About Children's Miracle Network
Children's Miracle Network is the alliance of premier children's hospitals. Every year, Children's Miracle Network hospitals treat 17 million children for every disease and injury imaginable. Children's Miracle Network hospitals impact the lives of more children than any other children's organization in the world. Children's hospitals provide state-of-the-art care, life-saving research and preventative education for children 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. There is a Children's Miracle Network hospital dedicated to serving children in every community across the United States and Canada. These hospitals are committed to providing the best care for children when they need it.
One Year at Children's Miracle Network.
- Treat 6 million Children for Accident Trauma
- Treat 49,000 Children for Cancer
- Treat 45,000 Children for Heart Defects and Problems
- Treat 1,300 Children for Sickle Cell Anemia
Since 1991, Food Lion has contributed more than $23 million to Children's Miracle Network. These funds are used by each Children's Miracle Network hospital to best serve the children in the community they serve. To demonstrate the great need for continued fundraising in children's hospital terms, here are some examples of what your support can provide:
- 511 Neonatal ICU Beds - These state of the art beds cost $45,000. A well-equipped NICU needs 15-20 beds.
- 354 Repaired Hearts - Repairing a heart valve in a child averages $65,000.
- 1,437 Brain MRIs - An MRI on the brain and brainstem to find tumors and other abnormalities costs $16,000.
- 103 Bone Marrow Transplants - A bone marrow transplant to treat sickle cell anemia or leukemia averages $223,000.
- 306 Lives without Cancer - The average treatment for a child with cancer costs $75,000.
