The 12th Annual Miracle Home Makeover Kicks Off to Benefit Children’s Miracle Network

On April 25, 2008, Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare Foundation, in partnership with WKTV NewsChannel 2, Lite 98.7FM and Lewis Custom Homes kicked off the 12th Annual $100,000 Miracle Home Makeover to benefit Children’s Miracle Network. One lucky person will win a $100,000 Miracle Home Makeover or $100,000 in cash. For more than a decade, the Children’s Miracle Network Miracle Home project has built miracles for the children of our community. In eleven years, nearly $1.7 million dollars has been raised by the project to benefit women and children’s services at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare.WKTV-NewsChannel 2 and Lite 98.7FM will join the Faxton-St Luke’s Healthcare Foundation, Lewis Custom Homes, and the Home Builders Association of Mohawk Valley over the next several months to explore the endless possibilities of the $100,000 home makeover. Tune in weekly to see incredible new ideas in decorating, remodeling or expanding your home. A maximum of 4,000 tickets are available and may be purchased at $100 each by calling Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare’s Foundation Office at (315) 624-5600. The drawing for the Miracle Home Makeover will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 6:00pm at Jay-K Lumber Corp., Seneca Turnpike, New Hartford. “The $100,000 Miracle Home Makeover is a great way for the winner to create their dream home, while giving back to the community at the same time,” said Eileen Pronobis, executive director of Faxton-St Luke’s Healthcare Foundation. “More than 75 vendors and contractors donate their time, talents and products to this project and we are grateful to them all.” “Lewis Custom Homes is thrilled to be part of this project that continues to provide equipment, programs and services that help area children,” said Luke Lewis, general contractor for the project and Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare Foundation Board Member. “So many of our participating vendors’ and contractors’ families have used the services at Faxton-St. Luke’s, and we are all proud to give back.”Projects such as the $100,000 Miracle Home Makeover allow Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare to make a difference in the lives of so many children by enhancing technology, providing pediatric equipment and services, and by supporting programs like the EMS Project Kids Care Program and Project Kids Talk that help provide compassionate, professional care to our community.For more information call the Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare Foundation Office at (315) 624-5600