Times are tough for everyone. Food prices are way up. Filling up your car’s gas tank costs more than ever. Now, imagine your child is also battling a life-threatening disease.
That’s why News4JAX invited people to take part in the Nemours Children’s Health Day of Giving to raise money for the Nemours’ Compassionate Care Fund. The phone bank was on Monday, April 3, and had a goal of reaching $140,000.
We were $10,000 shy of reaching our goal with a total of $130,000 raised, but we are extremely thankful for all the donations and support received.
Every cent of donations went to help children without resources get the care and emotional support they need. Your donation helped put food on the table for a family of a young child who is battling cancer. It might pay for critical medical equipment not covered by insurance. It could even pay for transportation to surgery or pet therapy or music therapy or help a chronically ill child laugh and just be a kid.
The Nemours Day of Giving gave donors the chance to meet the patient ambassadors who will share what Nemours and the Compassionate Care Fund have meant to them. Their families shared what it meant to them to be surrounded by the extra support that goes well beyond the life-saving clinical care they receive at Nemours.
This is the fifth year Channel 4 has teamed up with Nemours Children’s Health to raise money for the families most in need in our community.
One hundred percent of the funds raised will benefit our Compassionate Care Fund supporting children otherwise without resources to receive critical treatment and care.