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Healthy
to Learn& Ready
Kids need good teachers, but they need good doctors, too.
If students can’t see the blackboard, how are they going to solve the math problems the teacher is writing there? If they can’t read their text book, how are they going to do their homework?
If they are falling asleep at their desks because uncontrolled asthma kept them up coughing all night, how are they going to concentrate on the classroom discussion?
If they are hungry in class, what hope does the teacher have to keep them engaged?
Ask any teacher or principal, especially those working in disadvantaged communities across the U.S., and you will hear heartbreaking stories of children struggling to succeed in school in the face of health barriers to learning like these.
For over 25 years, Children’s Health Fund has been a vital part of the solution.
Our mobile medical and dental clinics visit hundreds of schools every week in the country’s most blighted urban neighborhoods and isolated rural communities to diagnose and manage health problems that can stand in the way of success in the classroom. And we make sure children get the right start during the critical years from birth to kindergarten, when crucial brain development occurs that supports lifelong learning.
Without this help, these kids really don’t stand a chance.
Children in poverty already face disparities in academic opportunity and achievement. Poor health adds to the burden they shoulder.
Through our medical services and advocacy, Children’s Health Fund is committed to giving every child a chance to be healthy and ready to learn.
A Note from our leadershipLearning is the work of children, from their earliest moments as newborns ex-
periencing the world around them until they cross the finish line of graduation.
In the following pages you will meet kids of all ages who are going to school
today able to do their best because they got the health care they needed
this year, as well as young adults who are fulfilling their potential because
Children’s Health Fund ensured that they had a doctor’s care in years past.
As our 25th anniversary year came to a close, we looked back with gratitude
at this legacy of hundreds of thousands of children who have been able to
grow up healthy and ready to learn thanks to dedicated doctors, nurses and
other health care professionals who work with Children’s Health Fund. And we
are grateful to the many generous donors who have made this work possible.
Each vulnerable child who has gotten health care through Children’s Health
Fund is an important accomplishment. But we know from our work on the
frontlines of poverty in America that an alarming number of children are walking
into their schools each day, sick, exhausted or limited by health problems.
Many of these health problems like asthma, vision impairment, hearing loss
and anemia are readily preventable, treatable, or manageable, and we must
do a better job of ensuring that all kids are healthy and ready to learn.
We have taken some important first steps. In collaboration with the Council
of School Supervisors & Administrators (CSA), the New York City principals
union in the nation’s largest school system, we surveyed 625 public school
principals and assistant principals. The results were staggering. Our research
study, “Crisis in the Classroom,” reported on the many health barriers to
learning that school leaders observe and the substantial disparities in unmet
student health needs between higher- and lower-poverty schools.
We have begun a dialogue with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on
how we can work together. And at NBC’s Education Nation Summit in Fall 2013,
we shared our understanding that quality health care is part of the equation to
improve academic performance for kids in poverty.
We must all be part of the solution. In partnership with Parents Magazine,
we launched our every Child a ChanCe campaign and we will do more in the
year ahead to bring educators and health care professionals, policymakers and
parents together to make sure that all America’s kids are healthy and ready to
learn. We look forward to working with you as we pursue this essential goal.
CO-FOUNDER
Irwin Redlener
CO-FOUNDER
Paul Simon
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Karen Redlener
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A Chance to SeeLos Angeles has more neighborhoods marked by concentrations of poverty than any other city in the nation. And one in four children in Los Angeles lives in extreme poverty. The Children’s Health Fund project in Los Angeles works with area schools to identify kids with vision problems. This year, they found that approximately 30% of the elementary- and middle-school children they examined failed the vision screening. Collaborating with a community partner, they ensure that kids like these get the follow-up services they need, including glasses.
In the Jordan Downs Projects, Ronald lives with his mother and older sister who made it into college. In seventh grade, Ronald hopes to go to college too, but he was having trouble seeing the board in school. His mother is the sole economic support for the family and is underemployed. She had no money for glasses. But now Ronald has the glasses he needs to see the blackboard.
Hilary’s last pair of glasses broke when she fell down. Because she has cerebral palsy, she falls quite often. Hilary has insurance, but it provides for a new pair of glasses only once every two years. The family lives in a single rented room in Koreatown, and her mother cannot afford to replace the broken glasses. But with assistance from the project, Hilary doesn’t have to wait till sixth grade to see again.
D I F F I C U LT Y S E E I N G = D I F F I C U LT Y I N T H E C L A S S RO O M
If a child can’t see the blackboard, that child will have a more difficult time doing well in school. Tragically, all across America, many kids living in poverty go to school without the glasses they need to see. On Children’s Health Fund mobile clinics we meet these kids every day. Some children were absent the day their classmates were vision-tested and fell through the cracks.
Others were diagnosed with vision problems, but their parents can’t afford the necessary glasses or treatment. Some kids once had glasses—but lost or broke them, like kids do—and need to wait until insurance reimbursement permits a new pair. That might mean a year or more in school not seeing the blackboard.
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College in her sightsIsani Castro was a bright, lively child in Head Start when her mom first noticed that something wasn’t right with one of Isani’s eyes. Could her sight, and her future, be at risk? Her mother immediately brought Isani to the Children’s Health Fund clinic in the South Bronx to see Dr. Altagracia Tolentino, a doctor she had known and trusted since her pregnancy. Dr. Tolentino suspected amblyopia, commonly called “lazy eye.”
Because the health center is operated in partnership with Montefiore Medical Center, Dr. Tolentino was able to quickly refer Isani to a specialist. The Montefiore ophthalmologist confirmed the diagnosis and prescribed glasses with a special prism for Isani. The prism eventually corrected the problem and now Isani has outstanding vision without glasses.
Today a star student in high school, Isani has big plans for the future. “I’d like to be a lawyer someday,” she said. “I have my eye on Columbia University.”
