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Resilience and Bravery: Introducing our 2026 CMN Champion, Fletcher!

Every year, 170 Children’s Miracle Network hospitals identify a “Champion” in each of their communities to serve as the face for children treated at their children’s hospital. These ambassadors spend the year advocating for the charitable needs of children’s hospitals across North America.  As the 2026 Children’s Miracle Network…

Ambassador Highlight: Callahan Parrish

When a 21-week ultrasound turned their world upside down, Dylan and Devyn Parrish braced for a reality they had never imagined. A doctor noticed a faint echo that signaled their baby’s heart would not work the way it was meant to. Their unborn son, Callahan, was diagnosed with…

Minecraft and Miracles: Introducing Our 2025 CMN Champion, Ella Grace! 

Building worlds in Minecraft and racing through virtual bridges are just some of the ways 9-year-old Ella Grace Ramondetta keeps her spirit high during hospital stays. Now, as the newly named 2025 Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Champion at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, she’s building something even more…

Made to move mountains

Life was normal for soon-to-be high school senior Riley McFadden. An active student leader, Riley was a competitive swimmer with dreams of competing at the collegiate level. She was healthy and thriving. That all changed during her senior year when she was diagnosed with Stage 2B Bulky Hodgkins…

Tallahassee community comes together to make Miracles on Madison

Despite near record-high temperatures, supporters of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals flocked to Madison Street in Collegetown, downtown Tallahassee, for the return of Miracles on Madison on Saturday, June 22. Over 150 people enjoyed the festivities of the Miracles on Madison block party, which was last held in 2019.

Ambassador Highlight: Ella Grace

Ella Grace Ramondetta was nearly 3 years old, about to celebrate her birthday, when her family first noticed something was wrong. She had developed a limp, quickly prompting a visit to an orthopedic specialist. It was at that appointment in June 2018 that she and her family’s lives…

Tiny Hearts, Big Impact: Child Life in the PCICU

The halls of a hospital can be intimidating for young patients facing the unknown. One such patient, a young girl, is brought into a room to receive a CT scan from a technician she’s unfamiliar with. As the machine begins to hum, she feels anxiety, unsure of what…