CMN Celebration Raises More Than $700,000June 6, 2005Augusta, GA

The local Children’s Miracle Network Celebration, held June 4 and 5, raised $746,798 in pledges to support the programs and services of the MCG Children’s Medical Center.

Thank you to those hard-working volunteers and generous donors who made this year’s broadcast such a success," said Connie Guinn, Director of the Children’s Miracle Network. "The funds raised through CMN help to ensure that young patients in our community receive the best pediatric care locally."

The Children’s Medical Center has been a beneficiary of CMN since 1986.

MCG Health System is composed of three separate organizations -- MCG Health, Inc. and the clinical services offered by the faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the members of the Physicians Practice Group. The physicians of MCG Health System are community physicians, faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia, and employees of the Physicians Practice Group, not employees of MCG Health Inc. MCG Health, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCG Medical Center, MCG Children’s Medical Center, the MCG Sports Medicine Center, MCG Ambulatory Care Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center and related clinical facilities and services. MCG Health, Inc. was formed to support the research and education mission of the Medical College of Georgia and to build the economic growth of the CSRA, the state of Georgia and the Southeast by providing an environment for faculty employees of the Medical College of Georgia and the Physicians Practice Group and community physicians to deliver the highest level of primary and specialty health care. For more information, please visit www.MCGHealth.org.

Danielle Wong MooresMedia Relations ManagerMCG Health, Inc.(706) 721-9566dwong@mail.mcg.edu

Last Modified On: 06/6/2005