Electronic ad running in famed Manhattan locale through February 8
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (February 2, 2015) -- Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals is saying thank you to Credit Unions for Kids and CO-OP Financial Services in a New York-sized way by running an ad on an enormous electronic billboard in Times Square.
Times Square is Manhattan’s world-famous entertainment district attracting more than 1.5 million visitors per day.
The “Thank You” ad (photo attached) is running through February 8 on the billboard at 1500 Broadway, strategically positioned across from the renowned NASDAQ sign.
The ad appears one time per hour for five seconds, 20 hours per day (the billboard serving the city that never sleeps actually goes dark for four hours daily). The ad is 29 feet by 56 feet, for a total of 1,624 square feet of eye-popping viewing space.
Credit Unions for Kids, the brand under which America’s credit unions fundraise for CMN Hospitals, has contributed more than $130 million to children’s hospitals since 1996. CO-OP Financial Services donates $1 million per year to CMN Hospitals annually via matching funds for CU4Kids fundraisers.
For more information, visit www.cmnhospitals.org
About Credit Unions for Kids
Credit unions, fundraising under the Credit Unions for Kids brand, have partnered with Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals since 1996 and in that time have raised more $130 million. Today, individual credit unions throughout the United States collaborate with chapters, leagues/associations and business partners to raise much-needed funds for 156 CMN Hospitals. Fundraising programs range from golf tournaments, runs, walks to wine auctions, online giving campaigns and paper balloon icon sales. In 2013, credit unions raised $10.2 million ranking the movement third among CMN Hospitals’ corporate partners in annual giving. Contributions help fund new facilities, research, patient services, equipment, special patient needs, charity care and health education programs benefitting 10 million children annually. For more information, please visit www.cu4kids.org
About CO-OP Financial Services
Based in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and founded in 1981, CO-OP Financial Services is the nation’s largest credit union service organization in terms of number of credit unions, assets and members. The company helps credit unions thrive by providing products and services that make it more convenient for members to do business with them. With a motto of “Be There. Be More,” CO-OP’s products fall into three business lines, including “Locations,” (ATM, shared branching and call center services); “Card Payments” (debit and credit processing) and “Mobile/Virtual” (mobile, online, check imaging, bill pay services). To learn more, visit www.co-opfs.org
About Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay local to fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $5 billion, most of it $1 at a time through the charity's Miracle Balloon icon. Its various fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit's mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Find out why children's hospitals need community support, identify your member hospital and learn how you can Put Your Money Where the Miracles Are, at CMNHospitals.org and facebook.com/CMNHospitals.