Since 1989, Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital has been a part of the Children’s Miracle Network (CMN). CMN is a national charity of 170 affiliated hospitals whose mission is to generate funds to benefit children’s healthcare.
To date, over $11 million has been raised by our local Children’s Miracle Network program. One hundred percent of all donations we raise stay in our Central Coast community, including Santa Cruz. The funds are used for:
- Newborn and Pediatric equipment and services at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital
- Dental care for uninsured children
- Community Outreach Programs: Immunizations, Child Abuse Prevention, Jacob’s Heart Cancer Support (located in Watsonville), Special Needs Programs, Children’s Hospice & Palliative Care (in Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley), Asthma Education, and many more.
- Medical equipment and services for individual children in need (who meet financial-need criteria).
Bay Federal Credit Union’s Involvement:
Bay Federal Credit Union participates in the CMN fundraising campaign every year at this time. The credit union’s goal this year is to raise over $10,000 for CMN. Each branch is providing creative ways, such as fun raffles with exciting raffle prizes, to provide members of the credit union and community an opportunity to donate to the cause.
Various local businesses are donating prizes for these raffle fundraising efforts.
Aptos Branch Raffle:
The Aptos branch is excited to participate in this fundraising effort for CMN. The branch has a raffle that will be open for raffle ticket purchases (donations to CMN) throughout the month of May. Prizes include a Sea Wind Cruzer bicycle, donated by Epicenter Cycling; a Samsung Smart Blu-ray DVD player, donated by the Aptos branch staff; dinner for four ($100 value) at Manuel’s Mexican Restaurant, Dinner for four ($100) at Severino’s Grill, lunch for two ($35 value) at Café Sparrow, a facial ($80 value) at Aptos Skin Care, and eye care ($124 value) by Dr. Ben Popilsky.
To purchase raffle tickets, come into Bay Federal Credit Union’s Aptos branch, located at 105-A Post Office Drive, Aptos at the corner of Soquel Dr. and Trout Gulch, next to Starbucks.
Caption: Bike to be raffled to raise funds for the Children’s Miracle Network – From left to right, Josh Villarreal (Member Service Representative), Andrew (Drew) Thompson (Member Service Representative), and Janene Adema (Business Development Manager) for the Bay Federal Aptos branch.