Wearing a birthday sash, Nolee Kelis Jones of Pearl smiles during the first day of the radiothon.
Raising funds throughout central Mississippi to benefit the state’s only children’s hospital, the 20th annual Mississippi Miracles Radiothon broadcast patients’ stories of hope from the community room of the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower of Children’s of Mississippi. Although the last 12 months have been challenging for the state’s residents, Mississippians once again showed their generosity, raising $443,928 to surpass the amount donated to the event last year. In two decades, more than $7.1 million has been raised by the annual broadcast to benefit Children’s of Mississippi.
De’Nahri Middleton of Jackson shares his story with The Radio People’s on-air personalities during the first day of the radiothon.Kingston Murriel of Brandon, a Children’s Heart Center patient, speaks into the microphone during the radiothon.John Anthony, Mix 98.7 program director, interviews Avery Bell, a Children’s Heart Center patient.Wyatt Kitchell thanks listeners during the radiothon.Lucas Mann of Brandon and his mother, Faith, enjoy chatting on the air with radio personalities.Among the first babies to move into the neonatal intensive care floors of the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower at Children’s of Mississippi, Lyndsey Lee Carter is happy and healthy.Mark McCoy, left, and Scott Steele, veteran Mississippi Miracles Radiothon broadcasters, talk on air.Because of the pandemic, Cash Ward of Summit couldn’t come down to meet radio personalities, so they chatted online. Looking on is Tiffany Key, child life specialist.Aubrey Armstrong of Oxford, a national Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Champion, and her mother, Holly, make their perennial visit to the radiothon.
To support the University of Mississippi Medical Center, visit http://www.umc.edu/givenow/ or contact Meredith Aldridge, executive director of development, at 601-815-7469 or mmaldridge@umc.edu.
