HERSHEY, Pa. — The 39th annual Children’s Miracle Network Hershey (CMN) Telethon raised $336,556 to benefit equipment, programs and research at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital. The event aired June 5-8 on WGAL8.
“Our hearts are overflowing with gratitude and love for all those individuals and organizations that donated to CMN Hershey as part of this year's telethon,” said Danielle Grumbine, whose 5-year-old son Benjamin was featured in the broadcast. “We continue to be amazed at the outpouring of generosity that exists here in central Pennsylvania and beyond.”
The funds raised from this year’s telethon will support family-centered programs, lifesaving equipment and transformative research for pediatric patients like Benjamin.
“As first-time parents, we never expected that Benjamin's first car ride would be in a CMN-funded Life Lion pediatric ambulance to receive life-saving care at Penn State Health Children's Hospital,” said Nathan Grumbine, Benjamin’s dad. “Thanks to CMN Hershey, not only does Benjamin have the gift of growing up, but as his parents, we have the gift of seeing him grow up.”
Gifts to the telethon were raised through a pre-event mailing, online donations and support from sponsors, including Johnson Controls, The Hershey Co., Highmark, Vizo Financial Corporate Credit Union, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, Donegal Insurance Group, Woodstream Corp., Universal Media, Shollenberger, Januzzi & Wolfe, LLP, PSECU, McClure Company, URL Insurance Group and JPL.
“We’re so grateful for our incredible sponsors, our generous community and our partners at WGAL8 for making this year’s telethon such a success,” said Katie Anderson, director of CMN Hershey. “Together, we are making miracles possible for countless children in need.”
Learn more and give at CMNHershey.org.
About Children’s Miracle Network at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is a nonprofit organization that is affiliated with 170 children’s hospitals including Penn State Health Children’s Hospital. Gifts raised locally through Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) fund equipment, patient programs and pediatric research at Penn State Health Children’s Hospital, which is the only children’s hospital between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia fully equipped to treat the most severely ill children of central Pennsylvania. CMN’s mission is to save kids’ lives and improve their quality of care.
About Philanthropy at Penn State
Gifts to Penn State Health Children's Hospital advance the University’s historic land-grant mission to serve and lead. Through philanthropy, alumni and friends are helping students to join the Penn State family and prepare for lifelong success; driving research, outreach and economic development that grow our shared strength and readiness for the future; and increasing the University’s impact for families, patients and communities across the commonwealth and around the world. Learn more by visiting raise.psu.edu.