• Children's Miracle Network is the alliance of premier children's hospitals in North America.

• Children's Miracle Network hospitals treat 17 million children each year for every disease and condition imaginable.

• Children's Miracle Network hospitals treat children with cancer, pediatric AIDS, muscular dystrophy, heart disease, leukemia, sickle cell anemia, asthma and accident trauma.

• Children's Miracle Network hospitals provide state-of-the-art compassionate care for all children. They are committed to serving children above all else.

• Children's Miracle Network serves its hospitals by raising the much-needed funds to pay for life-saving equipment, charity care and break-through research.

• Children's Miracle Network raises funds through a number of corporate sponsors and events such as the annual Children's Miracle Network Celebration broadcast.

• Each year, Children's Miracle Network hospitals provide more than $2.5 billion in charitable care; these non-profit children's hospitals depend on community support.

• Since 1983, Children's Miracle Network has raised more than $2.2 billion for hospitalized children - most of which is donated a dollar or two at a time by individuals throughout the United States and Canada.

See the 2003 Annual Report