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Corus Radiothon raises over $1.2M for Stollery Children’s Hospital

By Caley Gibson Global News

Posted January 19, 2017 10:12 pm

Updated November 3, 2022 9:48 am

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Click to play video: 'Corus Radiothon wraps up 2 days of fundraising' — WATCH ABOVE: The Cours Radiothon has wrapped up for another year. This year, the two-day fundraiser raised just over $1.29 million for the Stollery Children's Hospital. Margeaux Morin has the details – Jan 19, 2017

The final tally is in and the Corus Radiothon in support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital is being hailed a huge success.

More than $1.2 million was raised over the two-day fundraising event.

“We are thrilled with the response from our donors across the province,” Martin Shuldhaus, with the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation, said.

“We couldn’t be happier. This means a lot to the foundation because the money raised will go towards supporting families and kids for years to come.”

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The money raised at the radiothon goes towards things like transport services, to bring kids and their families to the hospital from remote rural communities. It also goes to support family centred programs like music and pet therapy, and world class operative and intensive care unit suites.