| The Children’s Miracle Network
Difference Children’s
Hospital Boston has joined an alliance of premier children’s hospitals to expand
support for critical needs. The national alliance – Children’s Miracle Network
(CMN) – works with the hospital to raise money in eastern New England for the care of
sick and injured kids.
CMN helps 170
children’s hospitals in the U.S. provide medical care to more than 17 million
children each year. Since 1983, CMN has raised more than $2.2 billion for hospitalized
children through special events, broadcast fundraisers, and corporate sponsorships.
How CMN Helps
Children’s Hospital
The Children’s Hospital Boston-CMN partnership, which includes support for the National Birth Defects
Center in Waltham, Mass., pairs CMN’s national resources with the hospital’s
regional fundraising efforts.
Initial ventures include a June Telethon and a July 25-26 Radiothon that features a
national celebrity program and live broadcasts from local studios and the hospital.
Major CMN sponsors like Wal-Mart, Marriott, Rite Aid,
and RE/MAX add their support through in-store promotions,
employee contests, customer contributions, and grassroots efforts such as car washes and
balloon sales.
Donations support these vital areas
- Patient care:
Children’s spends more than $22 million a year in free care.
- Research:
Costs of research – which led to the remission of acute leukemia and other
breakthroughs – run $8 million a year above reimbursements.
- Medical training:
The hospital teaches hundreds of physicians and scientists each year to help the
world’s sickest children.
- Community education:
Asthma Camp, injury prevention, and other community programs cost more than $500,000 a
year.
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involved in the Children’s Miracle Network
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