• Children's Miracle Network is an international non-profit organization dedicated to helping children by raising funds and awareness for 170 children's hospitals throughout North America. Each year, these non-profit hospitals treat 17 million children with diseases, injuries, and birth defects of every kind.

• Children's Miracle Network was founded in 1983.

• The hallmark of Children's Miracle Network is that 100 percent of every dollar raised in a community stays there to help children served by participating hospitals in the local area.

• Children's Miracle Network hospitals treat all children regardless of affliction or the family's ability to pay.

• Each year, Children's Miracle Network hospitals provide more than $2.5 billion in charitable care; these non-profit children's hospitals depend on community support.

• Since 1983, Children's Miracle Network has raised more than $2.5 billion for hospitalized children--most of which is donated a dollar at a time by individuals throughout the United States and Canada.

To learn more, visit Children's Miracle Network website at www.cmn.org.