Dance Marathon is a nationwide collegiate philanthropy that raises money for the Children's Miracle Network. Through the Children's Miracle Network, Dance Marathon at the University of Missouri-Columbia is able to donate its proceeds to the Children's Hospital of Columbia, Mo.
CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK

Children's Miracle Network is an international non-profit organization dedicated to helping children by raising funds and awareness for 170 children's hospitals throughout North America. Each year these non-profit hospitals treat more than 17 million children affected by diseases, injuries and birth defects of every kind.

Children's Miracle Network's founding pledge is to put children first in all it does. Keeping 100 percent of donations in the community where they are raised is at the core of its philosophy. Children's Miracle Network has grown dramatically since its founding in 1983, when its first televised fundraiser aired from a small private studio and raised $4.7 million for hospitals.

In just 18 years, Children's Miracle Network has evolved into the dominant organization actively providing better health care for millions of children through its 170 affiliated hospitals. In addition to producing the largest televised fundraiser in the world, Children's Miracle Network organizes and executes thousands of special events and promotions each year through its dedicated corporate sponsors and media partners.

Children's Miracle Network facts:

  • Founded in 1983.
  • 100 percent of every dollar raised for the CMN in a community stays there to help children in participating local hospitals.
  • CMN hospitals treat all children, regardless of affliction or financial situation.
  • Each year, CMN hospitals provide more than $4 billion in charitable care; these non-profit children's hospitals depend on community support.
  • Most of the money raised by the CMN is donated one dollar at a time by individuals throughout the U.S. and Canada.