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The Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba kicked off their two day Christmas campaign Friday morning at the Polo Park Shopping Centre with a radio-a-thon and an opportunity for shoppers to make a donations at centre court. One of the pieces of equipment they hope to purchase is this near-infrared vein finding machine needed to find the veins of new borns or small children that costs $18,000. In photo at left, David George demonstrates the equipment on Kate Fenske with CN beside Lawrence Prout, pres. and CEO of the Foundation. CN has pledged to match donations collected up to $40,000. Wayne Glowacki / Winnipeg Free Press Dec. 11 2015