Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®

Change Kids' health. Change the future.

Proud Member of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Since 1985.

UF Health Shands Children's Hospital is the member hospital of Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals for Gainesville/North Central Florida and Tallahassee/South Georgia. Every dollar raised stays in the community to support local children's health, thanks to the dedicated work of hospital staff, media partners and volunteers.

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Mission

The mission of CMN Hospitals is to Change Kids' Health and Change the Future by raising funds and awareness for nonprofit children’s hospitals. Funds are used where they are needed most, from ground-breaking research, to capital improvements and vital medical equipment, diversionary and support programs to put families’ minds at ease during difficult hospital stays, and financial assistance for families who could not otherwise afford these health services. We would love to talk about how you can make miracles happen for UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital.

CMN Resources

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Miracle Memo

Keep up with CMN Hospitals at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital in our quarterly e-newsletter, Miracle Memo.

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CMN Hospitals Blog

Read the latest from our national Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals blog.

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CMN Ambassadors

Become a CMN Ambassador

Learn how to become an ambassador for CMN Hospitals.

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Your support helps more than 100,000 kids receive the best care possible every year at UF Health Shands Children's Hospital.

Corporate Partners

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Get Involved

We invite you to become a CMN partner! By joining an international cause with a local presence in Gainesville/North Central Florida and Tallahassee/South Georgia, you will be able to make miracles happen for children everywhere. Contact us to learn more about how to get involved with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Initiatives at UF Health Shands Children's Hospital.

Since their partnership began in 2007, Panda Express associates and customers have contributed more than $500,000 to help move medicine forward at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital.

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Inspiring This Generation to Lift Up the Next

Miracle Network Dance Marathon is a movement uniting college, university and high school students across North America in raising funds and awareness for their local member of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals®. Since its establishment in 1991, there are more than 400 Dance Marathon programs across K-12 and college campuses across the US. We are grateful for Dance Marathon at UF, Dance Marathon at FSU and the K-12 programs supporting our hospital through this national movement.

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Extra life

Play Games. Heal Kids.

As a fundraising program of CMN Hospitals, Extra Life supports gamers, creators, artists and passionate individuals to support local communities. Since its inception in 2008, Extra Life has raised over $132 million for member hospitals across the country, including UF Health Shands Children's Hospital, to Change Kids' Health to Change the Future. Join the Extra Life community in raising funds and awareness for your local member of CMN Hospitals, UF Health Shands Children's Hospital!

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CMn news

Aflac Childhood Cancer Foundation supports UF…

For the second straight year, the Child Life program at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital has received a Child Life, Pediatric Cancer and Blood…

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Ambassador Highlight: Haley Williams

As an eighth grader, Haley’s days were filled with dance practices, competitions and youth theater. But after an unusual and alarming fever…

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CPPI gift boosts Fishing for Kids fundraising…

A new gift from Charles Perry Partners, Inc. (CPPI) brings the total raised by the 2025 Fishing for Kids Saltwater Trout Tournament to a whopping…

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