{"id":86803,"date":"2025-12-08T23:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/86803\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T23:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T23:35:08","slug":"pioneering-fresno-familys-3m-gift-to-help-sick-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/86803\/","title":{"rendered":"Pioneering Fresno family\u2019s $3M gift to help sick children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/valley-childrens-video-1200x559.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"hospital building\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"attach_desc\">Screen grab via Valley Children&#8217;s video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tpublished on December 8, 2025 &#8211; 2:53 PM<br \/>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/thebusinessjournal.com\/byline\/ben-hensley\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Hensley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Valley Children\u2019s Hospital has received a $3 million donation from the late Scott Wishon MacMichael, a lifelong resident and descendant of the pioneering Wishon family.<\/p>\n<p>The donation will support the organization\u2019s ongoing mission to provide specialized care for children in the Central Valley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an extraordinary gift from Scott Wishon MacMichael,\u201d said Todd Suntrapak, president and CEO of Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare. \u201cScott\u2019s legacy will live on through the thousands of children who will benefit from the care and compassion made possible by his generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Valley Children\u2019s will recognize the large commitment by naming the Scott MacMichael Professional Center on its Madera campus, in his honor. The building is home to administrative teams that support hospital operations \u2014 a reflection of MacMichael\u2019s support of the many behind-the-scenes workers that are essential to the success of any business\u2019 mission, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScott had a quiet but genuine way of caring about people, and never wanted recognition for doing good,\u201d said his sister, Jenny Naef. \u201cHe simply believed in helping where it mattered most. Valley Children\u2019s was special to him because it represents hope, compassion and the kind of selfless service he admired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MacMichael, who died in March 2025, at 67, was the son of Elanor Watson MacMichael, a granddaughter of <a href=\"https:\/\/thebusinessjournal.com\/power-and-a-street-wishon-family-celebrates-pioneering-ancestor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A.G. Wishon<\/a>, who was a key figure in the development of the San Joaquin Valley. <\/p>\n<p>MacMichael worked in advertising and journalism and was celebrated for his storytelling and love for the Fresno community.<\/p>\n<p>He was known for his wit, warmth and encyclopedic knowledge of sports and local history, and was a gifted storyteller<\/p>\n<p>The family has a tradition of civic leadership and philanthropy, including involvement in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lafelizguild.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">La Feliz Guild<\/a>, whose support for the hospital dates back to 1949.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Screen grab via Valley Children&#8217;s video published on December 8, 2025 &#8211; 2:53 PMWritten by Ben Hensley Valley&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-86803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}