HERSHEY, Pa. — Two recent events raised a combined total of nearly $16,000 for entities at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
The fourth annual Helping Little Hands Rock & Ride Event raised $8,012 for the Child Life Program at Penn State Children’s Hospital. Barry Sheeder holds the event every year as a way of saying thank you for the care his daughter received at the Children’s Hospital several years ago. Since 2013, the ride has contributed more than $28,000 to Child Life.
The seventh annual Horizon of Hope Brunch raised $7,950 for the Karen Dwyer-Jones Patient Care Fund at Penn State Breast Center. The brunch raises money for organizations in central Pennsylvania that are dedicated to breast cancer patient care, awareness and research. They include the Karen Dwyer-Jones Patient Care Fund at the Breast Center, the American Cancer Society and the PA Breast Cancer Coalition. Since 2014, the Horizon of Hope Brunch has raised more than $28,000 for the Breast Center.