MacKenzie's Miles for Miracles

Meet MacKenzie, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center's 2020 Champion Child for its local Children's Miracle Network Hospitals' program. MacKenzie, a 14-year old from East Machias, and her family know all too well how important it is to have a specialty children’s hospital nearby, even if “nearby” means almost 90 miles away. MacKenzie spent 100 days in Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after she was born several weeks early in 2005. In 2016, and with community support from friends, like MacKenzie, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center opened a state-of-the-art 29 room neonatal intensive care unit. More than 450 babies are cared for in this new space each year, and MacKenzie is raising funds to make sure the doctors and nurses who care for these tiny miracles and their families have the resources they need. Funds raised help to purchase life-saving equipment, medical therapies, and advanced training for staff.