Post by laurasnowbird on May 27, 2004 12:02:55 GMT -5
One of our local hospitals is heavily involved with Children's Miracle Network, and CMN's annual fundraiser is this weekend, June 4-6. This is how the website describes them: "Children's Miracle Network-the alliance of premier hospitals for children-is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping kids by raising funds for 170 children's hospitals across North America."
This is their website, and you can locate a hospital affiliated with them by putting in your zip code. www.cmn.org/
Anyway, it's kind of like the Jerry Lewis telethon, where they have big celebrities, this year it is Marie Osmond, John Schneider and LeeAnn Rimes, among others. And they break and go to local stations, and talk about local kids. The lending library for listening therapy at Ethan's local pediatric rehab was donated by CMN, and after his big gains in speech lately, they wondered if I would bring Ethan for them to film for the telethon. So we did, and he'll be on our local TV sometime on June 6th. It was fun, and they interviewed me too. The good thing was that I had no idea they were going to do it, so I had no time to get nervous, and just spoke from the heart. They closed the segment with Ethan and I sitting next to the TV gal, you know the usual "Now back to the station" spiel, with Ethan smiling and saying a very clear "bye-bye" in his cute little voice. What fun!
This is their website, and you can locate a hospital affiliated with them by putting in your zip code. www.cmn.org/
Anyway, it's kind of like the Jerry Lewis telethon, where they have big celebrities, this year it is Marie Osmond, John Schneider and LeeAnn Rimes, among others. And they break and go to local stations, and talk about local kids. The lending library for listening therapy at Ethan's local pediatric rehab was donated by CMN, and after his big gains in speech lately, they wondered if I would bring Ethan for them to film for the telethon. So we did, and he'll be on our local TV sometime on June 6th. It was fun, and they interviewed me too. The good thing was that I had no idea they were going to do it, so I had no time to get nervous, and just spoke from the heart. They closed the segment with Ethan and I sitting next to the TV gal, you know the usual "Now back to the station" spiel, with Ethan smiling and saying a very clear "bye-bye" in his cute little voice. What fun!
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Susan, Proud mom of Michael (32), Justin (25) Emily (22ds), and Jordan (20).
