The RED Cares for Kids Radiothon, on RED 102.3 FM, was broadcast live Feb. 8 to 10 from Capital City Mall, Camp Hill. Then on Feb. 22-24, the I Care for Kids Radiothon, on The Big I 105 FM, was broadcast live from Lancaster Harley Davidson/Buell, Willow Street. The event raised $330,800 for Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital.
The RED Cares for Kids Radiothon raised funds for a cardiac ultrasound machine for Children's Heart Group at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. This state-of-the-art machine will provide optimal support for the pediatric heart surgery program through echocardiography and tissue doppler, allowing doctors to see the patient's heart in real-time. The I Care for Kids Radiothon raised funds to update a pediatric operating room super suite at Children's Hospital. This update brings the most-advanced technologies to the pediatric surgery program at Children's Hospital to help provide the best care possible for our patients.
Throughout each three-day event sponsored by Giant Food Stores, radio personalities interviewed children, Children's Hospital staff and physicians, local Children's Miracle Network volunteers, as well as patients and their families.
Listeners tuned in these two weekends in February to hear true miracle stories, while operators stood by to take pledges.
Children's Miracle Network expressed its thanks to RED 102.3 and Big I105 family of listeners for helping to raise the funds.