Costco wraps up fundraising campaign with "Champion Child" appearance
Advertiser Staff
Costco Hawai�i Kai celebrated the finale of its �Miracle Month of May� Miracle Balloon campaign today with food, music and an appearance by Hawai�i �Champion Child� Devin Otto � yet still needing $150,000 to meet its fundraising goal.
Otto, who was born three and a half months premature and spent three months in intensive care battling a variety of life-threatening infections, was one of 53 young embassadors representing Children�s Miracle Network hospitals around the country to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House last week.
Otto, who is now a healthy and active 9-year-old, received his care from Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children, the state�s only pediatric specialty hospital and high-risk maternity center.
Costco�s goal was to raise $200,000 to purchase a portable X-ray machine for the hospital. As of Saturday, the store had collected $50,000 from its members.