NJ FCCLA is proud to help support various community service projects,
    including the new National Outreach Project, The Children’s Miracle
    Network. You may be familiar with this organization if you have ever
    donated your money to purchase a red and yellow paper hot air balloon.
    This charity’s mission is to generate funds for over 170 children’s
    hospitals across the country and around the world. The money is then
    used to help pay for the treatment of sick and injured kids, and for
    research programs at these facilities that will help find cures to various
    diseases and ailments.  Founded in 1983, this organization has raised
    over $3.4 billion to date, and needs our help to continue to provide much
    needed medical care to children in our community.
     
    To help support this project, FCCLA has created a campaign called
    DIG IT!; each chapter can work in their community to grow flowers,
    each flower representing a miracle. While doing so, the chapters can
    raise money that will be donated to a local Children’s Miracle Network
    Hospital . Expect a DIG IT! Kit to arrive at your school in September,
    which will include all the information and materials needed to get started.
    If you would like to read the DIG IT! article from Teen Times, click here.
    FCCLA is awarding prizes as an initiative for all chapters to do their
    best! So, start planning and be on the look out for the DIG IT! Kit so that
    you can make miracles happen in your community!

    The money that each chapter raises directly supports the two Children's Miracle Network hospitals in New Jersey;
    the Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside and The Bristol-Myers Squibb Hospital at Robert Wood
    Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. Hospitals in the Children's Miracle Network:
  • Treat 98% of all children needing heart or lung transplants.
  • Treat 88% of all children with cancer.
  • Treat 76% of all children with cystic fibrosis.
  • Treat 90% of all children with sickle cell anemia.
  • Treat 72% of children with pediatric AIDS.
  • Devote 60% of their services to children under age six and 25% to newborns.
  • Train 60% of pediatricians and 80% of all pediatric specialists.
  • Educate families about issues like child safety seats, helmet safety and bicycle safety.
  • Devote nearly a quarter of their care to newborns, who require the most intensive nursing and medical care
    of all patients.
  • Provide $2.5 billion in charity (uncompensated) care each year.

    This truly shows each hospital's dedication to the treatment and care of children with illnesses.
Header image
A music video featuring the care of
hospitalized children in an actual
Hospital. The music was written
Montañez, senior member of
Menudo. It was specifically
written for Children's Miracle
Network and carries a message of
hope.