Williamsville, New York-based Tops Friendly Markets has begun its annual campaign for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The campaign will run through July 3.
Customers can support the CMNH campaign by purchasing a Children’s Miracle Network Miracle Balloon or round up their bill at any participating Tops, where 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated back to the local hospitals in its communities.
Thanks to the support of its shoppers and employees more than the 14 years, Tops has helped to raise more than $2.1 million.
“We are very thankful to all the front line workers that perform miracles every day in the respective hospitals,” said John Persons, president, Tops Friendly Markets. “Now more than ever, they need our support to assist in having the necessary funds available to them to provide the proper care for our most valuable assets – our children.”
The beneficiaries include:
- Bernard & Millie Duker Children’s Hospital;
- Oishei Children’s Hospital;
- The University of Vermont Children’s Hospital;
- Arnot Ogden Medical Center;
- Saint Vincent Hospital;
- Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital;
- Golisano Children’s Hospital;
- Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital;
- Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare Foundation;
- Samaritan Medical Center; and
- Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital.
More than 10 million kids enter a hospital across North America every year. To provide the best care for kids, hospitals rely on donations and community support, as Medicaid and insurance programs do not fully cover the cost of care.
Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has helped fill those funding gaps by raising more than $7 billion, most of it $1 at a time through Miracle Balloon icon campaigns. Its various fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit’s mission.
Tops Markets operates 150 grocery stores in New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont, including five that are run by franchisees. As a private, for-profit employer in Western New York, with more than 14,000 employees, the company provides sustainably sourced, high-quality products while helping its communities flourish through programs that eradicate hunger and disease, educate youth and reduce environmental waste and energy consumption.
For more information, visit topsmarkets.com.
