The annual event celebrates pledges raised by sponsors and donors to benefit programs and services at the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center. Along with miracle stories featuring local families, the broadcast will also include video tours of the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center, special interviews with patients, donors and staff, recognition of committed sponsors and more.

"Where do you go when your child needs occupational therapy for an autism-related disorder, cancer treatment, emergency surgery or multiple other services?" asked Connie Guinn, Philanthropy Officer at the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center. "The answer is simple: You go where the medical teams specialize in children’s health care."

The MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center is the region’s only pediatric hospital and has the only Pediatric Emergency Department and Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center with air and ground transportation. Additional exclusive services include the provision of Child Life Specialists who make inpatient stays more kid-friendly and on-site teachers who help hospitalized children keep up with their schoolwork.

The MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center has been a beneficiary of the Children’s Miracle Network since 1986. Money raised has helped fund the many resources needed to enhance and maintain the quality of care children receive. "We encourage the community to watch the local broadcast, learn more about the hospital that’s right here in their own backyard, and help us continue to do what we do best - care for our children," Guinn said.

Local volunteers will work a phone bank accepting donations for the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center during the CMN weekend fund-raiser. For more information or to make a donation to the MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center before the event begins, call 706-721-3957.

MCG Health, Inc. (d/b/a MCGHealth) is a not-for-profit corporation operating the MCGHealth Medical Center, MCGHealth Children’s Medical Center, the Georgia Radiation Therapy Center, and related outpatient facilities and services throughout the state. For more information, please visit mcghealth.org.