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A Letter From Victoria:
Hello my name is Victoria Freund, i just wanted to say Thanks. My daughter was born May 8th 2009 she was born with Gastroschsis, that's a condition where her intestines are born on the outside of her body. She was shipped straight to Riley after birth. Riley is an amazing hospital i never realized it until we were there. My daughter(Kimberly) was there for almost 4 weeks. Each day with my new born there was tough, but I've learned alot of things with that stay. There were so many more people with children worse off then ours, i had learned to appreciate everything i have, and when I'm down and think it cant get any worse to just look around and see how i have actually got it pretty good.
A couple of days before Kim was released from the hospital i heard of the Miracle Ride, i honestly thought it was no big deal, but i went anyway. I thought all it was going to be was alot of loud motorcycles driving around and that's it. When i went outside and i saw all of the motorcycles driving and honking and the people waving to us, i just started crying. It really hit me. All of those people were doing this for us, my child, all of the children there a Riley. With each motorcycle that went around i became more emotional, it was so beautiful, I would have never imagined how amazing that was and that feeling.
I couldn't believe how many people there was out there on the motorcycles the line was almost endless. It touched me so much to see that and still just thinking of that day makes me tear up. If it weren't for those people it would be alot different for the kids at Riley. I wish there was a way to thank each and every one of them, and to really describe what it was like that day.But i would like to thank you guys for organizing this wonderful fundraiser, i meant so much to me and I'm sure there are so many people just as thankful as i am. Thank you so much
Victoria
MIRACLE MAKING?
The Miracle Ride is an annual fundraising event for Riley Hospital for Children, a hospital that saves and/or positively affects the lives of Indiana’s sickest children. In Indiana it is difficult to mention Riley Hospital for Children without someone reflecting on their own positive experience at Riley or the experience of someone close to them. The year 2009 marks the Miracle Ride’s 16th year of fundraising, during the past 15 years the Miracle Ride has raised over $2 million for Riley’s Children’s Hospital. That money has helped to fund many of Riley’s miracle making needs, such as the Pediatric Burn Unit, Pulmonology, Juvenile Diabetes, Child Life Services, the Cancer Unit, Autism Research, and much, much more.
Riley Facts:
“Riley Hospital for Children [is] Indiana’s only comprehensive children’s hospital”. (Riley Children’s Foundation)
“Riley Hospital is one of the top five newborn ICU’s in the nation.” (Child Magazine)
“Families turn to Riley Hospital for hope and healing nearly 200,000 times each year.” (Riley Children’s Foundation)
“Riley doctors are in the top one percent of their specialties nationwide.” (America’s Top Doctors, 14 years running).
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“For the last 6 years all of us at The Bob & Tom Radio Show have been lucky enough to be a part of the Miracle Ride. We continue to be amazed and inspired by the bikers who raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to benefit Riley Hospital for Children.”
(Bob Kevoian & Tom Griswold, Radio Hosts, The Bob & Tom Show)
“Lucas Oil’s gift to Riley Hospital through the Miracle Ride is very important as part of the Lucas Oil success story.” (Forrest Lucas, Proprietor, Lucas Oil Products)
“Over the past 15 years the Miracle Ride has supported thousands of Indiana’s most seriously ill and injured children by raising more than $2.4 million for Riley Hospital for Children. We deeply appreciate the heartfelt dedication and support from this event’s remarkable group of organizers and participants.”
(Kevin O’Keefe, CEO and President, Riley Children’s Foundation) |
