Children's Miracle Network-the alliance of premier hospitals for children-is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping kids by raising funds for 170 children's hospitals across North America. Each year these non-profit hospitals provide the finest care, research and community outreach to help millions of children with diseases and injuries of every kind.

At a credit union, you are a member of a collective effort. This effort reaches from within the credit union to the community at large. What better way to make a positive impact in your local area as a credit union member than through Children's Miracle Network. The credit union philosophy of "people helping people" accurately reflects the role of Children's Miracle Network's Credit Unions for Kids fund raising program within today's credit union movement.

Children's Miracle Network has become the charity of choice for America's credit unions for one simple reason- 100% of all funds raised stay local. This represents a unique opportunity for credit unions and their members to positively impact their own communities. As of 2002, nearly 5,000 credit unions nation-wide have discovered that fund raising for their local Children's Miracle Network hospital is the way to exhibit the integral role credit unions play in America's communities.

Today, Children's Miracle Network's Credit Unions for Kids program is endorsed by nearly all 50 state credit union leagues and is the charity of choice for America's credit union movement. 2001 was the most successful year yet. Nearly half of America's credit unions raised $5,900,000! Every penny of this record-breaking total stayed in the local areas where it was raised. Credit unions from Alaska to California and from Florida to Maine banded together to demonstrate the compassion and generosity found within credit unions and their members.