KDKA-TV's Free Care Fund Telethon
Since 1954, KDKA-TV has partnered with UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh to help support the hospital's Free Care Fund with our annual Free Care Fund Telethon during the holiday season. The Free Care Fund was established in 1890 when the hospital first opened its doors. The hospital's founders wanted a way to make sure that no child is ever denied medical care, regardless of their family's ability to pay.
Over the past 134 years, the Free Care Fund has helped countless children and their families. And in the nearly 71 years that KDKA-TV has been a part of this worthwhile cause, we have helped to raise close to $90 million for the fund.
But we couldn't do it without your generous donations year after year. Please join us in helping to keep the Free Care Fund at UPMC Children's going by making a donation to help children and their families in need not have to worry about how they're going to have to pay their medical bills. Do it for the kids!
How To Give
- Donate anytime by clicking here to give a donation on the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation's website.
- Call the Telethon phone number on Dec. 19, 2024 between 9-10 a.m. and 3-8 p.m.: 412-692-8900.
Meet the 2024 Kids
- Junior Co-Host: 9-year-old Jordy is flying high after battling rare genetic disease
- Junior Co-Host: 9-year-old Zoey thankful for support from UPMC doctors while undergoing cancer treatment
- Featured on PTL: Logan, 11, staying determined and brave in fight against rare cancer-like illness
- Leon, 3, is now full of energy after bone marrow transplant due to sickle cell disease
- Kittanning girl with heart tumor wouldn't be alive without care at UPMC Children's Hospital, family says
- Free Care Fund helps pay for 11-year-old Jayden's chemo treatments for sickle cell disease
- UPMC Children's Hospital at center of 15-year-old Marissa's journey to horse riding again
- 4-year-old boy can play with his toys thanks to UPMC Children's Hospital
- Junior co-host of 2023 Free Care Fund Telethon celebrates being cancer free
- Surviving, thriving, and reunion | The story of two UPMC Children's Hospital workers and their bond