In preschool Isani Castro was diagnosed with a “lazy eye,” but she got the treatment she needed and today her vision is 20/20.
60% of participating principals in NYC’s high poverty schools report that vision problems are a significant barrier to learning.
It’s fortunate we caught Isani’s eye problem early. As children age, the condition becomes more difficult to correct.Dr. Altagracia Tolentino P E D I AT R I C I A N , C H I L D R E N ’ S H E A LT H F U N D C E N T E R F O R C H I L D H E A LT H A N D R E S I L I E N C Y
Deerfield Foundation supports health care visits in New York City.
THANK YOU!
South Bronx
Meet Isani in this short videobit.ly/1feu8kH
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Managing Medication
The coughing often starts at night, waking a child’s tired body from sleep. When morning comes, it’s a struggle to get up for school and then to stay awake in the classroom. Some kids don’t make it out of bed. A treatable, manageable chronic illness, asthma is epidemic, especially among children in poverty. In extreme cases, asthma can kill. But most often when left untreated, severe asthma debilitates kids and leaves them exhausted, aching, fearful of the next attack. To manage asthma properly, a doctor needs to see a child regularly, to adjust medication and identify triggers. But for too many families without access to regular health care, a bad asthma attack means a terrifying trip to the ER. Across America, Children’s Health Fund is making sure that kids with asthma are not robbed of their childhood, or their future.
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T H E B U R D E N O F A S T H M A O N K I D S I N P OV E R T Y
millionschool days are missed each year due to asthma.
Mississippi
“Some of the kids we see have so many health challenges,” says Dr. Wendy Williams. “It can really over-whelm a parent.” Jasmine Johnson was born prematurely and has some developmental delay and hearing problems along with very significant
asthma. She’s a handful for her mom, who has four other children and very limited resources.
This year, the Mississippi Gulf Coast project started to concentrate intensively on asthmatic children at the local elementary school. Dr. Williams saw Jasmine repeatedly, and even though her mom had the multiple medications her daughter needed, Jasmine continued to wheeze. “I realized the mom was just not able
to keep the medications on schedule, so I reached out to the school nurse, Kathy Hicks,” said Dr. Williams.
Now, every single weekday, the school nurse sees to it that Jasmine gets her medication. “I saw Jasmine at the school last Monday and, for the first time ever, when I listened, her lungs were clear,” reported Dr. Williams. She was happy, and so was Jasmine. The school nurse and Dr. Williams continue to collaborate to keep Jasmine healthy. Nurse Hicks is planning to make a home visit to help Jasmine’s mom learn how to manage her daughter’s asthma, and Dr. Williams will be providing regular checkups to make sure it stays under control. Now Jasmine has an opportunity to focus on learning, not wheezing in school.
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Breathing EasyJoshua Williams comes from a family with a history of severe asthma. The world outside seemed so hazardous that his mom lived in constant fear of the many things that could trigger a deadly asthma attack.
In elementary school, week-long hospital stays were the norm for Joshua, and he missed so much school through the years he had to repeat two grades. Caring for her son was so demanding his mom had to leave her job.
For years, Joshua and his family felt hopeless and impris-oned by his condition. That all changed when Joshua’s teacher connected him with Dr. John Carlson, the pediatrician who leads the Children’s Health Fund project in New Orleans. Dr. Carlson, an asthma and aller-gy specialist, came to Joshua’s school on the mobile clinic every week so he was able to have the frequent check-ups he needed right at school, instead of con-stantly being absent to go to a doctor’s office.
Due to this ongoing care, Joshua’s asthma is finally under control, and he has been able to stay in class and reclaim his life. He can finally play the trumpet again, and joined his high school marching band. This year, with his family and Dr. Carlson watching, Joshua even marched in the Mardi Gras parade.
Dr. Carlson has been working with each of the schools that the mobile clinic visits to “hot spot” kids with asthma. School nurses and teachers work with Dr. Carlson to help identify the kids who have chronic problems with asthma so they can receive intensive support. Thanks to this ongoing collaboration, dozens of kids like Joshua are now breathing easy in New Orleans.
The Council of School Supervisors & Administrators (CSA) invited Children’s Health Fund to collaborate on a public service subway advertising campaign that reminds parents how they can help ensure that asthma will not stop their kids at school.
Watch Joshua’s interviewbit.ly/1feu8kH
Baton Rouge Area Foundation provides critical support to Children’s Health Fund’s projects in New Orleans and Mississippi Gulf Coast.
THANK YOU!
New Orleans
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It could be an ordinary cavity. It could be a heavy buildup of tartar and plaque. Or it could be a severe neglect of teeth and gums. Whether it’s a lack of access to a dentist, inability to afford regular dental care, or fear of an unfamiliar and frightening process, for many low-income children, lack of proper dental care can mean more than just a smile that doesn’t glow.
It can mean serious distress, sleepless nights, absence from school, and worse. The mobile dental clinics Children’s Health Fund projects operate in underserved communities provide a front-line of defense against tooth decay and oral pain that can distract a child from learning.
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Gleaming With PrideFor David Miller, nothing could be more frightening than a trip to the dentist—except maybe not doing anything about his painfully yellow teeth. The ten-year-old’s teeth and gums were in such bad condition they caused him continuing distress. Bad as that pain was, however, it was nothing compared to how he felt when kids at school ridiculed him over his unsightly smile.
Things were already tough enough for the boy, who had been living in a series of foster homes for most of his childhood. Now with the combination of mouth pain and relentless teasing by his classmates, David no longer enjoyed going to school. His aunt, who sometimes takes care of him, worried that if something wasn’t done about David’s dental problems, he would end up “falling through cracks of the foster care system.”
