21st Annual 100.7 WHUD Radiothon to Support Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital Starts Today

VALHALLA, N.Y. (November, 2024) – WHUD Radiothon for the Kids returned to the airwaves today to raise money for the region’s only Level I pediatric trauma center. The Annual Radiothon, now in its 21st year, is a major fundraiser for the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. All donations made during the event will support the lifesaving and life-changing pediatric services offered by Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital to children in the Hudson Valley and beyond.

Families of patients at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, doctors, healthcare professionals and Westchester Medical Center Health Network's CEO Dr. David Lubarsky will be interviewed on air over three days.

Alex Padilla, 14, and his mother are among the families who will tell their stories. Alex was brought to Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital after a bicycle accident with a dump truck in the summer of 2024, the Rockland County boy was clinging to life. Suffering from a shattered pelvis and massive blood loss, Alex spent three months in the hospital undergoing 20 surgical procedures and overcoming serious complications. After slowly relearning how to sit, stand, and walk and undergoing months of additional rehab, Alex is walking again and is back in school as a ninth grader at Clarkstown South.

Community members seeking to support the hospital’s advanced care mission, should call 1-877-335-5437 or text to give: Text MFCH to 34984. The live event will broadcast on 100.7 WHUD-FM from the lobby of Maria Fareri Children's hospital, November 19 and 20 from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m., and November 21 from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. Throughout the three-day broadcast, 100.7 WHUD personalities will speak live from the lobby of Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital with patients and families who will share their stories of triumph over significant medical challenges.

The Radiothon is an annual program of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital is a member of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital is the advanced pediatric center for New York’s Hudson Valley region, caring for the community’s most seriously ill and injured children. The 144-bed hospital is home to the Hudson Valley’s only Level I pediatric trauma and burn care programs, pediatric intensive care unit, and regional neonatal intensive care unit (Level IV).

About Westchester Medical Center Health Network

The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is the pre-eminent provider of integrated health care in New York’s Hudson Valley region, serving nearly 2.5 million residents across more than 6,000 square miles. A 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, including nine hospitals on seven campuses and 60 ambulatory care sites, WMCHealth is home to the region’s only Level I (adult and pediatric) trauma center and the only Academic Medical Center between New York City and Albany. The Network employs more than 13,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians – seeing nearly 300,000 unique patients every year,and is the State’s largest Medicaid provider north of New York City, serving 1 in 3 Medicaid patients in the region. WMCHealth also features Level II and Level III trauma centers, a nationally renowned pediatric hospital that is the region’s only acute care children’s hospital and leading pediatric hospital across the country, the region’s only Level IV NICU, the region’s only Organ Transplant Center, several community hospitals, and dozens of specialized institutes and centers. The Network also includes Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Centers, Burn Center, skilled nursing, and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org or follow WMCHealth on Facebook.com/WMCHealth or Instagram.com/WMCHealth.