The San Diego Marriott Business Council recently presented a check to Rady Children’s Hospital for $122,841 representing funds raised during their 21^st Annual Champions for Rady Children’s Golf Tournament on June 5 at Maderas Golf Club.

Each year, the tournament brings together sponsors, donors, golfers and hosts for a day of golf, a dinner program and a silent auction. Among the sponsors of this event were Schindler Elevator Co., Magic Laundry Service, relaxx Dry Cleaning, PSAV, TownePark, Radiant, KONE, GES, and fellow CMNH partner, Panda Express.

Golfers at the tournament had the unique opportunity to interact first-hand with the miracles that happen every day at Rady Children’s.  Throughout the day, they had a few special VIPs (Very Important Patients) and their families visit the tournament. The strength demonstrated by the patients and their families served as an inspiration to players and volunteers alike, and proved to be the true reward of the day for all involved.

The San Diego Marriott Business Council is comprised of hotel leaders from Marriott Managed and Marriott Franchised hotels as well as Marriott Vacations Worldwide.  This year, they were joined by leaders from the Starwood community following their merge. Throughout the year, many Marriott locations in San Diego host events at the various hotel properties. The annual golf tournament has consistently been the biggest event of the year, and 2017 proved to be no different. Following the conclusion of the tournament, Marriott surpassed the 2-million-dollar mark for total giving to Rady Children’s Hospital! We are so grateful for Marriott’s continued support of Rady Children’s patients and their families.

Save the Date for the 2018 tournament which will take place on Monday, May 7, 2018 at Maderas Golf Club in Poway, California.

Walmart and Sam’s Club associates are very passionate about raising money for the kids! Walmart  Founder Sam Walton promised “Our associates will amaze you” and they have for 30 years raising more than $11.5 million for Primary Children’s Hospital in those 30 years. Nearly $600,000 has been raised for Primary Children’s Hospital during this year’s campaign which runs through November 3rd.

The funds are raised at the registers with members and customers donating and also by grants, contests and other creative fundraising by the associates. See more about Cheri Newport an associates that passionately raises funds for Primary Children’s Hospital. Also check out how much fun they had raising money in the Layton, Utah Sam’s Club self-checkout area with comedian Bill Engvall, who is well-known for his Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

Love’s employees and generous customers surpassed their goal of raising $2.6 million for 101 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals this year and set a record for the most money raised during the in-store campaign over 18 years–$2.76 million!

From Aug. 26-Sept. 30, Love’s team members sold CMN Hospitals’ Miracle Balloons for donations and organized fundraising events like 5K runs, bowling tournaments, fishing tournaments, rummage sales, cookouts and more. Love’s showed additional support for CMN Hospitals on National Coffee Day. In honor of the day, all 24-ounce coffees and cappuccinos were discounted to $1, with all sales going to CMN Hospitals.

“Every year, our employees show passion and dedication for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, and this year they also demonstrated perseverance,” said Jenny Love Meyer, vice president of communications for Love’s. “Hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit during our campaign, forcing many of our Texas and Florida locations to temporarily close. Other locations stepped up their fundraising efforts so we could still make a difference for kids, while employees in storm-affected areas focused on recovery efforts. We’re thankful for the customers who support this cause every year, and proud of our employees.”

Donations go to help kids like Samantha, who was diagnosed with a congenital defect involving her brain and spine in May 2013 as well as a disorder that causes cysts to form within her spinal cord. She also experiences scoliosis. Since her diagnoses, she’s undergone surgery and received treatment at The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center.

Since beginning its partnership with CMN Hospitals in 1999, Love’s has raised more than $20 million for the nonprofit.

Nov. 4 thousands of Extra Lifers will participate in a 24-hour gaming marathon to raise money for their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital. Extra Life unites thousands of gamers around the world to play games in support of their local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.

Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised more than $30 million for sick and injured kids. Sign up today and dedicate a day of play for kids in your community!

Tune into GAME DAY 2017 on Twitch.tv/ExtraLife4Kids:

On Friday, October 13, CMN Hospitals staff had the chance to meet Andrew Cherng, co-founder and co-chairman of Panda Express, in Austin, TX. The leadership team invited Dell Children’s Medical Center to say thank you in person. Account Director Kellie Tiner was also able to attend: “It was a wonderful chance to say thank you from our Austin hospital and all our hospitals. Megan our local Program Director and I both shared about where current funds are going and where past funds have been able to make a difference for in the Austin area. While Andrew was visiting the store a customer even shared their story about being in the hospital.”

Megan Campuzano, Primary Program Director at Dell Children’s, said, “The Panda visit was amazing. In addition to getting valuable face time with their leadership, I also got to connect more closely with my local contacts as we made arrangements for his visit. We have a great group of 22 locations benefiting Dell Children’s and they have shown incredible growth in the last year. In Austin, Panda Express increased from $65,000 in 2015 to over $106,000 in 2016. We celebrated that with a check presentation at one of their Round Rock locations and Andrew was so pleased as customers were cheering in the restaurant.”

Read more about Andrew Cherng here.

Members from Texas Dairy Queen toured Cook Children’s in Fort Worth, TX to learn more about how their locations across the state make a difference at just one of the many hospitals in Texas. Members of Texas Dairy Queen toured the NICU, the pediatric rehab center and learned about child life. Last year Dairy Queen locations in Texas raised almost $500,000 and locally for Cook Children’s DQ locations raised $25,559!

Dairy Queen locations are gearing up for their Round Up For the Kids campaign November 15-30. Please join in and donate your change to make change happen for patients at your local CMN Hospital.