East Carolinian

Issue date: 6/4/08 Section: Features

Media Credit: Ashley Yaber

Media Credit: Ashley Yaber

The ECU Alumni Chapter took the role of operator at the 23rd Children's Miracle Network broadcast event, which began Saturday, May 31 and ran through Sunday, June 1 at the Greenville Convention Center.

Adeea Rogers, president of the ECU Black Alumni Chapter and four other members joined a bundle of volunteers to answer phone pledges and corporate donors at the Children's Miracle Network event.

"Children's Miracle Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children by raising funds for children's hospitals across North America," according to the ECU Alumni Association Web site.

Pitt Memorial Hospital is a Children's Miracle Network hospital, and all funds raised at the telethon will be used in Eastern NC.

"You can physically see where the money is going--every dime goes straight to the hospital or any organization along those lines," Rogers said.

The chapter has been volunteering their services for four years now.

Rogers said that the chapter "believes in the mission of the organization that they serve," and admires the fact that the organization serves "local families."

So far, the Children's Miracle Network has raised almost $1.5 million.

Although the telethon has ended, Rogers said that people interested in the Children's Miracle Network can still participate.

"It's not too late to donate; I encourage people to find out more about the children's hospitals," she said.

For more information about the Children's Miracle Network, visit childrensmiraclenetwork.org.



This writer can be contacted at news@theeastcarolinian.com.

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