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Washington University Dance Marathon, or WUDM, is a student-run organization that is part of a network across North America that unites college and high school students to raise funds and awareness for more than 170 pediatric hospitals. WUDM raises money for Children’s Miracle Network of Greater St. Louis. In accordance with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals core philosophy, all the money raised through DM stays in the St. Louis area, and is equally divided between our two outstanding pediatric institutions: St. Louis Children’s Hospital and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital.
St. Louis Children’s Hospital:
Saint Louis Children’s Hospital was founded in 1879. Though centered in Saint Louis, SLCH has served patients from all 50 states and 80 countries around the world, regardless of the families’ ability to pay. It is also recognized as a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma center. Funds from CMN St. Louis efforts, such as Dance Marathon, have helped establish and maintain many programs at SLCH such as:
36 bed PICU/NICU
Healthy Kids Express bus
Music therapy
Clown docs
Child Life Services programs
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital:
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital was founded in 1956. It is named for St. Louis’s Archbishop, John Cardinal Glennon, whose dream was to see a healthcare facility open to all children in need of medical care regardless of their ability to pay. It serves the Saint Louis community as a Level 1 Trauma center. Each year, Cardinal Glennon counts on the funds from CMN St. Louis to support invaluable treatment facilities, such as the:
Bob Costas Cancer Center
Cardiac-Catheterization Hybridization Lab
Knights of Columbus Developmental Center
NICU/PICU
Child Life Services programs