For David, the expansion of services by the Children’s Health Fund project in Washington, DC into parts of nearby Maryland came at just the right time. When his aunt showed up at the mobile clinic with David, the very heavy tartar on the boy’s teeth and the extremely poor condition of his gums alarmed the dental team.
When they began to go to work on his mouth, David cried, terrified of what they would do to him. But being gentle is this team’s specialty, so they took it very slow—explaining each step of the exam and treatment and taking breaks whenever David got anxious. When they realized the cold water used in cleaning was causing his sensitive teeth to hurt, they even warmed up the water to make him more comfortable during the procedure.
“When David returned for his three-month follow-up, he was a totally different patient. His self-esteem was restored and he was looking forward to school,” said Holly Graham, the lead hygienist on the team.
Through his tears, he told us not to stop. He didn’t want to go back to school with his teeth in such terrible condition.Holly Graham, RDH O R A L H E A LT H T E A M L E A D E R , WA S H I N G TO N , D C P RO J EC T
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Free From PainThe pain was so bad that Yunuen Arteaga couldn’t study. The eight-year-old’s mouth was swollen and tender, preventing her from concentrating on her homework.
She even started missing days of school. When her mother realized that this was more than just the normal discomfort of losing baby teeth, she took her daughter to the dental clinic run by Dr. Adam Hodges at the Children’s Health Fund project in Idaho.
Dr. Hodges immediately saw that Yunuen had an infection in a baby tooth. It had to come out. But when he asked his patient which tooth was hurting, she pointed to one of her permanent molars. As Dr. Hodges completed his examination he found that all four of her adult molars were severely decayed.
Yunuen needed major treatment to repair her teeth. But her mother balked. She had no insurance and there was no way she could afford the procedure. Dr. Hodges told her that it was critical to save these teeth and stop the infection in her daughter’s jaw. He offered to discount the procedure to the bare minimum and told her that she should just pay whatever she could afford. Then he scheduled the earli-est possible appointment to do the work.
Six months after Yunuen completed her treatment, she came back for a checkup—and a photo with Dr. Hodges to show off her brilliant, pain-free smile.
Idaho
An estimated
51millionschool hours are lost each year to dental-related illness.
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hearing loss
of elementary school children with hearing loss have to repeat at least one grade.
Coming Through Loud & ClearWhen Tomás Farias was around six years old, his mother noticed that he wasn’t responding to her when she called his name—at least not when his back was turned. Concerned, she experimented with speaking in a soft voice to him—and sure enough, he couldn’t hear her.
Immigrants from Argentina, the family had no health insurance, so Tomás’s mother took her son to our mobile medical clinic that pro-vides health care services throughout Southern Florida—both on the tough streets of Miami and in out-of-the-way towns like Homestead, on the edge of the Everglades.
An initial exam revealed a serious problem, so medical director Dr. Lisa Gwynn referred Tomás to a specialist who determined that
the boy had congenital middle ear hearing loss—a condition that results in an inability to hear some, but not all, frequencies. The clinicians at the center pre-scribed hearing aids for Tomás, and since then he’s been hearing loud and clear.
Good thing, too. When Tomás’s younger sister, Isabella, started saying “Qué? Qué? (What? What?)” all the time, her mother knew exactly what to do and brought her in to see Dr. Gwynn.
Today, Tomás is 13 and Isabella is 9, and both children have no problems hearing their mother—or their teachers.
South Florida
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Advocating for Health Care for All America’s Kids
Children’s Health Fund believes that all children, regardless of their families’ legal status or coun-try of origin, must have access to timely, continuous and quality health care. That is why Children’s Health Fund has been advocat-ing aggressively for immigration reform that provides access to health care services for millions of children on the pathway to legal status. Providing immigrant children with coverage will yield dividends in the form of improved health outcomes, overall well- being of children and families, and long-term financial savings for American taxpayers. Children, their families, and the nation as a whole deserve nothing less.
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Getting the Lead OutA few weeks before her third birthday, Sky’Lynn Warlick needed a required check-up for the Head Start pre-school program. She did not have a primary care physician, so her mother took her to our mobile medical clinic in Detroit.
That evening, Dr. Elliott Attisha notified Sky’Lynn’s mom that her blood lead level was more than 10 times the safe level. She needed to be admitted to the hospital immediately for treatment. Shocked to hear the alarming news, her mom said, “Sky’Lynn must have been eating paint chips with lead in them. I’ve heard they taste like candy to little kids.”
After eight days in the hospital with an IV drip in her arm, Sky’Lynn was released. Now she and her mother are staying with relatives while the dangerous lead paint is removed from their home. “We didn’t even know we had all this lead in our house, but we sure found out—the hard way,” said her mom. “Luckily for Sky’Lynn, ‘Dr. Elliott’ was on the scene. He and his team saved my daughter’s life.”
Detroit
In Detroit’s poverty-stricken neighborhoods, old housing has been neglected and the threat of lead paint is very real.
8.5% of kids under 6 who were tested in Detroit had unsafe lead levels.
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lead poisoning
High lead levels can lead to decreased bone growth,
damage to the nervous system, developmental delays and even seizures at extremely high levels. In addition, high lead levels are also associated with lower IQ scores, reading disabilities, absenteeism, and higher dropout rates.Dr. Elliott Attisha M E D I C A L D I R EC TO R , D E T RO I T P RO J EC T
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Health Heroes
At Progress Elementary in Baton Rouge, the classroom door flies open and two caped crusaders leap into a room full of suddenly energized fourth-graders. Their super power? Info on eating right and staying fit.
“We go into the classroom and get the kids on their feet,” said health educator Jeff Soileau. “We have them stretch, do jumping jacks, sometimes even a little dancing. It’s a way to give them a ‘brain break’ that lets them go back to work with more focus and better concentration.”
