Summer 2003 - Arkansas Children's Hospital

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CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK Children’s Miracle Network Celebration 2003 Do You The Children’s Miracle Network broadcast used a “miracles” theme this year to highlight the patients, physicians, staff and donors who make excellent patient care and research possible at ACH. The celebration of a year’s worth of fundraising efforts by local and national sponsors, auxiliary groups, and youth, adult and community organizations was broadcast live from four areas of the hospital. When the final toteboard was rolled after 10 hours of broadcasting — five local and five national — the figure was a staggering $6,524,862. Top Presenters: Wal-Mart $1,042,502 Will Golf 4 Kids $604,000 Circle of Friends $455,000 Arkansas Log A Load For Kids $340,000 ACH Auxiliary $211,600 Committee for the Future $186,000 Stacey Sorrels of the El Dorado Wal-Mart presented her district’s total gift to hosts Anne Jansen of Today’s THV Little Rock and Cindy Langston of KTVE in El Dorado, and ACH patient BoJak Cates, also of El Dorado. Cates was this year’s Children’s Miracle Network Champion Child for Arkansas and was treated to a shopping spree by the El Dorado Wal-Mart prior to his Champion Child trip to Washington, D.C. and Orlando, Fla.Wal-Mart District #26, which includes the El Dorado store, raised $25,145. Craig O’Neill of Today’s THV interviewed Donna Parnell, ACH trauma coordinator, about the work that her department does. Parnell was also interviewed as one of the employee campaign chairs representing the ACH employees who have reached into their own pockets to donate $340,000 in a three-year commitment to the hospital. 10
Believe in Miracles? A huge group of volunteers representing Wal-Mart Distribution Centers in northwest Arkansas, including locations in Bentonville and Fort Smith, presented their total donation of $272,661. Return Center #8098 in Bentonville raised $142,255 of that total and was the number one Wal-Mart fundraising location in the United States for 2002! Chad Carlson (center), president of Committee for the Future (CFF), and CFF member and former ACH patient Matt Reddin, presented the group’s donation of $186,000 to Today’s THV’s Ed Buckner. ACH “Miracle” kids provided a human representation of the Telethon toteboard throughout the day.This toteboard early in the day was assisted by hosts Shane Carter of KAIT in Jonesboro and Jennifer Irwin of KPOM/KFAA in Fort Smith and Fayetteville. Carter was new to the Telethon this year. KSSN Listeners Come Through for ACH Vikki Stefans, M.D., a rehabilitation specialist at ACH, talks with Bob Robbins of KSSN during the 2003 Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon. Phones rang nearly non-stop at the event, raising $75,000 for ACH. DJs Bob Robbins, Chuck Gatlin and Rick Steele were there to host the event as well as Chad Heritage, KSSN’s program director and Brian McRae, promotions director. Wild River Country was the headline sponsor. 11
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Page 4 and 5: PATIENTS AND FAMILIES WE HAVE KNOWN
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