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January 3, 1994
Media Contact:Debbie Bangledorf
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The Johns Hopkins Children's Center has named Wayne Mosher honorary chairperson of its llth
annual Children's Miracle Network Telethon on NewsChannel 2. Mosher will oversee a series of
fundraising events that culminate June 4-5 with the 21-hour live telethon broadcast. AR proceeds
raised support programs and services for Children's
Center patients.
Mosher, who is Amici Oil Company's field sales manager for Maryland,
has been a volunteer in the Children's Center for six years. His interest in Children's hospitals
developed after his 11-month-old son died in 1985 from leukodystrophy, a rare genetic disease.
"I understand what parents go through -- how helpless they feel - when their child is sick. By
volunteering at the Children's Center, I've been able to make something positive out of my loss.
I have a special spot in my heart for this place," says Mosher.
As chairperson, Mosher will continue to work with Baltimore-area Amici
dealers in selling Preakness tickets, holiday Miracle Cards, and participating in the Pump-A-Penny
promotion, where one penny per gallon of Amici gas benefits the Children's Center. He also
wants to expand the community's participation in Telethon. "I think everyone, not only
corporations, has a reason to contribute to the Children's Center. It's the only opportunity in this
region to invest in a facility where research is immediately translated into bedside care for
thousands of children," says Mosher.
"Mosher is a 'high-test' leader," says Frank A. Oski M.D., Children Center
director. "He has demonstrated an outstanding degree of commitment to children through Amici
annual donations. They have consistently been among our top supporters."
The Children's Center is the children's hospital of The Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions. Maryland's only comprehensive acute-care hospital for children, the Center,
with its 193-bed hospital and more than 40 divisions and services, treats 7,000 inpatients annually
with more than 90,000 outpatient visits.