Waving his cape before a legion of smiling students, Mr. Soileau also teaches good nutrition through games like the My Plate Relay, where teams of kids build plates of rubber foods. The team that gets all five food groups on its plate first wins. But every-one is a winner here, because all the kids learn how to put together a nutritious meal.
Activities like this feed into the Mayor’s Healthy Cities Initiative, Baton Rouge’s effort to promote healthy eating and active living. This includes the promotion of 5-2-1-0+10, a daily practice of five servings of fruit or vegetables, two hours or less of screen time, one hour or more of physical activity, zero sugary drinks, and the 10 hours of sleep recommended for children by the National Institutes of Health.
Since the Great Recession, more families—especially those with young children—lack enough money to buy the food they need, while others make unwise choices, buying sugary drinks, chips and other “empty calories.” For teachers trying to help young minds grow, it’s a recipe for disaster. Luckily for folks in Baton Rouge, they’ve got superheroes like Jeff Soileau to help save the day.
P O O R N U T R I T I O N S P E L L S T RO U B L E F O R K I D S I N S C H O O L
Good nutrition isn’t just energy for the body, it’s fuel for the mind. Kids who don’t eat right don’t have what it takes to stay focused in class and absorb their lessons. In America today, more than 16 million kids struggle with hunger. And even when low-income families can afford to go food shopping, their communities often don’t have nearby grocery stores stocked with affordable fresh fruits and vegetables. Sometimes parents don’t have the education to know what a nutritious meal should include to ensure a child is healthy and ready to learn. That’s why Children’s Health Fund has expanded the care many of its projects provide to include health educators who work with parents and teachers to help kids understand the nutrition they need to do their best in school.
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poor nutrition
Baton Rouge
Louisiana households struggle with hunger.
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At the start of puberty, girls sometimes don’t realize that their fatigue is a symptom because that’s the way they feel all the time. They don’t know they could be anemic.Regina Perry FA M I LY N U R S E P R AC T I T I O N E R , M E M P H I S P RO J EC T
Kimbrielle Burns had been feeling weak and tired for some time—especially when she was playing on the school volleyball team. “I just don’t have any energy,” the middle-school student at Memphis Academy of Health Sciences told family nurse practitioner Regina Perry during her sports physical.
Kids often come to the mobile medical clinics for their required sports physical, and it’s a great opportunity to spot medical problems. Ms. Perry discovered that Kimbrielle was anemic, and over the months ahead, she monitored Kimbrielle’s condition. “We rechecked it and her hemoglobin levels were consistently low,” the nurse practi-tioner said.
Ms. Perry was able to help Kimbrielle focus on a healthy diet, encouraging her to eat more meat and vegetables. “I’m eating chicken and green beans, which are now my favorite foods,” she said. “And I have much more energy for volleyball—and school!”
Participating NYC principals reported poor diet and lack of exercise have a significant impact on learning, with the problems especially apparent in high-poverty schools.
A Win Against Anemia
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Poor diet 55% 60% 38%
Lack of exercise / physical activity
41% 44% 28%
We are grateful to the Walmart Foundation for supporting expanded nutrition activities at Children’s Health Fund programs across the country.
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Memphis
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Kayla will graduate this spring from community college with certification as a medical assistant and hopes to return to school to become a nurse.Finding
FocusEmma Baisden has four daughters and all were doing well in school except for Kayla, who could not sit still long enough to pay attention to anything.
“I always helped my daughters with their homework and I just couldn’t understand why I couldn’t help Kayla with something as simple as spelling,” recalls Ms. Baisden. “She would study her words and be able to spell them all correctly. Then if I asked her to spell one of the words five minutes later, she would not know what I was talking about.”
Kayla’s second grade teacher suggested that perhaps Kayla needed testing and offered to introduce her to Dr. Isabel Pino on the mobile medical clinic that regularly visited the school. After taking a thorough history and examining Kayla, Dr. Pino diagnosed ADHD. “When Kayla went on medication her condition immediately improved. She could retain what she had studied, her grades improved, her self-esteem improved. It was a complete about-face,” says Ms. Baisden.
“Ms. Baisden did everything right as a mom, she even had insurance, but the issue here in rural West Virginia is access,” explains Dr. Pino. “On the medical clinic, I get to know my patients and they know that I’ll be here for them.”
C O N C E N T R AT I N G O N S C H O O L S U C C E S S
Childhood mental and behavioral disorders, which are widespread in America, can be disruptive to learning. The most common form of behavioral challenge suffered by children in the 8 to 15 age group is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, often called ADHD. By middle school, kids with ADHD have significantly lower academic achievement, miss more school days, and are three times more likely to repeat a grade than children without ADHD. Children with this kind of disorder are also nearly three times more likely to drop out of high school. In the face of these daunting statistics, Children’s Health Fund project teams work to identify children who need help and ensure they get the support they need.
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West Virginia
Distance and the lack of transportation often stand in the way of children getting the health care they need in both rural areas and cities that have limited public transportation. Children’s Health Fund is tackling this problem with advocacy at the federal and state level, to increase coordination between the health care and transportation systems so kids can get to the doctor.
We deeply appreciate the Kresge Foundation’s investment in Children’s Health Fund’s Child Health Transportation Initiative.
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Speaking Their LanguageWhen her son José was five years old, Dora Medrano of New Orleans realized some-thing wasn’t right.He was hyperactive, especially compared to his younger brother. It seemed José couldn’t concen-trate and was always in motion. Ms. Medrano took José to the Children’s Health Fund clinic where Dr. John Carlson’s team examined him thoroughly, diagnosed ADHD, and prescribed medicine to control the condition. The effects were dramatic, said Ms. Medrano. “Almost overnight, he went from being restless and unable to pay attention in school to getting A’s and B’s. He’s calm and relaxed. His conduct is excellent now.”
