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MILWAUKEE (5/21/2008) - Listen Live! Donate!
The 2008 Marathon begins 5 a.m. Wednesday, May 21. Now in its eleventh year, the Miracle Marathon is the largest annual fundraiser for Children's Hospital. Thanks to the generosity of 96.5 FM WKLH listeners, the Dave & Carole Miracle Marathon raised more than 1.45 million dollars for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in 2007.
For the 60-hour event, WKLH's morning team of Dave Luczak and Carole Caine will broadcast live from Children's Hospital. At the hospital, Dave and Carole connect with the patients and families who share their experiences at Children's Hospital.
"Through these eleven years, we've seen how fast Children's Hospital has grown," Luczak said. "Each year we are reminded just how important it is to the Milwaukee community." To date, the event has raised more than $10 million to support advocacy initiatives, research efforts, education programs and premier health care programs at Children's Hospital. "We support Children's Hospital through the Marathon because we see firsthand how the staff and facility make it the great resource that it is," added Caine. "We want to continue to help Children's Hospital grow so that kids from Wisconsin and beyond get the care they deserve."
By 5 p.m. Friday, May 23, Dave & Carole hope to have surpassed 2007's donation total. In addition to phone-in donations to (414) 337-WKLH (9554), online donations can be made at www.wklh.com.
Children's Hospital is growing UP!
Children's Hospital is expanding to meet the needs of our community. Last year, children made 290,000 visits for inpatient or outpatient care at the hospital or Children's Urgent Care. In response to rapid growth, Children's Hospital is building a 12-story, 425,000-square-foot expansion that will open in spring of 2009. The west tower will increase the 236-bed hospital, located on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center campus in Wauwatosa, to 294 beds and will have room for 72 more beds in the future. The state-of-the-art facility also will include a larger Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and an expanded Herma Heart Center to provide better care to children with congenital and other cardiac issues. Each floor will feature private rooms that achieve national standards for family privacy and to control infections. Learn more at thisismychildrens.org.
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