PHOENIX – Phoenix Children’s depends in part on the generosity of donors, including through its annual Give-A-Thon, to maintain its world-class health care services.
“It’s philanthropy that really fills the gap, and it fuels over 170 programs and it helps support us driving innovation,” Tim Harrison, the hospital’s vice president of corporate partnerships and special events, told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s The Mike Broomhead Show on Monday, the first day of the 2025 Give-A-Thon fundraiser.
“It helps kind of build these new buildings. It helps bring on the exceptional talent that we need to deliver the care for this. So, it does everything.”
Harrison said it can be difficult to find the right words to describe what Phoenix Children’s provides.
“There’s nothing like it; it’s just pure magic,” he said. “You just can’t put anything really tangible into there because there’s so many things that go into making this place special.”
The service goes beyond patient treatment, Harrison explained.
“They’re looking at the whole family as a unit,” he said. “They’re thinking about the patient and delivering exceptional care, but they’re thinking about what is the whole family going through, how are we making sure that the parents are staying strong, that the child is being delivered the exceptional care but a sibling might be included as part of that care.”
How to donate during 2025 Phoenix Children’s Give-A-Thon
The 17th annual Give-A-Thon is presented by Your Valley Hyundai Dealers and Yrefy. Sister radio stations KTAR News (5 a.m.-7 p.m.) and Arizona Sports (6 a.m.-6 p.m.) are airing the event daily through Friday, with one segment per hour dedicated to Phoenix Children’s and its services.
To donate, call 602-933-4567, text “GIVE” to 620620 or visit the Give-A-Thon donation page.
The largest radio hospital fundraiser in the country brought in a record $2.36 million last year, pushing the total raised since 2009 to more than $26 million.
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