How Does Your Support Help?

More than 150,000 children from all of Mississippi's 82 counties and surrounding areas are treated at the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children at the University of Mississippi Medical Center each year. Projects like the Friends of Children's Hospital MiracleHome raise much needed funds for the hospital's programs and services.

Proceeds from the MiracleHome project have helped buy specialized equipment, supported the child life program and helped to expand the hospital's facilities. Currently, Friends is committed to raising $1.7 million for the relocation of the pediatric clinics and the renovation and expansion of the pediatric emergency room-an estimated $4.4 million project.

As the state's only Level I emergency room designed specifically for children, Batson's emergency department provides services which cannot be duplicated anywhere else in Mississippi. However, the ER was built more than 20 years ago. Approximately 17,000 patients were treated annually when it opened. Today, that number has nearly doubled. The current facilities were simply not designed to handle this patient volume or the problems of today.

With your purchase of a MiracleHome ticket, you will be supporting Mississippi's ONLY Children's Hospital and your donation will help us meet this critical need!