Loras College Dance Marathon Exceeds Goal
Students at Loras College in Dubuque raised $37,127 April 14 during their second Dance Marathon event to benefit patients and their families at University of Iowa Children's Hospital in Iowa City.
Jim Collins, president of Loras College, attended the event and helped encourage the dancers. "I was very impressed with these young leaders and their commitment to this very important cause," Collins said. "We can all be very proud of them and the legacy they have helped create."
More than 120 students danced for 12 hours beginning at 8 p.m. A total of 15 families from the Dubuque area whose children were treated at UI Children's Hospital also attended. Each dancer paid a $25 entry fee and raised at least $75 through writing letters and other forms of fundraising.
Alicia Mireles, Loras College Dance Marathon chairperson, added, "It was an exhausting, challenging experience, but the patients and their families helped motivate us to keep going, and I know that our students will be very excited to dance again next year."
Last year, the Loras College Dance Marathon raised more than $23,000.
Proceeds fund the vending machine program at UI Children's Hospital. For every child who stays the night in the hospital, his or her family receives two tokens for use in special vending machines that dispense nutritious meals, reducing the cost of the family's hospital stay.
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Children's Miracle Network is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to generating funds and awareness programs to benefit children treated at 170 children's hospitals throughout the United States and Canada. Children's Miracle Network's hallmark is that locally generated donations stay in the local area to benefit patients at the local children's hospital. Children's Miracle Network also includes 75 corporate sponsors, 200 television stations and more than 135 radio stations.
UI Children's Hospital serves children and their families at its main campus in Iowa City and satellite clinics in communities throughout Iowa. A 165-bed "hospital within a hospital," UI Children's Hospital benefits from the sophisticated services and comprehensive resources of UI Hospitals and Clinics. Child magazine ranks UI Children's Hospital among the top 20 children's hospitals in the nation.
For more information about how you can help the Children's Miracle Network cause, contact Michelle Altmaier at 319-335-9003.
Culver's Supports UI Children's Hospital
The owners of Culver's Restaurant in Coralville will donate 10 percent of their sales on Friday, May 18, to University of Iowa Children's Hospital in Iowa City.
The special event will run Friday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Michael Artman, MD, UI professor and head of pediatrics and physician-in-chief at UI Children's Hospital, and John Brandecker, UI Children's Hospital administrator, will work a shift behind the restaurant's counter from noon to 1 p.m. serving sundaes to customers.
"My wife, Cathy, and I appreciate the great care that kids receive at UI Children's Hospital," said Ron Nove, owner of the Culver's Coralville location. "We feel an obligation to give back to our community and know our support to UI Children's Hospital will make a big impact in the lives of sick kids."
The first Culver's restaurant opened in Sauk City, WI, in 1984 and paved the way for a truly unique quick-service restaurant. Each Culver's restaurant is built upon the family values of friendliness and old-fashioned charm. The Coralville Culver's location, 259 Heartland Place, is now one of 350 restaurants in 15 states.
UI Children's Hospital serves children and their families at its main campus in Iowa City and satellite clinics in communities throughout Iowa. A 165-bed "hospital within a hospital," UI Children's Hospital benefits from the sophisticated services and comprehensive resources of UI Hospitals and Clinics. Child magazine ranks UI Children's Hospital among the top 20 children's hospitals in the nation.
For more information about how you can help the Children's Miracle Network cause, contact Michelle Altmaier at 319-335-9003.
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