cu4kids.org · Web viewTogether, we can make miracles happen. *Other options, depending on the goal you are comfortable promoting: One Fetal Heart Monitor is $500 A pediatric wheelchair

Credit Union for KidsMiracle Jeans Day 2016

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TITLE: Help [ABC Credit Union] Make Miracles Happen

ARTICLE:[ABC Credit Union] is participating in Miracle Jeans Day, a fundraiser where employees wear jeans to work on September 14th by donating $5 to [XYZ Children’s Hospital(s)].

Want to join our team in making miracles for the kids at [XYZ Children’s Hospital(s)]? Stop by a branch anytime between now and September 14 th, and donate a dollar for a Miracle Jeans Day paper icon to display in the branch.

All it takes is a single dollar to help make a miracle! [One child’s cancer treatment costs $75,000 on average*.] Can we gather enough change to make a difference that significant? Stop by [ABC Credit Union] Branch today.

Together, we can make miracles happen.

*Other options, depending on the goal you are comfortable promoting:• One Fetal Heart Monitor is $500• A pediatric wheelchair costs $2,000• One critical care crib costs $10,000 on average.• An MRI of the brain and brainstem to find tumors and other abnormalities costs

$16,000.• A bed for a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit averages $41,000; a well-equipped NICU

needs 15-20 Beds.• Repairing a heart valve in on child costs $65,000 on average.