Telethon raises more than $608,000

Tuesday, June 12, 2001 | 9:18 a.m.

The Children's Miracle Network Celebration Telethon raised more than $608,000 in pledges from their local broadcast on June 2-3.

"I want to thank everyone who donated their time and money to make this year's telethon such a great success," Diana Bennett, chairman of the UMC Foundation, said. "These generous gifts will benefit the children of this community for years to come."

The money will help buy state-of-the-art pediatric care equipment for University Medical Center.

The Celebration Telethon aired on KVVU Channel 5 from the Cheyenne Campus of Community College of Southern Nevada. It was sponsored by the UMC Foundation Inc., a nonprofit organization chartered to raise funds for UMC.

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