Nicklaus Children’s Hospital along with iHeartMedia in South Florida hosted the 3rd annual iHeart4Kids Radiothon on November raising a total of $101,964 live on the radio from the lobby of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital on Thursday, November 2nd.
The 13-hour fundraising event aired on both 93.9 MIA and NewsRadio 610 WIOD, with matching hour opportunities and heart-warming stories from Nicklaus Children’s patients, families, staff and supporters to help benefit kids in our community and beyond. Kimmy B, K. Marie and Carmine from 93.9 MIA, and Manny Munoz and Erica Rodriguez from WIOD, broadcasted live from the hospital throughout the day alongside guests including Nicklaus Children’s pet therapy dogs, patient activities, an interactive screen, photobooth and more.
Special guests included Michael Fux, Yotuel, Maffio and MENUDO - the new generation. They talked to listeners live on the air and MENUDO gave an acapella-style performance for patients.
This year’s iHeart4Kids Radiothon is sponsored by PC Solutions, Panter, Panter & Sampedro, P.A., Dunkin’, Jersey Mike’s, Recrea, Shake Shack and Sunshine Gasoline Distributors. The annual radiothon is a program of Children’s Miracle Network (CMN). Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is the exclusive CMN hospital in eight counties across South Florida and the Treasure Coast.
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital relies on community support to continue providing amazing patient care to kids across our community and around the world. The hospital serves as a safety net hospital for underserved families in our community, with 70 percent of its patients insured by Medicaid or other government-funded insurance.
Hospital staff and community volunteers took calls from the hospital lobby to accept donations by phone. The community is still able to donate anytime by texting MIAMIKIDS to 51555. Learn more at www.nicklauschildrens.org/radiothon.
About Nicklaus Children's Health System Where Your Child Matters Most™ (2026)
For more than 75 years, Nicklaus Children's Health System has stood as a beacon of hope for children and families across the state of Florida and beyond. Nicklaus Children's Hospital is South Florida's #1 nonprofit, freestanding specialty licensed hospital exclusively for children. Nicklaus Children's provides pediatric care across a growing network of hospital and community-based partnerships, including care within NCH North Hospital in Naples, Jupiter Medical Center, select Baptist Health Hospital pediatric emergency units, and Nicklaus Children's Hospital Fort Lauderdale and Nicklaus Children's Hospital Coral Springs each located on the campuses of Broward Health. The hospitals and their network of more than 35 outpatient care locations offer lifesaving care in Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin and Palm Beach counties. outpatient locations include an array of urgent care, pediatric primary care and subspecialty care centers and are either hospital-based or outpatient locations under Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS).Providing a pipeline of future physicians and groundbreaking research, Nicklaus Children's is an academic and clinical affiliate of the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Nicklaus Children's is home to centers of excellence including the Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, the Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute and Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. The 474-bed system is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine, with many programs routinely ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. Nicklaus Children's also includes a nonprofit physician practice subsidiary with more than 40 pediatric specialties and an ambulatory surgery center. For more information, visit nicklauschildrens.org.