Mark Schumacher, well known local television anchor and reporter, has joined the North Broward District as Director of Foundation & Marketing for the Children’s Hospital.
Schumacher worked at television stations in Amarillo, Dallas, New York and San Francisco before coming to South Florida in 1995 as an anchor and reporter for Miamis WPLG-TV Channel 10. Since 1999, he has been lead anchor for the Channel 10 Morning News.
His personal involvement in health care began in 1996 when his 5 1/2 year-old son was diagnosed with cancer.
“That news was devastating, but it also caused me to rededicate my life to doing what I can for issues that effect kids and their health,” Schumacher said.
Schumacher is closely involved with the American Cancer Society (ACS) unit in Broward. He is a board member and has served as committee chairman for the societys statewide Volunteer Leadership Kickoff annual recruitment and planning conference. He has also planned and directed fundraising and awareness events for Family Centered Care, Kids in Distress, Childrens Harbor, Child Net and Make a Wish and served as master of ceremonies for events of the North Broward Hospital District, American Heart Association, Cystic Fibrosis Association, Henderson Mental Health, American Lung Association and Children with Autism.
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