the June 3 - 4 weekend telethon alone, broadcast on NBC Channel 26, pledges and donations exceeded $29,000, surpassing last year’s pledges by more than $4,000. Last-minute online and other donations are expected to bring the final tally to about $925,000.
“As our parents have told us many times, you never realize how important a children’s hospital is until you need it. But we can’t do our jobs without the support of our friends and neighbors,” said Connie Guinn, CMN director. “Thanks to the generosity of our community, our families, our staff and NBC 26, this has truly been one of our most successful celebrations ever.”
The MCG Children’s Medical Center has been a beneficiary of CMN since 1986. Funds raised this year will go toward the purchase of specialized equipment for CMC patients, including the Giraffe Bed, a universal bed for babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and will support programs such as the Child Life Department, which helps make a child’s stay in the hospital a little more like home.
