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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 131
BY SENATOR JOHNS
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend the Children's Miracle network of CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital on the
occasion of twenty-five years of service to Southwest Louisiana.
WHEREAS, this year's telecast marks the twenty-fifth annual telethon for the
Children's Miracle Network of Southwest Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, its parent company, Children's Miracle Network (CMN), has
contributed more than four billion dollars to fund medical care, research, and health outreach
initiatives that have helped to improve the lives of thousands of pediatric patients since its
founding in 1983; and
WHEREAS, CMN collaborates with individuals, organizations, and media partners
to fund medical technology upgrades and health education opportunities that benefit its
member hospitals and foundations and raises funds for over one hundred seventy children's
hospitals across North America; and
WHEREAS, it is the mission of CMN that every child deserves the hope and healing
available from a hospital in his community, care that contributes to the childs' overall health
and well being; and
WHEREAS, through CMN children of all ages, backgrounds and circumstances can
receive medical treatment for every imaginable disease and injury; and
WHEREAS, CMN provides the much needed infrastructure for grassroots
community fund-raising efforts through its corporate events, radio and television broadcast
and other local happenings that generate donations to local providers of life-saving care and
crucial services for children in Southwest Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital has featured and celebrated the miracle
stories of over fifty champion children whose lives were touched through its CMN fund- SCR NO. 131 ENROLLED
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raising efforts in Southwest Louisiana including the following Miracle Kids: Justin
Schexnider (1988), Chad Ardoin (1988); Jessica Johnson (1988), Crystal Spikes (1989),
Terry Victorian (1989), Jason Alexander (1989), Casey Duhon (1989), Cory Wilson (1989),
Casey Roberts (1990), Aaron Siller (1990), Joshua Keys (1991), Tiffany Thibodeaux (1991),
Jason, Justin, and Jared Stolz (1991), Ainsley DeSonier (1992), Mary Lucie Monk (1992),
Brittany Vincent (1993), Tiffany Guidry (1993), Matthew Richard (1993), Brock Patin
(1994), Braun Bourque (1994), Tony Chaumont (1995), Kelly Bancuk (1995), Melissa
Landry (1996), Phillip Vincent (1996), Rick Alston (1996), Marcus Charles (1997), Hollie
Maddox (1997), John Hurley (1998), Zachary Lyons (1998), Christopher Voorhies (1999),
Lanie Warner (1999), Demikol Coker (2000), Abe Reeves (2000), Zachary Lofton (2001),
Alise Citizen (2001), Rayleigh, Tanner, Hunter, and Alexandria Turner (2002), Marcus
Hughes (2003), Casey Trahan (2004), Nathan and Bradley Rowell (2005), Justin Hunter
Cooley (2006), Kaitlyn Hathaway (2007), Marcus Carter (2008), Taylor Oliver (2008), Ian
Loop (2008), Devin Fontenot (2009), Erica Weldon (2010), and Taylor Oliver (2011); and
WHEREAS, Children's Miracle Network has provided financial support to its
community partner, CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital of Lake Charles, Louisiana, a premier
pediatric health services provider; and
WHEREAS, funding from local CMN efforts was instrumental in the implementation
of an advanced ear, nose, and throat navigational surgery system at St. Patrick Hospital used
in the treatment of pediatric sinus patients that improves surgical outcomes and reduces
recovery times; and
WHEREAS, CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital has renewed its support from CMN
fund-raising efforts for the children of Southwest Louisiana on its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary
Celebration; and
WHEREAS, grants from CMN fund-raising efforts provides much needed funding
to other worthwhile community organizations, such as CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital
School-Based Health Centers, the Automated External Defibrillators program with the
Calcasieu Parish School Board and the Diocese of Lake Charles, Camp Bon Coeur for
children with heart defects, the McNeese State University Immunization Clinic, and Kid
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend the Children's Miracle Network of CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital for its many
contributions to local pediatric health services.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
congratulate all of the champions assisted by the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to all
of the Miracle Kids and to the Children's Miracle Network of CHRISTUS St. Patrick
Hospital.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES