C E L E B R AT I O N S
Both of our Prisma Health Children’s Hospitals have many reasons to celebrate! Prisma Health Midlands Foundation
USC Dance Marathon named Program of the Year Congratulations, University of South Carolina Dance Marathon (USCDM), for raising $931,016 – and counting – for our Child Life program in the Midlands. On April 9, 1,800+ students gathered for the 24th annual USCDM Main Event in Columbia. Representatives from Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals presented USCDM with the top Miracle Network Dance Marathon award: National Dance Marathon Program of the Year! USCDM has raised nearly $7 million over 24 years for Children’s Hospital. A new critical care ambulance rolled into Prisma Health Children’s Hospital in the fall, thanks to more than $430,000 in funding from 96 donors through Prisma Health Midlands Foundation.
Elgin extravaganza In December, Paul and Sarah Towns, their family and the Elgin community celebrated the 25th anniversary of Elgin Lights, an annual holiday lights and display extravaganza. Elgin Lights is held in memory of Cole Sawyer, who died in 2004 at age 11 from cancer. Thank you to Paul, Sarah, their family and all the supporters of Elgin Lights who donated $10,000 from the event and more than $161,000 total to CAMP KEMO Programs, led by the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Hospital.
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Photo courtesy of Allen Wallace
Curing Kids Cancer donation Thank you to Curing Kids Cancer for its unwavering support of the Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Hospital. The group’s donation of $210,000 will support the endowment at the Midlands Foundation to name the Gamecocks Curing Kids Cancer Clinic at Children’s Hospital.
