Jacksonville’s Ace Hardware gives back to Miracle families.

On Tuesday, May 21, teams from local Ace Hardware retailers gave five deserving families yard makeovers as part of their Pay It 4ward campaign with News4Jax. Dedicated to this day of service, they headed out to two Angelwood group homes and three homes of Miracle families whose children were treated at our local Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) Hospitals – UF Health Jacksonville and Wolfson Children’s Hospital.

Ace Hardware became a CMN Hospitals partner in 1991. Since then, they have raised over $100 million for local CMN Hospitals all over the country. Ace Hardware runs several campaigns throughout the year including in April Change Round-up, Bucket Days in August and Ace Fore Kids Golf Classic.

Of the many families Ace Hardware has helped over the years, gave three local families a yard face lift, including the Breeding Family.

Zoe Breeding was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect prior to birth that caused her to undergo two open heart surgeries before she was one. Their family loves to play outside and is thankful for their new backyard.

On the other side of town, the Johnson family was also given a yard makeover. Owen was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia. By age four he already had two open heart surgeries-with more to come. Ace Hardware built their family a beautiful raised garden where Owen can get involved watering and tending to the plants.

CMN Hospitals is so proud to have Ace Hardware continued support of our local families and pediatric hospitals!