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Telethon raises $1.7M for Children's Miracle Network

SBJ Staff

Posted online June 2, 2015 | 10:37 am

The annual telethon for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals of CoxHealth raised $1.7 million, the largest amount in the event’s 30-year history.

Held May 30 and 31, this year’s event brought in 7.7 percent more than the $1.6 million raised in 2015, according to a news release.

The donations will be used for:

special needs, such as wheelchairs, leg braces, prescription drugs and travel expenses;
family care grants to help pay for CoxHealth hospital bills, as well as physical, speech and occupational therapy;
Care Mobile, a medical unit on wheels that provides basic health services to kids from low-income families;
educational programs, including preventing drinking and driving and shaken baby syndrome, and learning about healthy eating and exercise, and car seat, water and bicycle safety; and
life-saving equipment, such as devices for pediatric hospital departments and ambulances.

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