Hamlin Charity Taps The Giving Back Fund as Donations Top $8M

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s Chasing M’s Foundation has partnered with The Giving Back Fund, a national charity umbrella organization, to handle the deluge of donations raised in the wake of Hamlin’s on-field collapse Monday night. In an email to Sportico, Hamlin’s marketing representative, Jordon Rooney, said that the new Chasing M’s Foundation Charitable Fund…

Family hosts Not So Spooky Halloween for special needs children

For kids with sensory disorders such as autism, Halloween can be a very overwhelming experience for them, but one family has made it a mission for the last five years to provide them with a space w… Halloween is, by nature, a spooky holiday. It is a time when kids put on scary costumes and…

Normal Moments for Families with Medically Complex/Fragile Kids

Offering service providers & volunteers to help with ordinary tasks. Normal Moments for Families with Medically Complex/Fragile Kids. Normal Moments provides supportive services for families with critically ill or medically-complex children. Normal Moments was founded in 2007 by Patricia Fragen, just weeks before her 16-year-old daughter Melissa Fragen died of cancer.  During Melissa’s battle with…

Camp Good Days provides fun, relief for families dealing with cancer

Camp Good Days provides service and support for families affected by cancer or sickle cell anemia. The program covers Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse and the Southern Tier. Lisa Booz started her day by calming down one of her campers. Eight-year-old Fiona Donnelly, who is battling acute lymphocytic leukemia, was feeling tired and irritable. But Booz, the…

Treasure Coast Food Bank launches summer meal program for kids

The Treasure Coast Food Bank is gearing up for what could be their busiest summer yet. Their Summer Meals Program will launch Monday. The program offers healthy meals for kids who rely on school provided food during the school year. The CEO and President of the food bank Judith Cruz says this summer they are…

Nonprofit provides literacy support for kids

Book Babies is a program based in Durham A nonprofit based in the Bull City continues to provide literacy support to families with young children. “Book Babies,” a program of Book Harvest, provides free books and literacy coaching from birth until a child enters kindergarten. The Ellington family says the program has helped their 3-year-old son…