Record-Setting $1.2 Million Contributed to Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital through Driving the Future Event
July 13, 2022
A record $1.2 million was contributed to Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital through the 2022 “Driving the Future” Lexus car raffle event, with 100% of the proceeds benefitting children’s health services.
BATON ROUGE, LA – A record $1.2 million was contributed to Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital through the 2022 “Driving the Future” Lexus car raffle event, with 100% of the proceeds benefitting children’s health services.
Now in its 12th year, more than $11.8 million has been contributed through the event in total, helping OLOLCH continue to provide world class healthcare to the children of Louisiana, Texas, and Mississippi. Past proceeds supported the building of the Children’s Hospital in 2019 while also ensuring the more than 100,000 children who visit each year are provided with the best care possible — regardless of their ability to pay.
“I want to thank everyone who bought raffle tickets for this year’s Driving the Future event,” said Dr. Shaun Kemmerly, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health. “Fundraising events like this help us continue to improve and expand the services we provide at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital.”
The winners of this year’s five silver 2022 Lexus vehicles hailed from five separate Louisiana parishes. Raffle tickets were purchased by individuals from 41 states.
The “Driving the Future” raffle is presented by Geico – Your Local Office, as well as Campus Federal Credit Union and Cox Media, with partnerships from Price LeBlanc, WAFB-TV and iHeart Media. The annual fundraiser runs March through June, with winners announced live on WAFB-TV.
For more information about the event, visit ololchildrens.org/drive.
About Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health
Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health is a collaborative, coordinated, and child-focused health network that provides patients with more access to physicians and providers specifically trained to care for children. The network includes hospital-based services at the main campus of Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital in Baton Rouge, as well as St. Francis Pediatrics in Monroe, Our Lady of Lourdes Women's and Children's Hospital in Lafayette and Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health Bogalusa. It also connects pediatricians, pediatric specialists and other health providers across our state with clinics in the Baton Rouge region, Hammond, Lake Charles, Lafayette and Monroe. This model of coordinated pediatric healthcare extends vital resources into more communities across Louisiana so families have greater access to expertise close to home. For more information, visit ololchildrens.org.