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Eli Manning and wife pledge $1 million to Mississippi children’s hospital
By Andrew Olson
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Eli Manning is giving back to his alma mater in a big way.
The University of Mississippi Medical Center recently announced that Eli and Abby Manning pledged $1 million in support of the school’s children’s hospital.
“Abby and I are the parents of three precious daughters,” Eli said in a media release, “so we know that the health of your children means everything. We want every family to have the best quality care for their children close to home. That’s why we opened the Eli Manning Children’s Clinics at Batson Children’s Hospital, and that’s why we made this commitment to the future of pediatric care at UMMC.”
The fundraising is part of a growth and expansion effort:
With the theme of “Growing. So they can grow,” the campaign aims to fund an expansion and update of the neonatal intensive care unit, add more pediatric ICU rooms and surgical suites, create an imaging department just for children and expand the outpatient clinic so that care can be centralized and more convenient for families.
Manning previously made a $2.5 million contribution to help open the clinics bearing his name, referenced above, in 2009.
The New York Giants quarterback played at Ole Miss from 2000-03.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
