Wednesday Photo Op: Wish Granted: UAB Gets Preemie Clothing Donation From Dothan Radio Station

Dothan, Ala.-based Christian radio station WIZB-FM, HIS Radio 94.3, is bringing a mountain of clothing donated by its listeners to the premature babies in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital Regional Newborn Intensive Care Unit/Continuing Care Nursery (RNICU/CCN). The clothing donation represents the granting of a wish to one special listener, Mark Miller. Miller’s daughter Mary Beth was born premature on October 17, 2005 and spent five weeks in UAB’s RNICU.

June 20, 2007

WHAT:           Dothan, Ala.-based Christian radio station WIZB-FM, HIS Radio 94.3, is bringing a mountain of clothing donated by its listeners to the premature babies in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital Regional Newborn Intensive Care Unit/Continuing Care Nursery (RNICU/CCN). The clothing donation represents the granting of a wish to one special listener, Mark Miller. Miller's daughter Mary Beth was born premature on October 17, 2005 and spent five weeks in UAB's RNICU.

WHEN:           9:15 a.m., Wednesday, June 20

WHERE:        UAB Hospital Continuing Care Nursery (CCN) Meet Media Relations escort at Old Hillman entrance,  618 20th Street South              

WHO:              Susan Scruggs, UAB Nurse Manager, CCN

                       Donna Purvis, UAB Nurse Manager, RNICU

                       Rick Posey, Program Director, HIS Radio 94.3

                       Russell Brooks, Mid-Day Personality, HIS Radio 94.3

 

BACKGROUND: Dothan, Ala.-based Christian radio station WIZB-FM, HIS Radio 94.3, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Part of the station's celebration involved granting 10 wishes to 10 listeners. Dothan resident Mark Miller submitted his wish to the station - donate clothing for premature babies in UAB's RNICU/CCN. During his daughter Mary Beth's stay in the RNICU at UAB, Mark noticed the difference it made seeing her dressed in actual baby clothes. "I remember the feeling my wife and I had the first time we were able to put an outfit on Mary Beth. Before we put the clothes on her all we saw her in was a preemie diaper and maybe a t-shirt. Being able to dress her in little girl clothes brought a sense of normalcy to what was going on."