SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4 ) — Joe Lake, co-founder of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, has passed away, according to the organization. He was 82.
Lake helped launch Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals — headquartered in Salt Lake City — with Marie Osmond, John Schneider, and Mick Shannon back in 1983. According to the organization, he had a vision of bringing people, communities, and corporate partners together to support their local children’s hospitals.
Since its founding, CMN Hospitals has raised over $9 billion for 170 children’s hospitals.
Here’s what happened during the Sunday morning session of General Conference
Lake was known as an innovator, launching the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon — a broadcast uniting hospitals and supporters through nationally televised storytelling…