The annual event is a fundraiser for the hospital, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, which provides children from the Hudson Valley with life-changing and lifesaving care including open-heart surgery, brain surgery, cancer treatments, trauma and burn care, organ transplants, advanced neonatal services and other advanced pediatric care.
Below is the story of one child who benefited from the hospital’s lifesaving treatment:
Tyson Philip, Age 3
When Tyson’s mother Jamila was 20 weeks pregnant, she was placed on bed rest due to a complication. Despite that precaution, Tyson was born prematurely at 27 weeks, weighing 2 pounds, 5 ounces. He spent 79 days in Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital’s Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where he battled jaundice, a brain bleed and an episode in which he was brought back to life after his heart stopped beating. Thanks to the lifesaving care he received, today Tyson is a happy, healthy 3-year-old. Click here to learn more about Tyson’s story.
To make a donation during the live Radiothon, call (888) 499-5437 or visit WHUD's website. Online donations are also being accepted prior to and during the event by clicking here. Community members interested in supporting Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital can visit the hospital’s lobby during the Radiothon, which is located at 100 Woods Road on WMCHealth's Valhalla campus.