Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club raise $281K for children at CoxHealth
SBJ Staff
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Area Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Sam’s Club stores recently raised more than $281,000 for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals of CoxHealth.
The funding was collected by employees, customers and members of 47 local Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores during an Aug. 29-Oct. 16 campaign. The local fundraising was a portion of nearly $37 million in collections raised nationally for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, according to a news release.
Money raised in the Springfield area will be used to help over 100,000 children in 32 southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas counties served each year by Children’s Miracle Hospitals of CoxHealth.
“Donations like this are a tremendous relief for each and every family helped through Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals,” CoxHealth President and CEO Steve Edwards said in the release. “One-hundred percent of this donation stays local to benefit local children and their families that we serve.”
Funds assist families with hospital and therapy bills, prescription medication, special medical equipment and travel expenses for out-of-town medical appointments. They also help CoxHealth buy life-saving equipment and fund the Care Mobile, a mobile medical unit that provides basic health care services to uninsured and underinsured children. The money also supports several educational and safety programs.
Also this week, CoxHealth announced a $35,074 donation from Kohl’s.
The money goes toward the Kohl’s Coronary Artery Risk Detection in Area Children program. The initiative launched four years ago helps tackle the issue of childhood obesity through health screenings and education, according to a separate news release.