There was one hitch, however. The medicine José needs to keep his ADHD at bay is expensive. That’s where Carlos Naranjo jumped in. A longtime case manager with the New Orleans team, Mr. Naranjo serves as an interpreter, counselor and facilitator for Spanish-speaking immigrants like the Medranos. Mr. Naranjo contacted the manu-facturer of the ADHD medicine and worked out a program to get José’s prescriptions filled for free.
“Gracias a Dios,” Ms. Medrano said. “Thank goodness for Carlos and Children’s Health Fund.”
New Orleans
3 out of 4 children in the U.S. who need mental health care are not able to get it.
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P ROT EC T I N G C H I L D R E N F RO M TOX I C S T R E S S
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toxic stress
I learned so much from the Pregnancy Group my eating habits changed 100%. Now I am serving my family healthy foods and breastfeeding my youngest son for the first time.Charisse Grissom M O M I N S O U T H B RO N X W E L L- B A BY G RO U P
To ensure a child is healthy and ready to learn, steps must be taken long before that child enters school. The earliest years, birth to age four, are critical for brain development and long-term disease prevention.
Children born into poverty are surrounded by factors that can threaten their start in life. Unemployment anxiety, food insecurity, household instability, maternal depression, and domestic violence are among the “toxic stressors” that may be part of their home environment.
Young children who have prolonged exposure to stressors like these may be permanently impaired. Toxic stress can affect brain develop-ment in ways that reduce a child’s capacity to learn and even have an impact on the cardiovascular and immune systems, increasing risks for health problems and social problems as the child ages.
New research reveals that effective parenting skills can help insulate children from toxic stressors. But moms and dads who were raised in low-income, low- education households may lack positive role models to shape their own behavior as parents. They may not know how important it is to talk to their kids and to read them stories to promote early learning, to disci-pline them without violence, and to establish healthy habits for nutrition, exercise and sleep.
By providing a comprehen-sive medical home for young children, and treating the family holistically, Children’s Health Fund projects mitigate toxic stress and help build healthy families so infants and pre-schoolers can thrive.
Learning to Nurture TogetherLining up their strollers against the wall and calling out greetings, the moms in the Well-Baby Group are gathering. While one mom gets some advice on treating her child’s diarrhea from the pediatrician, other mothers compare stories about their children’s first steps. “Try some water, just small sips,” the doctor advises to rehydrate the toddler. “Está caminando bien ahora!,” a mom says happily as her son starts walking. The chatter eases effortlessly from English to Spanish and back.
The Well-Baby Group meets at the Center for Child Heath and Resiliency, the South Bronx pediatric clinic that Children’s Health Fund’s New York Program operates in partnership with Montefiore Medical Center. This innovative program in group care is designed for post-partum mothers, families and their babies from birth to 18 months. All the basic well-baby care that a pediatrician would provide in an individual visit is included, but the group setting enables mothers to form attachments with one another and allows the health care team to spend more time with the mothers and get to know them. The nurse takes the toddlers one by one for their immunizations, and moms are encour-aged and empowered to closely monitor their child’s health status, to measure and weigh their child and plot their gains on growth curves.
The program builds on and reinforces relationships formed during the center’s Pregnancy Group, which offers prenatal care in small groups. The goal is to build community as the moms share joys and concerns, nurture healthy family development, and provide an efficient way for the medical team to share information on a wide range of topics.
While all the members of the bustling group appear to be doing fine, the medical team has established trusting relationships with the mothers. They know which ones may be having trouble getting food for their children, dealing with an abusive partner, or struggling with their own mental health, and they are able to connect these moms to services so they can focus on being the best parent possible.
4-year-olds in families on public assistance have been exposed to 30 million fewer words than 4-year-olds from high-income families.
Do you all know what to do with a stomach virus? Winter is coming and it’s important to be prepared. The most important thing to remember is clear fluids like water or pedialyte.Dr. Hildred MachucaP E D I AT R I C I A N S O U T H B RO N X W E L L- B A BY G RO U P
United Health Foundation support enables us to increase access and the quality of Children’s Health Fund flagship programs in New York City.
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New York City
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disaster trauma
A F T E R D I S A S T E R , T H E LO N G ROA D TO R EC OV E RY
A hurricane can tear apart a community in a matter of hours. And then it’s gone. But those caught in the path of a violent storm can feel the pain for years to come. Children tend to be hit hardest by the lingering effects of a disaster. With homes destroyed, families displaced and routines disrupted, the acute shock of the emergency gives way to long-term anxiety, depression and emotional distress that can wreak havoc on developing minds and bodies and make concentration on school and learning impossible. That’s why, when disaster strikes, Children’s Health Fund moves in quickly to vulnerable communities, providing urgent care—and then stays for the long haul to help children cope and recover.
As Superstorm Sandy sent seawater streaming into their house, the Smith family of Brick, New Jersey ran for their lives, leaving behind just about every worldly possession. With the ferocious waves pounding the shoreline, Jim Smith, his wife, Denise, and their three kids—Riley, Kirsten and Sean—joined a group of 21 people who sought refuge in a small house on high ground.
When the storm subsided, the Smiths found a ruined shell where they used to have a home. As they ripped out soaked insulation, thick dust filled the air and mold was quick to grow. For the Smiths’ youngest son, Riley, these conditions constantly threatened to trigger his severe, chronic asthma. Things were touch and go, but
at least the Smiths had health insurance. That would change soon when Jim was let go from his job.
The Smiths turned to the New Jersey Children’s Health Fund mobile medical clinic, which pulled up to the Visitation Church Relief Center every Saturday and provided care to anyone in need. The doctors and nurses on board treated the Smith children, who all have asthma in varying degrees, and provided access to low-cost lifesaving medication. Like many in Brick, the Smiths face a long road to recovery. But as they struggle to get back on their feet, at least they know Riley’s asthma is under control—and they can all breathe easier for that.
