The Free Care Fund at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh ensures no child is denied medical care. And every year since 1954, KDKA-TV has helped raise money for the Free Care Fund with our annual holiday telethon.
This week, as we get ready for our 72nd annual telethon, KDKA-TV wants you to meet some of the children who are alive today thanks to the care they received at UPMC Children’s Hospital.
Among them are 18-year-old Kyree Beachem and 19-year-old Nico Beachem, of Ellwood City. We first met the Beachem family five years ago when Kyree was chosen to be the junior co-host of the 67th Annual Free Care Fund Telethon. She’s now 18 years old, has a part-time job and is a senior in high school…