Children’s Miracle Network partners raise $2.31 million for Kentucky Children’s Hospital
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 24, 2025) — Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH) announced today that its partners raised a record $2,318,299.22 for Kentucky Children’s Hospital (KCH) in 2024. The amount is up 23% from last year’s total.
CMNH community partners such as Speedway, Walmart and Dairy Queen answered the call to support the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable patients. Each of those companies are deeply embedded in the communities they serve. To those partners, the Kentucky families served by CMNH and KCH aren’t just customers, they are friends and neighbors.
“Knowing that the dollars donated at our registers, and raised through the events our associates loving put together each year, stay local at KCH means everything to us,” said Jaime Campbell, regional market manager for Walmart.
“Our mission to provide the best care for children is made possible by the generosity of our community,” said Scottie B. Day, M.D., physician-in-chief at KCH. “This support directly benefits our young patients and their families, giving them hope and healing.”
Funds raised by Children’s Miracle Network partners support several projects at KCH, including animal therapy, providing sensory items to clinics and lifesaving research.
More than 30 partner companies support Kentucky Children’s Hospital through CMNH campaigns, such as selling Miracle Balloons, hosting events and asking customers to “round up” or donate change at their cash registers.
Funds raised by CMNH partners have transformed spaces in the hospital and pediatric specialty clinics, named for community partners including Speedway, Walmart and McLane. Those funds also supported new ambulance transports that are specially designed and equipped for pediatric patients.
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