Abilene High Eagle Football partnered with Children’s Miracle Network to host a football game for specialnNeeds kids. Former Abilene High football players also participated in the event.
The game raised $8,273 for Children's Miracle Network on May 23.
Joseph Thomas passed away at the age of six. As a patient at Hendrick Children's Hospital at Hendrick Medical Center, he was one of the many children served by Children's Miracle Network. His family started the Joseph Thomas Foundation as a way to remember Joseph and give back to other children in the Abilene community. For more information visit www.josephthomasfoundation.org.
Basketball teams at Hardin-Simmons University and McMurry University joined with the Kiwanis Club of Abilene for the 11th Annual Basketball Shootout benefiting Children’s Miracle Network at Hendrick Children’s Hospital on Monday, January 21.
The Kiwanis Club of Abilene uses the game every January to raise money for their “Young Children Priority One” projects. Kiwanis members sell tickets and collect donations at the game.
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes and First Financial Bank of Abilene partnered with Kiwanis as “change bandits,” collecting change donations for the game around town. Representatives from each organization attended the game to present the change they have collected to Children’s Miracle Network. At the game, members of Boy Scout Troop 206 collected change as well.
All donations from the Basketball Shootout go directly to Children’s Miracle Network at Hendrick Children’s Hospital to benefit children right here in the Abilene community. In the past 10 years, the Basketball Shootout has raised more than $20,000 to help local children served by Children’s Miracle Network.
Photos from the 2008 Kiwanis Club of Abilene Basketball Shootout
