The Children’s Miracle Network Telethon is broadcast live every spring by WVIR-NBC channel 29, and this year will be the 20th anniversary for the fund-raising event that benefits the U.Va. Children’s Medical Center. The two-day event is part of a national effort to raise funds for children’s health, but every penny raised in Central Virginia remains in the community to support the work of the CMC.

The program airs from the U.Va. hospital’s 7th-floor play terrace June 5th, 8 to 11:30 p.m., and June 6th, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

In the past, telethon funds have supported the Newborn Emergency Transport System van, the Virginia Children’s Heart Center, renovations to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, pediatric research and books and toys for the CMC.

In conjunction with the telethon, the 20th Annual CMC Walk-For-Kids, hosted by Klockner Pentaplast, will take place on June 5, with registration at 8 a.m. and the walk beginning at 9 a.m. For information, see www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/cmcevents/walkathon_2004/
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