Corner Store Fundraiser Gives Back

Now in its 22nd year, the annual fundraising campaign has raised more than $32 million since 1995.

April 04, 2016

SALT LAKE CITY – Corner Store customers and team members are giving back to local kids treated at Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals during the company’s 22nd annual Miracle Balloon campaign. Corner Store locations in Colorado, Texas, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas will raise funds for 30 member hospitals within the Children's Miracle Network (CMN) during the 30-day campaign.

From April 1–30, Corner Store customers will be able to purchase a $1 or $5 Miracle Balloon, buy a glow bracelet or donate change to support sick and injured kids in the community.

“We’re grateful for Corner Store’s long-term support and the strong relationships that exist between individual locations and our member hospitals,” said John Lauck, president and CEO of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. “It’s clear that Corner Store cares about the communities it serves by the way its leadership and team members get behind this campaign that impacts so many.”

Collected funds will benefit children like Ryleigh, who was born weighing only 1 pound, 11 ounces and spent 88 days in the neonatal intensive care unit at her CMN Hospital. Local donations funded research and technology that helped her survive a bacterial infection and surgery to repair a heart condition. Now 8 years old, Ryleigh is energetic, imaginative and inspires others with her joyful spirit.

“For [more than] two decades, our team members and loyal customers have opened their hearts and wallets for children treated at local CMN Hospitals,” said Kim Lubel, president and CEO of CST Brands, Inc. which owns and operates Corner Store locations. “Leading the CMN Hospitals campaign for our communities embodies our Corner Store core value of servant leadership and gives us a greater sense of purpose. Experiencing the generosity of our great Corner Store customers brings joy to all of us.”

Corner Store has raised more than $23 million for pediatric patients since partnering with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in 1995. Like all Children’s Miracle Network Hospital fundraisers, donations made during the Corner Store campaign will stay local to benefit kids in the community.

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