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25 YEARS – AND DAYS – OF HOPE
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ctober 2020 marked the 25th year of donors, Atrium Health teammates, and community partners building hope for sick and injured children and families who are served at Levine Children’s Hospital. Since the first Hopebuilders 5K was organized by two local families who tragically lost their children to cancer, the event has raised more than $2 million and has helped make Levine Children’s Hospital a destination for world-class care. For the past 12 years, Barings has served as presenting sponsor of the event, which took place virtually this year. Many grateful patient families from across the region shared their stories of hope throughout a “25 Days of Hope” campaign. Among them was 14-year-old James Pilon, a kidney patient who now enjoys his favorite past-times – piano and mountain biking – thanks to his nephrology team at Levine Children’s; and Wyatt Mauldin whose heart beats for Levine Children’s and the medical team who performed his life-saving cardiac procedures.
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OF HOPE FOR OUR CHILDREN 1. Rylee Vogel, 12, is a Levine Children's patient and this year's top individual fundraiser, raising $5,700 for Team IDEA. 2. For the last five years, Jason Walton (right) and his family have participated in the signature fundraising event. 3. Joey and Lindsay Smith collected donations at their workplace, Frampton Construction, in honor of their son, Hunter - a Levine Children's patient. 4. Oliver Taylor, middle, is one of many Levine Children's patients who supported the Hopebuilders Virtual 5K.
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