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.
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Since 1954, KDKA-TV has partnered with UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh to help support the hospital's Free Care Fund.
The 72nd Annual KDKA Free Care Fund Telethon raised nearly $2 million.
At just 23 weeks, Betsy Shields was admitted to UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital and told she'd be hospitalized for the remainder of her pregnancy.
Every year since 1954, KDKA-TV has helped raise money for the Free Care Fund with our annual holiday telethon.
A mother from Ellwood City said UPMC Children's Hospital "gave my kids lives."
Maeve Krieger was just seven months old when her parents noticed her appetite was off, and she wasn't meeting normal growth milestones.
Now cancer-free, 11-year-old Porter Harmon is living life to the fullest.
The 71st Annual KDKA Free Care Fund Telethon raised nearly $2 million.
Miller Shevitz of Beaver Falls is at his happiest when he's showing off his toys.
Eleven-year-old Jayden Randall of Carrick is one of the children who is alive and thriving today thanks to UPMC Children's Hospital.
Just a few weeks ago, Christine Dankwardt worried walking down the hall would never be possible for her 15-year-old daughter Marissa.
Three-year-old Makenna McDonough of Kittanning is alive today thanks to UPMC Children's Hospital.
A three-year-old boy is cured today thanks to the special care he received at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Logan, 11, is thriving thanks to the treatment and care he is getting at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Zoey looks and acts like a typical girl, but she's more than that. She's also a cancer survivor.
At age 4, a pediatrician sent Jordy Greene to UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh because he was going down on the growth chart. Further testing revealed he had a rare genetic disease.
We introduced you to Elizabeth Loughren in December, as one of the junior co-hosts for last year's KDKA Free Care Fund Telethon for UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Today Live is throwing a party for its 20th anniversary and we want you to be a part of it.
The 70th Annual KDKA-TV Free Care Fund Telethon raised nearly $2 million.
To mark the 70th Annual KDKA Free Care Fund Telethon, we had so many KDKA alumni return to help the children and their families at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Here's a look!
KDKA's Ken Rice and Lynne Hayes-Freeland are joined by UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation President Rachel Petrucelli to reveal our grand total for the night. Thanks to everyone who donated!
Thank you to the Neighborhood Ford Store for matching KDKA Free Care Fund donations during Pittsburgh Today Live.
Isabella and big sis Betty June are accomplished bakers and fighters.
All week, we've been introducing you to children who are alive today thanks to the care they received at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. KDKA-TV's Kym Gable met two of those kids, sisters Belle and Betty June, whose story began halfway around the world.
A young man is alive today thanks to the special care he received at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
