Donation

Credit Union Miracle Day, Inc., a partnership of credit unions and affiliated organizations, is the title sponsor of the Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run. Proceeds from the run benefit the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN), an international non-profit organization dedicated to helping children by raising funds and awareness for 170 Children’s Hospitals throughout North America.

The 2009 event raised $1 million for the Children’s Miracle Network (which raises funds in support of Children's Hospitals nationwide). About $3.6 million has been raised by credit unions since they began sponsoring the race in 2002.

Credit unions are not-for-profit financial cooperatives owned by those who use their services. Funds are federally insured, but unlike banks, there are no stockholders at credit unions, so earnings are returned to member-owners in the form of lower loan rates, higher savings rates, and low or no-fee products and services. Credit unions are chartered to serve groups that share a common bond. Nearly 8,500 credit unions with assets exceeding $759 billion serve 90 million Americans.

Children's Miracle Network Hospitals...

1. Treat 98% of all children needing heart or lung transplants.
2. Treat 88% of all children with cancer.
3. Treat 76% of all children with cystic fibrosis.
4. Treat 90% of all children with sickle cell anemia.
5. Treat 72% of children with pediatric AIDS.
6. Devote 60% of their services to children under age six and 25% to newborns.
7. Train 60% of pediatricians and 80% of all pediatric specialists.
8. Educate families about issues like child safety seats, helmet safety and bicycle safety.
9. Devote nearly a quarter of their care to newborns, who require the most intensive nursing and medical care of all patients.
10. Provide $2.5 billion in charity (uncompensated) care each year.

Children’s Health Facts

1. Asthma is the leading serious chronic illness among children.
2. Cancer is the chief cause of death by disease in children under 15.
3. Approximately 123,000 children in the United States have diabetes.
4. Congenital heart disease is the most common of all major birth defects.
5. On an average day in the United States, 411 babies are born with a birth defect.
6. An estimated 150,000 babies are born each year with birth defects.
7. One in five children have a minor chronic illness.
8. Almost 80% of children with cancer will survive today due to advances in diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cancer.
9. The oldest children’s hospital in the United States and Canada is The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. It was founded in 1855.