New Jersey
$65billiondamage caused by Superstorm Sandy in the United States.
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When Sandy slammed into New York City, it shattered coastal areas with 80-mile-per-hour winds and record-breaking tidal surges.
In the low-lying community of Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, some parents carried their children as far as a mile through waist-deep water to reach higher ground. Others watched helplessly as the relentless storm left their homes in ruins.
Working in partnership with Columbia University’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Children’s Health Fund identified Gerritsen Beach as an area in need of sustained recovery efforts. Drawing on its experience with disaster relief and long-term recovery gleaned from Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina, as well as 9/11 and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Children’s Health Fund knew that the need for mental health care would persist long after the rubble was cleared from the streets.
The trauma is still palpable for many children. Teachers tell of students who feel comfortable only on the second floor of the school, above the reach of a flood. This summer, anxious kids from this devastated neighborhood were too afraid of the water to enjoy a day at the beach. And after having Halloween costumes washed away, even holidays provoke haunting memories in many of the kids who survived Sandy’s wrath.
“We’re holding teacher and parent workshops and resiliency training, showing adults ways they can help their children cope with stressors. And we are providing individual therapy, targeting children who are most vulnerable,” said psychologist Paula Madrid, who has coordinated the mental health components of Children’s Health Fund’s Sandy response.
Recovery is a long process for families—and especially for children—whose capacity to cope with loss, disruption and frightening memories has been extremely challenged. That’s why Children’s Health Fund is still hard at work and will continue providing critical mental health services to the families in Gerritsen
Beach through the end of the 2014 school year.
New York
The victims of Hurricane Sandy are grateful for the support of Robin Hood, the Sanofi Foundation for North America, Merck, and United Health Foundation.
THANK YOU!
They don’t have their own beds. They
don’t have their own toys. They are afraid of rain. Some children are having a difficult time focusing in school. Our work is to help them find some semblance of normalcy again.Dr. Paula MadridP S YC H O LO G I S T, C H I L D R E N ’ S H E A LT H F U N D S A N DY R E S P O N S E T E A M
Shelter from the Storm
Children’s Health Fund distributed coping kits with therapeutic toys and organized family fun days to help knit the mentally exhausted community back together.
Detroit Gets a Second Mobile Clinic The first Children’s Health Fund mobile pediatric clinic in Detroit, operated in partnership with the Henry Ford Health System, is called HANK, in honor of Henry Ford. Now HANK has been joined by CLARA, named for Henry Ford’s wife. This new state-of-the-art and larger mobile clinic will enable the Detroit project to expand the number of schools it visits and kids it serves. The launch event took place at Dixon Educational Learning Academy and U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow participated in the ribbon-cutting.
Sixth-grader Laura Whitley recently wrote a heartfelt thank-you letter to the whole medical team on HANK that has provided her with health care.
Detroit project Medical Director Dr. Elliott Attisha read the letter out loud at the launch event and shared Laura’s career aspirations—to be a pediatrician and perhaps America’s first African-American female president—bringing the audience to their feet in a round of applause.
Check out TV news coveragebit.ly/1feu8kH
The new clinic was underwritten by W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and the new clinic’s operations will be funded, in part, by the Foundation.
THANK YOU!
$100,000 & oveR
The Carson Family Charitable Trust*
Judi and David Dines, Md
Robert and Anne Essner*
Paul Simon*
Carol and Robert Tannenhauser*
Jane and Garry B. Trudeau*
$50,000 - $99,999
Richard and Anne Grissinger
Anne and Arnold S. Gumowitz
Donald H. Layton and Sandra Lynn Lazo
Doris L. and Louis J. Lombardi* b
Laura Baudo Sillerman and Robert F. X. Sillerman*
$20,000 - $49,999
The Jeffrey A. Altman Foundation
Jerome O. Blomberg
Goldring Family Foundation
Joseph and Michelle Jacobs
The Rona Jaffe Foundation
Peggy and Michael S. Kappy, Md*
Alex and Cassaundra Karnal
Wendy and Jeffrey Maurer*
Andy Nahas
Karen and Irwin Redlener, Md*
Anonymous
$10,000 - $19,999
Karen and Ron Berger*
Daniel Craig
James J. Cramer
The Joseph R. Daly Foundation*
Anne R. Dow Family Foundation
John M. and Carole L. Dowd
Elizabeth H. and Steven G. Edersheim
Kelly and Michael Fedak
Anne Gumowitz
Paul J. Maddon, Md, phd
Colin Moore
Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich
The Edward and Dorothy Perkins Foundation
Jinnah A. Phillips, Md
Shlomo Y. Rechnitz
John David and Patricia Lee Rogers
Missy and Allen Rosenshine c
Lily Safra*
Alvin J. and Kathi A. Sarter
Arnold H. and Kathleen M. Snider*
Jan and Cathy Voigts
The Winters Family Fund
$5,000 - $9,999
Christopher Barley, Md
Laura Baskes Litwin and Stuart M. Litwin*
Beverly Cannold
Edward A. Chernoff* b
Matthew L. and Iris M. Cohen
Lee H. and Nancy M. Corbin
Susan and Mark Dalton*
Joshua S. Dines, Md
Catherine Driver
