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…
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Los Gatos teen raised $900, donated 110 art kits to children’s hospital
The 15-year-old plans to launch a nonprofit to expand donations across the Bay Area. Source: Los Gatos teen raised $900, donated 110 art kits to children’s hospital
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…
Watch Jack Black personally serenade a young School Of Rock fan in this heartwarming new video
While making an appearance at Trinity Kids Care, a home that offers hospice services to children, Jack Black serenades a School Of Rock fan with a rendition of In The End Of Time Outside of the Hollywood highlife and his career in comedy films, actor Jack Black works on various charitable endeavours, such as the Trinity Kids…
Local nonprofit providing free medical equipment to kids and adults in need
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — For more than 15 years, this week’s ‘Hometown Hero’ has been providing kids and adults in Palm Beach County with free medical equipment. It started as a hobby for Owen O’Neill, collecting donated items in the back of his truck and taking them to local clinics where they could be…
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…
Nonprofit gives underserved kids outdoor adventures, using all of SoCal as their backyard
Outdoor Outreach recently received $1.35 million in grants to fund programs based in City Heights and El Cajon San Diego nonprofit Outdoor Outreach has already connected thousands of underserved youth to the transformative power of nature using its adventure-based programs. Now, with $1.35 million in recently awarded grant funds, the organization will be able to…
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…