Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
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| Founded | August 11, 1983 |
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| Founder | Marie Osmond John Schneider Mick Shannon Joe Lake |
| Type | Children's charity |
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| Focus | Children's hospitals |
| Headquarters | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′13″N 111°53′48″W / 40.7536°N 111.8966°W |
Area served | United States, Canada |
| Subsidiaries | Extra Life Dance Marathon Play Yellow |
| Website | https://childrensmiraclenetworkhospitals.org/ |
Formerly called | Children's Miracle Network Osmond Foundation, For the Children of the World |
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) (French: Réseau Enfants-Santé (RES)) is a nonprofit organization that raises funds for children's hospitals in the U.S. and Canada. Donations support the health of more than 10 million children each year.
Donations, which goes to local hospitals, fund critical life-saving treatments and healthcare services along with research, medical equipment, emotional, and health support during difficult hospital stays, as well as financial assistance. CMN Hospitals funds are unrestricted. Donations are directed to local member hospitals so they can be used where they are needed the most.[1]
The organization, founded in 1983 by Marie Osmond, John Schneider, Mick Shannon, and Joe Lake, is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. The current president and CEO is Aimee Daily, PH.D.[2] To date, CMN Hospitals has raised more than US$7 billion, which is distributed to a network of 158 hospitals.[3]
History
[edit]Children's Miracle Network began as a telethon in 1983. Shannon and Lake conceived the telethon with Schneider and Osmond serving as hosts. The first telethon raised $4.8 million for 22 hospitals. The telethon continued as a major fundraising arm for the organization for many years, and some hospital markets still use it today.
Children's Miracle Network rebranded as Children's Miracle Network Hospitals in the U.S. in 2011. Currently, CMN Hospitals operates the largest network of children's hospitals in both the U.S. and Canada. The organization's member hospitals collectively provide an impressive 32 million treatments each year to children across North America. Most of the organization's funding, totaling $7 billion, has been raised one dollar at a time through the charity's iconic "Miracle Balloon" campaign.
Fundraising
[edit]Children's Miracle Network Hospitals raises money each year to support local children's hospitals. CMN Hospitals' fundraising efforts include corporate fundraising campaigns with more than 80 corporate partners and fundraising programs including Dance Marathon, the global Extra Life gaming platform, and Radiothon, which hosts radio fundraisers through radio stations in support of their CMN Hospital.
Corporate fundraising partners include Walmart, Ace Hardware, Sam's Club, Costco Wholesale, Wawa, RE/MAX, IHOP, Credit Unions For Kids, Love's Travel Stops, Costco, CDW, Delta Air Lines, Publix, Rite Aid, Dairy Queen, Sigma Chi, Delta Zeta, Domino Sugar, Phi Mu, Speedway LLC, Phi Delta Epsilon, Phi Kappa Theta, Zeta Beta Tau, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Marriott International. In 2019, Walmart celebrated $1 billion raised for CMN Hospitals through its partnership with the organization.[4]
Many universities host annual Dance Marathon events to support Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and other local children's hospitals. These events have collectively raised more than $250 million to support CMN Hospitals services, such as the Indiana University Dance Marathon which raised more than $36 million for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Extra Life is another Children's Miracle Network Hospitals program that unites tens of thousands of gamers globally to play games and raise funds year-round to support kids treated at their local CMN Hospital. Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised more than $100 million. [5]
In 2021, Ferrero Candy partnered with CMN Hospitals and launched a campaign. "Three iconic Ferrero candy bars, Butterfinger, CRUNCH and Baby Ruth, are joining forces to help the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals."[6]
As part of a nationwide initiative to raise funds for the Children's Miracle Network, Wilkes University and Lackawanna College's Esports Program organized their fourth annual gaming event at Bartari on Sunday, November 03, 2024. The event was streamed for 12 hours and anyone was welcome to join the campaigners.[7]
Awards and accolades
[edit]The organization has received multiple Gold & Silver Halo awards from the Cause Marketing Forum for its marketing campaigns with organizations including IHOP and Aflac.[8] The organization won The Golden Halo in 2014.[9] CMN Hospitals won a Shorty Award in 2019 in Best Facebook Live for their #ChildrensHospitalsWeek Live-athon.[10] Utah Business Magazine also named CMN Hospitals one of Utah's Best Companies to Work For in 2015.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "CMN Hospitals".
- ^ "CMN Hospitals Leadership".
- ^ "CMN Hospitals Financials".
- ^ "CMN Hospitals Partners".
- ^ "Extra Life | About the Miracles". Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "Favorite candy bars are raising the bar to help Children's Miracle Network". FoodSided. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ "Gaming for Children's Miracle Network". wnep.com. 2024-11-03. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "2019 Halo Award Best Health Category Campaign". engageforgood.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "The NonProfit Times". www.thenonprofittimes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "11th Annual Winners - The Shorty Awards". shortyawards.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
- ^ "Best Companies to Work For 2015". Utah Business. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2022-03-01.