Costco, Club Car Wash and Circle K rally around kids health May 1-31
Local children’s hospitals are on the frontlines when protecting the health of future generations. But they can’t do it alone. Each dollar that our partners at Costco, Club Car Wash, and Circle K raise through Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) improves kids’ health, allowing them to grow to their full potential.
In May, you can help to change kids’ health for local children’s hospitals through the following partner activations:
- Costco Wholesale’s May Round Up Campaign – shop online or in warehouse and round up your purchase
- Circle K Customer Ask Campaign
- Club Car Wash’s Customer Ask Campaign
Donations collected at these partner locations help support kids at University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Kids like Cooper who was diagnosed at 32 weeks gestation with Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease (ARPKD). Upon birth Cooper’s kidneys were the size of an adults and caused sever lung issues. With the support of the NICU team and the high-level oscillator ventilator, available only at UIHC Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Cooper survived the initial challenges.
At just one day old, Cooper underwent surgery to have a dialysis catheter placed and began treatments right away. Cooper spent a total of 15 months in the hospital, including 4 months in the NICU, 4 months in the PICU, and another 7 months on Level 10, undergoing numerous surgeries and procedures such as a tracheostomy, double nephrectomy, and kidney transplant at 14 months old.
After 456 days in the hospital, Cooper finally went home with his new kidney on March 11, 2022.
Costco, Club Car Wash and Circle K will be fundraising through May 31st to raise critical funds to support kids like Cooper who are treated at UIHC Stead Family Children’s Hospital! Stop in to any of their partner locations to say thank you and make a donation to change kids health, change the future.
