16th Annual WHUD Radiothon to Support Maria Fareri Hospital

VALHALLA, N.Y. (November 16, 2020) – Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is once again teaming up with 100.7 WHUD for the 16th Annual 100.7 WHUD Radiothon for the Kids (Radiothon). For the health and safety of all Radiothon participants as well as current Maria Fareri Children Hospital families and workforce members, this year’s Radiothon event will be hosted from the 100.7 WHUD studios rather than the hospital’s lobby.

All donations will support the lifesaving and life-changing pediatric services offered to children and their families by Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital. Interested donors can call 888.499.5437 during the live event, which will broadcast on 100.7 WHUD November 18th and 19th from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. and November 20th from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. Donations will also be accepted at any time November 18 - 20 by texting “MFCH” to 5155 or online at WHUD.com.

Throughout the three-day broadcast, 100.7 WHUD personalities will speak live with Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital families who will call the studio and share their stories of triumph over significant medical challenges.

Generous partners supporting Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital through the Radiothon include Pamal Broadcasting, ShopRite Supermarkets, Saw Mill Auto, Premier Collection, Tompkins Mahopac Bank, All Aboard Child Education Centers, The Louis J. Cappelli and Virginia M. Cappelli Family Charitable Trust, and Larry and Tami Cohen. Event sponsorships are still available through Meredith Buono DaGrossa at 914.493.5412 or Meredith.BuonoDaGrossa@WMCHealth.org.

The Radiothon is an annual Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals event. Maria Children’s Hospital is the Hudson Valley’s Children’s Miracle Network Hospital.

About Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital is the children’s hospital for New York’s Hudson Valley region and Fairfield County, Connecticut. Located in Valhalla, NY, this 136-bed advanced pediatrics facility cares for the region’s most seriously ill and injured children including those in need of cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, hematology and oncology treatments, organ transplants and other specialty pediatric services. Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital is also home to the area’s only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Level I pediatric trauma and burn care programs and its Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Maria Fareri Children’s Healthcare Services are available at WMCHealth’s MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY. For more information on Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, interested parties can visit MariaFareriChildrens.org or follow the hospital at Facebook.com/MFCHatWMC and Twitter.com/MFCHatWMC.

About Westchester Medical Center Health Network

The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org.