PEORIA, Ill. – An annual fundraiser for the OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois in Peoria is hitting the quarter-century mark.
The 25th Annual “Drive for Miracles” Radiothon on sister station 93.3 The Drive takes place from Jump Simulation from 6:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Friday.
John Riley of “The Morning Drive with John and Nancy” says many worthy organizations asked them to support their causes, but decided on the Children’s Hospital.
“Everybody knows somebody or has a kid or a relative or someone at work or school or church, that has used the services of Children’s Hospital,” Riley said. “And it was even much smaller back then than it is today.”
Riley says in the first year, they raised somewhere between $17,000 to $20,000. Since that first year in total, the radiothon has raised nearly $9 million for the Children’s Hospital.
For Riley, it’s a cause that’s personal to him, as his son was diagnosed with leukemia and used the services of OSF Children’s Hospital.
“My family’s been through this, and we’ve seen how it operates. And to just remind people all the time that the professionals at OSF Children’s Hospital are world class,” Riley said. “You don’t get health care like that almost anywhere, and we have it right in Peoria.”
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