Michelle Kwan, now 22, volunteers as a national spokesperson for Children's Miracle Network (CMN). When she was 15, stuffed animals were overrunning her house. She started visiting hospitals near her home in Lake Arrowhead, California and giving the toys to young patients. Ms. Kwan has worked two telethons for CMN. She as brought to CMN the same passion that characterizes her skating and made her the most decorated American figure skater ever.
Children's Miracle Network (CMN) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to helping children by raising funds and awareness for 170 children's hospitals throughout North America. Each year these non-profit hospitals treat more than 17 million children afflicted with diseases, injuries and birth defects of every kind.
Children's Miracle Network's founding pledge to put children first in all it does and keep 100 percent of donations in the community where they were raised remains at the core of its philosophy. Yet Children's Miracle Network has grown dramatically since its founding in 1983, when its first televised fund raiser aired from a small private studio and raised $4.7 million for hospitals.
In just 18 years Children's Miracle Network has evolved into the dominant organization actively providing better health care for millions of children through its 170 affiliated hospitals. In addition to producing the largest television fund raiser in the world, Children's Miracle Network organizes and executes thousands of special events and promotions each year through its dedicated corporate sponsors and media partners. To date Children's Miracle Network has raised more than $2 billion for children's hospitals-$228 million in 2001 alone.