Last evening I returned from our Children's Miracle Network Celebration at Disney World. Hospital associates like myself join our CMN fundraising sponsors and celebrate the kids served by our children's hospitals. The three day Celebration included a motivational speech from Mary Lou Retton (long time CMN supporter), and music from Collin Raye, Julianne Huogh, and others. The event was hosted by CMN celebrity co-founder John Schnieder. Saturday evening's media awards and dinner was themed "Dukes of Hazard". The Generally Lee was parked in the ballroom and the real live aged Enos joined the fun onstage! As hospital attendees, we also attend meetings and learning sessions during the day.
The true stars of the event are the Champion kids, with representation from Australia, the UK, Ireland, Canada our our own 50 states. They have special events to meet the sponsors and are honored on stage. They have other fun activities together, and of course get to enjoy the park.s
My personal hero is our Gillette Champion child. He is a boy who has Cerebral Palsy and has undergone more then 20 surgeries. As I flew home to MN, the Champion Family was on a specially charted Delta flight to Washington, D.C. with the 49 other Champion families. Today the kids are scheduled to meet the President.
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