Spring 2006 - Arkansas Children's Hospital

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CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK B98.5 Radio Listeners and Staff Are True Miracle Makers Five-year-old Elijah Talley, an ACH patient fighting cancer, and his mom, Dawn, shared their story during the Radiothon, while dad, Britt, looked on. A tiny girl with bristles of red hair just beginning to grow back on her head leans into the microphone and sings a song she just learned: “John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt.” Radiothon volunteers and others watching are both laughing and crying. Those listening to the radio are doing the same thing as they think of what little 5-year-old Kelly McClain has gone through in her young life. Kelly was severely burned in a fire at her home and has spent months in the burn unit at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Listeners of B98.5 radio heard Kelly’s story during the 2006 Champions for Children Radiothon, the second annual event for the Citadel Communications station. Radio announcers Scott Thrower, Jeff Matthews, Steve Medley, Becky Rogers and Randy Cain broadcast live for three days from the ACH lobby, sharing the stories of ACH patients, families and caregivers. Listeners responded to the stories and the pleas for donations, raising a record $230,000 over the three days. Much of that money came in the form of “Miracle Makers” gifts, through which donors committed to ongoing, monthly donations to the hospital. Sponsors for the event included presenting sponsor Wendy’s, Change Angels sponsor Lander’s, cell phone sponsor Cricket Wireless and wrap-up party sponsor Embassy Suites. Five-year-old Kelly McClain shared her story about being burned in a house fire with B98.5’s Scott Thrower, as her mother, Joyce, looked on. Randy Cain, program director for B98.5 and Citadel Communications, accepted a Most Innovative Montage award for the station during the Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon Awards, presented during the national meeting in March. Members of the B98.5 on-air team (from left), Becky Rogers, Jeff Matthews, Scott Thrower and Steve Medley, react as ACH president and CEO Dr. Jonathan Bates and ACH Foundation staff member Carissa Wagnon reveal the amount of money raised during the 2006 Champions for Children Radiothon. 10
an alliance of premier hospitals for children Log A Load For Kids Gears Up for 2006 Fundraising Arkansas Log A Load For Kids coordinators met in the Lee and Bob Cress Board Room in Arkansas Children's Hospital’s new office building in March to kick off their 2006 fundraising campaign. The group of 30 participants set a goal of $400,000, which will go toward the Log A Load Imaging Endowment Fund. Dr. Jonathan Bates, ACH president and CEO, shared the hospital’s construction and expansion plans, and Dr. Robert Jaquiss, new chief of pediatric cardiovascular surgery and holder of the Log A Load For Kids Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiovascular Cardiovascular surgery nurse manager Jean Ann Phillips (left) shows the Log a Load For Kids committee one of the two operating rooms in the ACH Heart Center. Surgery, provided an update on the ACH Heart Center. After the presentations, the group toured the cardiovascular surgery unit, pediatric intensive care unit and the hospital lobby. Children’s Miracle Network Sponsors: Grassroots Fundraising Adds Up Arkansas Children’s Hospital is a proud member of Children’s Miracle Network (CMN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids by raising funds for 170 children’s hospitals across North America. Children’s Miracle Network funds raised in Arkansas, north Louisiana, east Texas and east Oklahoma benefit ACH. National sponsors for CMN raise money at the local level with fundraising activities led by employees and supported by members of the community. The combined efforts of these sponsors help the caregivers at ACH provide care, love and hope every day for our patients and their families. For their recent Children’s Miracle Network fundraising campaigns supporting Arkansas Children’s Hospital, we thank the following: Wal-Mart and SAM’S CLUB Associates Will Golf 4 Kids Log A Load For Kids Will Fish for Kids Credit Unions for Kids RE/MAX Charity Challenge of Champions ACE Hardware Goody’s Family Clothing Kiwanis and Key Club International McLane-Love’s Country Stores Carmike Cinemas Phi Mu Valero Energy Corporation Dairy Queen General Growth Properties Marriott International Golden Corral Rite Aid Corporation Woodforest Crossmark Combined Federal Campaign Hershey’s Church’s Chicken Brookshire’s Inc. Laidlaw Education Services American Legion USA Gymnastics Auntie Anne’s Sara Lee Direct Foresters Express Personnel Krispy Kreme “The employee volunteers at our CMN national sponsor locations believe in our hospital and the importance of having our specialized services available to all children in Arkansas, regardless of a family’s ability to pay,” says Jennifer Selig, CMN director for Arkansas Children’s Hospital. “Their grassroots efforts add up quickly and in 2005 resulted in a total donation of more than $2.5 million.” 11
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Page 4 and 5: PATIENTS AND FAMILIES WE HAVE KNOWN
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Page 12 and 13: AUXILIARY GROUPS Circle of Friends
Page 14 and 15: DONORS 2005 Annual DonorRoll of Hon
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