{"id":978,"date":"2016-02-22T21:27:08","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T21:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mc.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbiltmedicine\/?p=978"},"modified":"2021-08-11T19:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T19:41:09","slug":"cma-pledges-3-million-to-boost-childrens-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/vanderbilt-medicine\/cma-pledges-3-million-to-boost-childrens-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"CMA pledges $3 million to boost Children\u2019s expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With patients at Children\u2019s Hospital, Hillary Scott of music group Lady Antebellum
announces a $3 million gift from the Country Music Association that will help add four floors to the hospital. Photo by Susan Urmy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children\u2019s Hospital at Vanderbilt is receiving significant phil-anthropic support through a\u00a0$3 million gift from the Country Music Association (CMA). Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) leaders, event host Kix Brooks and special guest Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum announced in October 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cCountry music is a format known for telling stories. Now the country music community will be known for building them,\u201d said Brooks, who serves on the boards of both the CMA and Children\u2019s Hospital. \u201cBuilding floors means helping more children and families\u2014locally, regionally and around the world\u2014and I can\u2019t imagine anyone with a heart not embracing what is going on at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\u2019s Hospital at Vanderbilt. When you see the courage of a child, or the face of a parent, you know how important it is for our industry to support the ongoing growth of Children\u2019s Hospital and why it is life-changing.\u201d<\/p>\n

CMA\u2019s gift represents the association\u2019s further investment in the health and well-being of children throughout the region and will be used to support Children\u2019s Hospital\u2019s four-floor, 160,000-square-foot expansion. Children\u2019s Hospital is adding the new space to better meet the needs of the growing number of critically ill children and families who come from across the region to receive the compre-hensive array of highly special-ized pediatric health care services that only the hospital can provide.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt fills me with joy to get to be a small part of sharing the heart of the country music community with the CMA and Kix at Monroe Carell Jr. Children\u2019s Hospital at Vanderbilt,\u201d said Scott. \u201cI know I can speak for all the other artists when I say that we have an immense appreciation for every-thing the hospital is doing in our very own backyard for some of the bravest and strongest kids out there. The smiles I saw on their faces today, despite what they\u2019re facing, is exactly why we\u2019re dedicated to being sure as many children and families get the best care possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gift from CMA and its members marks a high point in the longstanding relation-ship between the neighbor organi-zations that reside just blocks apart in Nashville. VUMC has long supported CMA, its members and their families through ongoing efforts to provide health care services, both conventional and those tailored to help artists protect their health and achieve full potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cCMA and our members have benefited a great deal from our longstanding relation-ship with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Children\u2019s Hospital,\u201d said Sarah Trahern, CMA chief executive officer. \u201cOur partnership is the definition of reciprocal care: Vanderbilt has provided affordable health care options to our members and staff through CMA\u2019s health insur-ance programs; they are in our \u2018backyard\u2019 attending to\u00a0the immediate needs of the industry; and they are widely supported by our artist community including Lady Antebellum, Dierks Bentley, Rascal Flatts and Kix Brooks. Supporting their ongoing growth is mutually beneficial.\u201d<\/p>\n

CMA and its members continue to provide generous support to VUMC, and in particular the Monroe Carell Jr. Children\u2019s Hospital, in many other ways including countless fundraisers, concerts, philan-thropic events and direct financial contributions. In addition, artists give the gift of time, visiting VUMC\u2019s hospitals and clinics to brighten the days of patients and their families.<\/p>\n

More than 200 artists have brought the healing power of music to Children\u2019s Hospital over the past three years.<\/p>\n

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