MEDIA RELEASE
April 3, 2023
For Immediate Release
For more information:
kmcburney@goodbear.ca
CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS WEEK
#ChildrensHospitalsWeek Runs April 4-7, 2023
Awareness week encourages support for HSC Children’s Hospital
Winnipeg, Manitoba (April 3, 2023) – To shine a light on the importance of children’s hospitals and how donations help kids get the best care when they need it, Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba is pleased to participate in #ChildrensHospitalsWeek, scheduled for April 4-7. Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba is one of 170 member Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals) across North America participating in the initiative.
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The following activities encourage support for children’s hospitals:
• Wear a bandage. Show your support for children’s hospitals by wearing a bandage of your choice, taking a photo, and sharing it with the #ChildrensHospitalsWeek hashtag.
• Start a fundraiser. Help raise critical funds that support sick and injured children who need HSC Winnipeg Children’s Hospital. Visit goodbear.ca/fundraise to get started.
• Donate. Donations like yours will help #GiveBetterFutures to kids through purchases of vital medical equipment, funding life-saving research and offering programs that bring comfort to sick and injured children and their families during difficult times. To make a tax-deductible donation right now to help kids in hospital, please visit Goodbear.ca.
Pacey Wall, age 9, was selected to serve as the 2023 Champion representing Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba. He was treated at HSC Children’s Hospital for intestinal failure and has personally benefited from local donations to Children’s Miracle Network in Canada.
“This awareness week, #ChildrensHospitalsWeek, celebrates the importance of children’s hospitals and shines light on the need to give better futures to sick or injured kids in our communities,” said Stefano Grande, President and CEO, Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba. “Donations of all sizes add up to provide critical funding for pediatric medical equipment, hospital programs to make kids’ stays in hospital a little easier, and research into childhood illness. This support helps kids thrive and keeps communities vibrant.”
Please #GiveBetterFutures and donate to Manitoba’s only children’s hospital, HSC Children’s Hospital; visit goodbear.ca.
About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds for 170 children’s hospitals that support the health of 10 million kids each year across the U.S. and Canada. Donations go to local hospitals to fund critical life-saving treatments and healthcare services, along with innovative research, vital pediatric medical equipment, child life services that put kids’ and families’ minds at ease during difficult hospital stays and financial assistance for families who could not otherwise afford these health services. When we improve the health of all children and allow them the opportunity to reach their full potential, we also improve our communities for years to come. Together, we can change kids’ health. Together, we can change the future. To learn about Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and your local children’s hospital, visit cmnhospitals.org.
About the Champions Program
Every year in Canada, local Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) member hospitals identify a “Champion” in each of their local communities to serve as the face for children treated at their local children’s hospital. These brave and spirited ambassadors spend their year advocating for the charitable need of children’s hospitals by sharing their unique stories with Canadians, their communities and partners. Their goal is to encourage everyone to join the fight for children’s health through local support, events and CMN Canada programs.
Champion children, member hospital foundation ambassadors, and corporate partners all work together to promote the hospitals’ need for funds.
Children’s hospitals rely on donations to provide care for kids — no matter their illnesses or injuries.
#GiveBetterFutures with Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba
You can change a sick child’s life through the current $75 million Better Futures campaign. History-making changes in child health will ensure sick kids get the care they need in places of comfort and healing, in environments that physically and technologically match the excellence provided by healthcare professionals today. They’ll benefit from leading-edge research focused specifically on the unique needs of kids in our communities. Manitoba’s largest-ever fundraising campaign for child health NEEDS YOU to help #GiveBetterFutures to sick and injured kids. Because your present can change their future.
Since 1971, with incredible donor support, the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba has raised more than $165 million to help sick and injured children from Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario, and Nunavut. The Foundation is dedicated to ensuring that every child treated at HSC Children’s Hospital has the best care experience possible and benefits from the leading-edge research at Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba. Learn about your impact at goodbear.ca.
For more information, contact:
Kathryn McBurney
Manager, Marketing & Communications, Children’s Hospital Foundation
kmcburney@goodbear.ca