The Children’s Health Fund 2020 virtual benefit will take place on October 7, 2020 to benefit children and families in marginalized communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pix 11 Sports Director and Lead Sports Anchor Andy Adler will host the event. Read more at Pix11
GiftPax announces the launch of a digital fundraising platform, Project ThankYou, to attract more supporters for charity programs. The first beneficiary of the project is Children’s Health Fund’s Covid-19 Emergency Response and Recovery Fund, with a goal to provide support for 50,000 children in the areas where it is needed the most across the U.S.
A bipartisan bill supported by Children’s Health Fund from Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), which would prevent online sales of electronic cigarettes to minors by applying the same safeguards already in place for traditional cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products, was passed in the Senate. Read More at Sierra Sun Times
As a Black woman and an educator, I have been feeling many emotions since hearing of the brutal murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. Primarily despair, grief, rage, and exhaustion. I look at my community and see so much beauty, vibrancy, and life. I am the aunt of four Black nephews, and
June 4, 2020 – Children’s Health Fund is outraged by the racist, anti-Black violence this last week and in recent months. The brutal murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery are compounded by the disproportionate deaths of Black Americans from COVID-19. These past months have thrown our country into mass mourning for the loss
Pam Douglass, the amazing nurse practitioner at the CHF-supported Nevada Children’s Health Project Mobile Medical Unit with Nevada Health Centers, was featured in a story on the nationally-televised Red Nose Day special on NBC. The story showcased Pam’s incredible dedication to the children and families she serves, and just how vital this care is for
(Memphis, TN) The PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo Inc., has earmarked $7 million for communities of color — which have been hit particularly hard during COVID-19 — in cities across the country. Memphis will receive $500,000 from the fund. The funds will be distributed through the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis and will
Actress Meg Donnelly of ABC’s American Housewife spoke with Dr. Arash Anoshiravani, medical director of the Stanford Teen Van program in San Francisco—supported by Children’s Health Fund—about anxiety, Meg’s experience with it, and coping tips for young people. Read More at Instagram Live
During this pandemic it’s been hard to keep physically and mentally healthy. May is Mental Health Awareness Month and a great time to talk about this topic. As an organization that focuses on children’s health, we are very concerned about how children and teens are faring as they deal with upended routines, restricted access to
PepsiCo and The PepsiCo Foundation are helping nurture the world by replenishing food systems in local communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with a $50 million commitment, with $2 million going to Children’s Health Fund to help fund mobile health clinics administering COVID-19 screening, testing, personal protective equipment, and other supportive services. Read More at
Tennessee: The Children’s Health Fund (CHF) supported mobile program is part of a large collaboration between the City and County Government, the University of Tennessee, and multiple Federally Qualified Health Centers. Expanding access to testing for anyone who wants it has been a priority and great strides were made this past week as the CHF
Children’s Health Fund co-founders Karen and Irwin Redlener write that, while we are understandably consumed with the daily, seemingly unstoppable firehose of news about the most dangerous pandemic in a century, little attention has been paid to the long-term impact of this crisis on the world’s most vulnerable children. Read More at the Washington Post
