WHUD Radiothon to Support Maria Fareri Children's Hospital

VALHALLA, N.Y. (November 16, 2020) – Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is once again teaming up with 100.7 WHUD for the 17th Annual 100.7 WHUD Radiothon for the Kids (Radiothon) November 17-19.

Throughout the three-day broadcast, 100.7 WHUD personalities will speak live with Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital patients, families and healthcare heroes who will share stories of triumph over significant medical challenges. All donations will support the lifesaving and life-changing pediatric services offered to children and their families by Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital.

Interested donors can call 1-888-499-5437 during the live event, which will broadcast on the radio at 100.7 WHUD-FM and online at WHUD.com November 17th and 18th from 5 a.m. – 7 p.m. and 19th from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. Donations will also be accepted through November 22 by texting “MFCH” to 5155 or at WHUD.com.

Radiothon Ambassadors

This year’s Radiothon ambassadors, all of whom received care at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, include:

• Jameson, 18 months, from Orange County, who is doing well after heart and kidney surgery
• Derek, 6, from Rockland County, whose Chiari malformation was resolved via pediatric neurosurgery
• Camryn, 8, from Dutchess County, now free of Sickle Cell Disease symptoms after a bone marrow transplant
• Charlie, 13, from Westchester County, who underwent a neurosurgical procedure to correct a condition that increased his risk of seizures.

Generous partners supporting Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital through the Radiothon include Pamal Broadcasting, All Aboard Child Education Centers, Lawrence and Tami Cohen, Coral Sea Pools, Fujifilm, Fuelco, Tish & Snooky’s Manic Panic, Premier Collection Subaru Share the Love, ShopRite Supermarket and Tompkins Mahopac Bank.

The Radiothon is an annual Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals event. Maria Children’s Hospital is the Hudson Valley’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.

About Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital is the children’s hospital for New York’s Hudson Valley region and Fairfield County, Connecticut. Located in Valhalla, NY, this 136-bed advanced pediatrics facility cares for the region’s most seriously ill and injured children including those in need of cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, hematology and oncology treatments, organ transplants and other specialty pediatric services. Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital is also home to the area’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Level I pediatric trauma and burn care programs and its Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Maria Fareri Children’s Healthcare Services are available at WMCHealth’s MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY. For more information on Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, interested parties can visit MariaFareriChildrens.org or follow the hospital at Facebook.com/MFCHatWMC and Twitter.com/MFCHatWMC.

About Westchester Medical Center Health Network

The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. The Network has Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State. WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org.

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