W. Robert Friedman, Jr. and Ellen Hayes*
Corey Gelman
Tim Goodman
Milton Gumowitz
Fred and Noreen Hassan
Nancy Horsey*
Robert Kapito
Jeffrey R. Kaplan
Meredith J. Kornreich and James D. Kornreich
Paul Kowal
Clare and David Pulman, phd*
Steven and Jacqueline Saril
Jonathan Sheffer
Charles Tapper and Ann Laurilliard
Clyde Waterhouse
Jane Williams
$2,500 - $4,999
Baskes Family Foundation*
Peter Baumgartner
The Becket Family Foundation*
Alan Bell
Jaime Black
Lauren J. and Richard H. Blanck, Md*
Gregory Casserly
Cathy Chernoff*
Jodi S. Cohen*
Marjorie T. and William R. Coleman*
John Contratti
Josh Corwin
Kelly Dantas
Jill M. DeSimone and Greg Moisan*
Randy and Robert Deutsch*
Joanne Egerman
David Fassler
H. Jack Geiger and Nicole Schupf Geiger*
Michael Goldfischer, Md and Debra Brenin Goldfischer, Md
Ellen and Irving Grauer
William and Judith Greenblatt
Eugene and Barbara Greene
Lisa A. Gwynn
Ron Hartenbaum
Darrell and Robin Harvey
The Hexberg Family Foundation
David M. and Jill M. Hodgson
J. Scott Holyfield
Gloria M. Janata, Jd*
Sheetal Joshipura
Sandi and Harris Kalish and Family*
Linnea E. and Peter F. Knecht* b
Mo C. Leeds
Edward J. and Kathleen Ludwig
The Chris & Melody Malachowsky Family Foundation*
James Manley
Stacie and Vivek Melwani
Miller Family Endowment
Charles and Cindy Murphy
Dr. Barton and Mrs. Barbara Nassberg*
Marc and Caroline Packer
Yvonne and Leslie Pollack Family Foundation, Inc.*
The Prosnitz Foundation, Inc. *
Maidad and Ellen Rabina
William D. Rahm
Megan Reithmayr
Ira M. Resnick Foundation, Inc.* b
Barbara & Joel Richmon Family Foundation*
Murray Roffe
Beth Sackler, phd
Patricia Savino
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Home Run Club Monthly donor
* Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
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Members of the Yankees Home Run Club enjoy the great game of baseball while contributing to Children’s Health Fund. They pledge that their gift will grow with every home run the Yankees hit in a season. Sponsored by Delta Air Lines, the Yankees Home Run Club hits it out of the park for kids, and we thank all the Yankee fans who have ensured kids have access to important and life-saving medical care this year. For more information, call 212-452-3340 or email [email protected]
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Mary Alice and Richard G. Schiller* b
Mitchell Schrage
Debbie Schultz
Robert D. Schultz
Hervé Sedky*
David and Deborah Shapiro
Neal Shapiro* b
David Shaw
Paul and Margareta Slayton
John H. Smith
Carol Spivak
Peter Stuart
Michael Tannenhauser
Brian Zack
Jason Zinna
Anonymous
$1,000 - $2,499
Charles Aaron
Sandra Abrahams
Myra Ackert
Denyse and Harold L. Adler*
Jo Ann Allen
Spenser J. Alpern
John and Debra Apruzzese
Richard Azzarello
Donna and Ricardo M. Baptista* b
Elisa Barouh
David Barse
Erin Bartlett
Francesca Beale
Neal Beaton
Bella Bees
Jed Berman
Robyn Berniker
David Bindelglass
Robert Birch
Ellen and Paul Blake*
George Blees
Richard Blomquist
Brian Boilen
Lisa M. and Joseph P. Borella* b
Chris Braden
Margery Brittain
Catherine Crews Buell and Daniel Buell
Matthew and Keisha Burdick
Christine Caldwell
Martin Cantor* b
Paul and Kimberly Carreiro
Chris Carter
Patricia Celikoyar
Lewis Cheney
Blake Christian, Cpa/MBt
Gary Ciliberto* b
Gail Citrin
Donald B. Cleveland
Bruce Cohen
Deborah Cohen
Tom Cohn
Richard H. Cook
Ronald Cording
Janine Corletta
Michael Crapanzano, Md
Andrea D’Angelo
Gary Davis
Jacques and Paula De La Bretonne
Sam Dean
Michael Delaney
Wendy and Robert Dewey
Elizabeth Donnelly
Kathleen Donnelly
Fiona Druckenmiller
Susan Saint James Ebersol
Shayne Ebudo
Kathy S. Edelman* b
E. Joseph Evans Charitable Trust
Anthony Farello
Michael Farmer
Gary Feder
Danielle Feuillan
Donna R. Frankel*
Pamela Garner
Mark Garson
Adam Gladstone
The Glickenhaus Foundation*
Michelle Goldberg
Wendy Goldberg
Avery Golderg
Roy Gordon
Michael R. Gorelick
Michael Gorfaine
Adrienne Halpern
John and Lynne Harris
David & Theresako Harris Philanthropic Fund
Margaret Hauser
George F. Heinrich, Md
Donald Henderson
Beverly Hess
Gary Hoffman
Stuart J. and Rhoda P. Holzer
Barbara Hooper
Greg Irace
Pamela Jackson
Erik Jaeger
Mads Jepsen
Dianne and Thomas M. Jones* b
Richard and Katherine Kahan
Michael Kane
Lester Kaplan
Carl and Valerie Kempner
Irit and Paul Kerner*
David Kessler
Jeffrey B. Kindler
Andrea King
Jamie and Howard Klein
Lisa B. Konsker
Jonathan Kornblau
Alan Kosten
Daniel Krueger
Binny Kuriakose
Arthur Labow
Jamie Launer
Gerald Lavallee
Julien Lavallee
Chau Lee
Alexander Leff
Robert Lehman
Peter and Gretchen Lengyel
Karen and Joe C. Leonard
Allen Levine
Lisa Levine
Marcia Levy
Lauren Lexton
Lisa R Lippman
Kenneth R. and Grace Logan
Robert S. Logie
Thomas Lucid
Robert Mancuso
Lucy K. Marks and Scott Sprinzen* b
Robert Matloff
Robert McGinty
Hugh McGovern
Margaret McGovern
Deborah Mellen
Ron C. Miller
Stephanie Milzer
Charles S. Moffett
Frank Montaturo
Maribel Monzo
Lori and David Moore
Marguerite Moranski
Maynard Morrison
Nicola Mullen
John Nagle
Kristin Naso
Richard Neiman
Marc Newman
Marko Nichols-Marcy
Sophie Nitkin
Mary Nittolo*
The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust*
Edward O’Connell
Liam O’Neil
Kenneth Orr
David Outcalt
John Pacilio
Stephen Pampinella
yankees Home Run Club
2012 HOME RUN CLUB MEMBERS ARE MARKED BY THIS SYMBOL ►
Joyce and L. Peter Parcher
Ann Pauley
Lori Peek and Justin E. Gottschlich
Jeffrey Perrin
Robert Pescinski
Paula K. and Dominic A. Petito*
Alfredo Pielach
Brandon Pittman
Stacey Pittman
Cynthia Platt
General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.)
