Spotlight on our CMN Partners

Ace Hardware

During 2024, our Central Valley Ace Hardware locations raised $118,113, bringing their lifetime (since 1992) total in benefit of Valley Children’s Hospital to over $738,000. Three key highlights:

• The Ace Retail Support Center in Visalia, which opened in 2023, has since raised nearly $70,000 in benefit of Valley Children’s. In 2024 alone the Visalia Ace RSC team raised over $40,000 to help care for our patients.
• Strand Ace Hardware in Modesto has been our leading fundraising location for the past three years. The Modesto location brings their fundraising total to nearly $62,000 in that three-year timeframe.
• Ace Hardware of Northeast Fresno made a generous donation to the “Roots of Resilience: Cultivating Life Beyond Cancer” project at Valley Children’s. The in-kind donation supplying various gardening essentials totaled over $5,000, boosting this initiative into reality. The project will help patients embark on a gardening and healthy nutrition journey.

Ace Hardware is an essential partner and continues to demonstrate their support to improving the lives of children in the Central Valley. Thank you, Ace Hardware!

Kiwanis

In March, Kiwanis Division 18 held the Miracle Mile of Quarters event in Woodlake. Division 18 clubs partnered with Key Clubs in Tulare and Kings counties high schools to collect quarters as donations. Participants then joined together to build a mile-long pattern with the quarters collected during the fundraiser. Through the Miracle Mile of Quarters event, Kiwanis Division 18 raised $14,457 this year. A huge thank you to Kiwanis and all the Key Club members for making miracles possible at Valley Children’s!

7-Eleven

During their 2024 campaign, 67 Central Valley 7-Eleven locations raised $40,472 in benefit of Valley Children’s. We are extremely grateful for 7-Eleven and their employees who continue to make a difference in the lives of many children in our communities. 7-Eleven’s strong presence and vast reach in the valley makes us all excited about our continued partnership.   

Chevron

Chevron Extra Mile had an outstanding 2024 campaign. Fundraising nearly $18,000 for Valley Children’s made it the most successful market in the entire nation last year. Additionally, Chevron Extra Mile location #2205 in Riverbank earned the title of top location nationwide in 2024 raising $8,393. What an incredible year for our Chevron locations in the Central Valley, thank you!