CMN broadcast features local youths this weekend

Children from Greene and Wayne counties are among young people who will be featured this weekend as part of this year’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Celebration broadcast benefitting the James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital.

The annual broadcast on WITN will share the stories of how the hospital helped Jadon Green, 1, of Greene County and Leonardo Velasquez-Bartolon, 2, of Wayne County. The broadcast will be held from 7-8 p.m. today and 6-9 a.m. and 7-11 p.m. on Sunday.

“We are so grateful to all those who support our Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals program all throughout the year,” said Elise Ironmonger, director of programs with the ECU Health Foundation. The children’s hospital is located as ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville.

“The generosity of our donors enables Maynard Children’s Hospital, located in Greenville and serving 29 counties, to provide life-saving care to the thousands of children who are treated each year. We look forward to being able to showcase the amazing care provided every day at Maynard Children’s Hospital during this weekend’s telethon and to have an opportunity to thank our amazing donors.”

Other youths featured this year include Layah Collins, 6, of Jones County and Wiley Sloan, 14, of Wake County.

Donations received through the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals have allowed thousands of children to receive the specialized medical care they need, the hospitial foundation said.

The local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals fundraising program is staffed and supported by the ECU Health Foundation, the nonprofit charitable corporation that serves as the custodian for all financial gifts and bequests to ECU Health.

The ECU Health Foundation oversees allocation of all donated funds. To donate, please call 1-800-673-5437 or visit givetocmn.com.