Beaumont Children's Gets $1M from Children's Miracle Network Hospitals

TROY, MI – Beaumont Children’s hospital programs have received nearly $1 million in funding from the Children’s Miracle Network of Hospitals, Beaumont Health is announcing in events held in Royal Oak, Troy and Dearborn through Wednesday

The Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has supported programs for children at Beaumont hospitals for nearly 30 years, but the formation of Beaumont Health extends the reach of programs across Metro Detroit.

“With the generous support of CMN Hospitals, we have been able to fund programs, expertise and equipment to provide children with the compassionate, extraordinary medical care they deserve,” Dr. Brian Berman, M.D., pediatrician-in-chief of Beaumont Children’s, said in a statement. “This latest round of funding allows us to advance medical care for children in more locations than ever before.”

“Since 1988, CMN Hospitals campaigns have raised $64 million for Beaumont Children’s, becoming the largest donor in Beaumont Health’s history,” said Margaret Cooney Casey, Beaumont Health senior vice president and chief development officer.

Through CMN Hospitals funding, Beaumont Health is able to treat the entire child — emotionally and physically. Some of the programs and equipment supported through the $1 million in funding announced during the Beau the Bear unveiling events include:

At Beaumont, Royal Oak:

• Child Life Specialists; transportation incubators, Pediatric Hospice art therapy, postpartum depression program; school program support; Legal Aid for Children program, concussion screening program, NICU bereavement program

At Beaumont, Troy:

• Phototherapy blankets and bed warmers; child safety seat replacements; snowboard helmets; scoliosis imaging system

At Beaumont, Dearborn:

• Central monitoring unit for inpatient pediatrics; Sibshop sibling program and therapy equipment at the Center for Exceptional Families

At Beaumont Health Center:

• Adaptive bikes for special needs children; gloves for myoelectric robotic arms and hands

At Beaumont, Farmington Hills:

• Bedside respiratory monitoring system and vein finder device.

The visibility of the CMNH partnership through the placement of Beau the Bear statues at four of the major facilities where we serve children, and greet visitors and patients when they come for care.The four 6-foot tall, CMN Hospitals Beau the Bear statues will be placed at Beaumont Hospital and Beaumont Health Center, both in Royal Oak; Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn; and Beaumont Hospital in Troy.

The bears were created by Prop Art Studio in Detroit and are made of lightweight foam coated in hard shell plastic and resin. A smiling Beau waves and proudly stands by the CMN Hospitals Miracle Balloon icon. Beau the Bear has been a friendly Beaumont Children’s mascot for more than seven years.

Corporate sponsors of the initiative include Costco, Rite Aid, Speedway, Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club, Dairy Queen, Kroger, Ace Hardware and RE/MAX.

Image credit: From left, Heather Bowman-Tomlinson, a mother of a child cared for by Children’s Miracle Network; Beaumont Children’s/ CMN patient Calliandra Tomlinson; Dr. David Dewitte, Beaumont Neonatal Medicine’ Nancy Susick, president, Beaumont Hospital Troy; Acer Tomlinson; Dr. Brian Berman, pediatrician-in-chief Beaumont Children’s. Photo courtesy of Beaumont Children’s, Troy.