Miss America Serves 2018 Presented By Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

THE 4TH ANNUAL MISS AMERICA SERVES DAY
PRESENTED BY CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK HOSPITALS

Atlantic City, NJ (April 9, 2018) –  Miss America 2018 Cara Mund lead titleholders and volunteers across the country during the 4th  Annual Miss America Serves Day presented by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. State and local titleholders joined family, friends, and volunteers for service projects in their communities across the nation to raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and Miss America scholarships.

Cara and Miss America 1984 Suzette Charles kicked off the national event on April 6th with a visit to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where they spent the afternoon with patients and staff, worked on craft projects, and hosted the daily bingo game in their Seacrest Studios.

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“This weekend was for the kids,” said Cara Mund, Miss America 2018. “Miss America Serves is an initiative that began four years ago and has continued to grow each year. 70% of the funds raised go to local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and 30% to Miss America state scholarships. I am so proud to see all the local and state titleholders organizing their own projects across the country and making a real impact in their communities. In the Miss America program we advocate the importance of service year-round, but it is so special to come together each year in a national effort to make a difference.”

On April 7th, the official day of Miss America Serves, as the National Goodwill Ambassador for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Cara dedicated her day of service to Children’s Specialized Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. She met with patients and staff, worked on craft projects with the kids, and gave out custom Miss America cookies!

Numerous service projects took place across the nation in children’s hospitals, veterans homes, parks, food kitchens, and more. Thank you to all of the Miss America state and local titleholders and volunteers who participated in this weekends event to raise funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and Miss America scholarships.

Would you like to donate to Miss America Serves? No problem! The Miss America Serves site is accepting donations through the end of April. To donate and support a local team or Miss America 2018 Cara Mund’s team, Cara’s Crew, visit www.MissAmericaServes.org and search for the participant of your choice.

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About The Miss America Organization (MAO)
The Miss America Organization, a 501(c)4 non-profit organization, oversees a national network of 51 organizations, including all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Miss America contestants contribute tens of thousands of community service hours annually and have raised over $17 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and Miss America scholarships since 2007.

About Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay local to fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $5 billion, most of it $1 at a time through the charity’s Miracle Balloon icon. Its various fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit’s mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Find out why children’s hospitals need community support, and learn about your member hospital, at CMNHospitals.org and facebook.com/CMNHospitals.