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Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) has chosen Children's Miracle Network as the 2009-2011 National Outreach Project. In partnership, the 2009-2010 Pennsylvania FCCLA Community Outreach Project is Children's Miracle Network.
To help support this project, national FCCLA has created a campaign called DIG IT!; each chapter can work in their community to grow flowers, each flower representing a miracle. While doing so, the chapters can raise money that will be donated to a local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital . Expect a DIG IT! Kit to arrive at your school in September, which will include all the information and materials needed to get started. FCCLA is awarding prizes as an initiative for all chapters to do their best! So, start planning and be on the look out for the DIG IT! Kit so that you can make miracles happen in your community! Visit the national FCCLA website to find more resources and information about DIG IT! http://www.fcclainc.org/content/dig-it--childrens-miracle-network/ Also check the September/October 2009 "Teen Times" and the national FCCLA website
to find
resources and a lesson plan for DIG IT!
Chapters involved in fundraising for Children's Miracle Network should follow the check writing instructions on the national website. By following these instructions the money can be recorded for FCCLA and it will come back to a hospital in your area. To whom do I make my DIG IT! check out to?Where do I send my DIG IT! check?
Children's Miracle Network Established in 1983, the Children’s Miracle Network has been helping children by supporting improvements in health care for millions of younger people around the world. Contributions account for countless pediatric programs and services which impact the lives of young people who are battling every kind of illness and disease. It takes care of babies who have to be weighed in grams instead of ounces and teenagers who are missing out on growing up. Children’s Miracle Network’s mission is to come up with funds and create awareness programs along with partners for the hospitals’ foundation and the children they serve each day. It is a non-profit organization that raises money for more than 170 children’s hospitals. Countless numbers of people have also come together in their community for local sick and injured kids. It improves and saves the lives of 17 million kids per year with the help of partners who hold thousands of special events and fundraisers year round. The organization has raised more than $3.4 billion to date. Zachary seemed to be a normal 13 year-old seventh grader. He had always been healthy. When bruises started appearing, it was brushed off as simply the results of being an active boy. It wasn’t until Zack began complaining of other symptoms such as rash, fever, loss of appetite, that Zack’s mother knew he needed to see a doctor. After blood tests were done at the doctor’s office, Zack was immediately sent to Children’s Hospital Boston for more testing. Within 12 hours, Zack and his mother found out that he had acute lymphoblastic leukemia which is the most common leukemia in kids. Similar stories can be found, naming children who suffer everyday from a disease or illness. That is why we chose Children’s Miracle Network as Pennsylvania FCCLA’s statewide community service project. We can help kids like Zack keep comfortable and get well again. Find a hospital in your area that is part of the Children’s Miracle Network at http://www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org/HospitalSearch.aspx?state=PA |
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