3rd annual Swim for Melissa and Miracle Bash
Make plans now to attend the 3rd annual Swim for Melissa and Miracle Bash on August 8-9, 2008, benefiting the Melissa George Neonatal Memorial Fund at Huntsville Hospital Foundation. We’ll kick off the weekend on Friday, August 8 with the Miracle Bash at The Westin Huntsville from 7 – 11 p.m. You’ll enjoy a buffet dinner, live entertainment and silent auction. Then on Saturday, kids ages 5-14 will swim laps at the Hampton Cove Pool to raise money for the Melissa George Neonatal Memorial Fund. All proceeds will provide state-of-the-art Giraffe OmniBeds for the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (RNICU) at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children. We raised $117,000 through last year’s event and proceeds provided three of these special beds! With your help, we hope to raise even more money this year. To learn more about the 3rd annual Swim for Melissa and Miracle Bash, call Amy George or Susan Ready at (256) 265-8077 or email amy.george@hhsys.org or susan.ready@hhsys.org.
Be a Sponsor!
Would you like to sponsor this great event? While the best part is saving lives, there are other great benefits you won’t want to miss out on! Corporate and individual sponsorships are available. To see a list of sponsorship benefits, click here. To sign up, or if you have questions, please contact Amy George or Susan Ready at (256) 265-8077 or email amy.george@hhsys.orgor susan.ready@hhsys.org.
Calling All Swimmers!
Sign up today to be a team captain for Swim for Melissa. It’s so easy! All your child has to do is find seven friends (ages 5-14) to be part of his or her team, ask family and friends to sponsor him or her, and then show up to swim and enjoy a day of family fun! If you’d like to go ahead and secure your spot as a Team Captain, please call Susan Ready or Amy George at (256) 265-8077 or email susan.ready@hhsys.org or amy.george@hhsys.org.
We’ll be hosting a Team Captain Kick-off Lunch on Thursday, June 26 at Noon at Huntsville Hospital Foundation, so mark your calendars!
Pediatric Pulmonologist Dr. Vinit Mahesh, Neonatalogists Dr. Lee Morris, Dr. Tommy Davison and Dr. Meyer Dworksy and RNICU nurse Jennifer Godwin were on hand at the 2007 Miracle Bash to help raise money for premature infants in the RNICU.
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Miracle Bash co-chairs Cathy Scholl (far left) and Margaret-Anne Crumlish (middle) with Charlotte Wessel, Kevin Crumlish and John Wessel.
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Above: The Plunkett Preemie Patch had three good reasons to take part in the 2nd annual Swim for Melissa! Brothers Jonathan, Jeremy (back row) and Jamey (front row, far left) were all born premature and spent time in Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children’s RNICU. They came in second place by raising $7,981!
Left: The Blossomwood Dolphins, led by Team Captain Smith Wolford (front left), were the Grand Prize Winners of the 2nd annual Swim for Melissa. They raised $8,596! 8-year-old Smith was born 14 weeks early and spent three and a half months in the RNICU at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children.
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2007 Swim for Melissa and Miracle Bash
Thanks to everyone who made the 2nd annual Swim for Melissa such a great success! This year’s event, held August 10-11, raised more than $117,000 for the Melissa George Neonatal Memorial Fund at Huntsville Hospital Foundation.
We had a record number of people attend the 2007 event. More than 350 people enjoyed the Miracle Bash at The Ledges on Friday, August 10. And 181 swimmers and 25 teams hit the water at Hampton Cove Pool on Saturday to raise money and swim laps at Swim for Melissa.
Our goal was to raise enough money to buy one Giraffe OmniBed for the Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Huntsville Hospital for Women & Children. Thanks to the donations and support from people across the Tennessee Valley, the Melissa George Neonatal Memorial Fund used proceeds from this event to purchase three of these state-of-the-art beds for critically ill and premature infants!
Thanks for helping us make a big splash for tiny babies!
