This Is How Children's Miracle Network Is Keeping Children Healthy

Zachary Addison has more than two decades of working and managerial experience in the restaurant industry. Outside of work, New Orleans resident Zachary Addison supports a number of charities. One of the charities that he supported recently was the Children's Miracle Network.

The Children's Miracle Network (CMN) is a charitable organization that raises funds for children's hospitals and medical research and also advocates on behalf of children's health issues. The organization, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, donates the funds it raises annually to a network of 170 pediatric hospitals in the US and Canada.

CMN started in 1983 with a televised fundraiser and has grown to host various fundraising activities, including college and university dance marathons, gaming marathons, radiothons, telethons, and local fundraising events like fruit stand sales and party events. It also raises funds through its partnership with retail centers by selling branded items to the public.

CMN has formal partnerships with more than 80 corporations and organizations to raise funds for its activities. Its fundraising events are usually community-based, with the proceeds allocated to treating local children with special medical needs in its partner hospitals in the region, providing medical equipment for them, and sponsoring research into ailments that afflict children. Approximately 17 million children benefit each year from treatments funded by CMN.