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Shriner Fast Facts

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2007 annual budget...$721 millon

Amount of money it takes every second of every minute of every hour of every day 365.25 days per year to operate...$22.85 per second. Or $1,371.00 per minute, Or $82,260.00 per hour, Or over $1.97million per day. (based on 2007 $721million annual budget)

Percentage of operating budget used directly for patient care and reserch...93%!! (something to be proud of)

Money spent to date for operating the Shriners Hospitals...$8.2 billion

Amount of money spent on construction costs for the 22 Shriners Hospitals...$1.76 billion

Total number of children admitted in 2006...27,805 

Shriner's total membership...approx. 400,000 Number of Shrine Chapters... 191 in North and South America (To give an estimate of size, the Sudan Chapter is generally East of I-95 in Eastern North Carolina) 

The first hospital was built in Shreveprt Louisiana in...1922 and the latest in Sacramento California in...1997 

The average length of stay in any of the Shriners Hospitals is less than...4-1/2 days 

Treatment is offered to children up to age 18 at NO COST to the patient or their family. If you know of a child that is in need of orthopedic (hands,arms, feet, or legs), cleft lip and palate, or non emergency burn care, please let us know by contacting the Sudan Dunn Clowns on the contacts page. 

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