Denise Prata
Frank Prescott
Massimiliano Pula
Lauren Purcell
Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz
Larry Radler
Gregg Rathbone
Sweta Rawat
Gloria and Eric G. Redlener, phd*
Stacy Reich
Christian Reinauer
James Reiter
Michael Rhattigan
Pedro L. and Emily Rivera c
Joyce and Steven Robinson*
Sarah Rosenwald Varet and Jesse Coleman
RSW Foundation Inc.*
Jack Rudin
Robert and Amy Rupp
Dr. Veronica Rynn and Bob Gerber*
Charles Schaeffer
Lawrence A. Schaffer
Scott Schultz
Chris and Jackie Schulze
Mark Schupack
Laura Scott* b
Becki B. and Thomas Seddon
Martin Siegel
Ami L. Simon
Theodore Slater
Deborah N. Snider, Mph
Mark Solomon and Cheryl D. Rosen*
Sabrina Spitaletta
Jay and Lauren Springer
Todd Squilanti
Anil Stevens
Gail Stevenson
Ronnie Strum
Kristine Stubits
John S. Suhler
Bernard Sussman
Susan I. Suvall
John P. Szabo, Jr.
Jonathan Tannenhauser*
Marilou Faith and Joseph Tenenbaum, Md
Janelle Teng
Alexander Thomson
Nancy Tighe
David Tillman
Steve Trigoboff
Edward G. Turan
Andrew M. Upton
Guido Van Hauwermeiren
Cathleen Vecchione
Thomas H. Vogel
Kyle Ward-Dahl
The Weingarten Family Foundation
The Emanuel and Anna Weinstein Family Foundation*
Barry Weiss*
Angela K. Wood
Calvin Yee
Eric Yee* b
Dennis Zander
Mark M. Zeitler
Anonymous
$500 - $999
Anthony L. Abenante
Barry Adelman
Joseph and Jacqueline Aguanno
Michael Aitken
Carol Albertus
Mark Alderman
Fernando Alejandro* b
Craig Alexander
Zach Alger
Mary Ann M. and Steven J. Allard*
David Almeida
Nicholas Amruso
Peder Anker
Ares Argiles Solsona
Geoffrey Aronow
Steven M. Artsis
Hiroko Asano
Achma Asokan
Mildred Aviles
Lisa Baker
Michael Baker
Lisa Barocas
Dr. Charles Barone, II
Kathleen Barrett
Amy E. Barton
Samuel Bassalian
Susan V. Batchelor
Jeff Baver
Sharona Beck
Bailey Beeken
Benjamin Benattar
Barry Berg
Marsha Berkowitz and Wayne S. Kabak
David A. Berman
Barbara Bermanski
Karen Bernardo
Louis Biancospino
Clare Billman
Sarah Bilofsky and Jamie Myers*
Adam Block
Monte Block
Lenny Blumenthal and Jaclyn Sammis*
Lynn Borck
Janie Borell
Patrick Bowers
David Boyar
Anders Brag
Scott Brakebill
Eric Brandon
Fran Brivic
Brandon Brown
Dominique Brown
Kristine T. Budill
Eric Budney
Jack Buehler
Kathryn Burke
Patricia Burke
Gerald Cadigan
Colleen Cahill
Susan Campbell
Rochelle Canarick
John C. Carlson, Md, phd
John D. Carton*
Mozar M. Carvalho, Sr.
Stephen & May Cavin Leeman Foundation Inc.*
Cheryl Chip
Cathy D. Clair
Brittany Coale
Jeffrey Cobb
Donna Cobelli
Randy Cohen
Jennifer Colwell
Cody L. Conklin
Ann Conroy
Mike Constantinides
Jennifer Coolbaugh
Anne Corsetti
Amelia Cosentino
Flavia R. Costa Coghi
Suzanne Countryman
Rachel Courtney
Cary Crane
Susan Crawford
Cecelia Crocker
Christopher Crowley
Emanuela Curnis
Michael Dallos
Betty A. Daniello
Vincent Dasilva
Debra Davidson
Gerald Davidson
Michele Davila
George Davitt
John De Bakker
Sacha de Lange*
Nathaniel de Rothschild
Ronald Dee
Amato Deluca
Susan L. Demaria
James DeMetro*
Maureen Denman
Sean Dettlinger
John Devita
Howard Diamond
Todd Dimston
Home Run Club Monthly donor
* Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
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The Honorable and Mrs. David N. Dinkins*
Tracy Dolgin
Janet Donohoe
Mary Donovan
Robert Driscoll
Stefan Dubczuk
James Dubon
Monica Duda
Nicholas B. Dunphy
Marc Durst
Walter M. Dziduch
Michael Earnhardt
Walton A. Egelanian
Susan Ehrenthal*
Syd Eick
Leslie Elfenbein
Brian Emes
Peter Epstein
Laurel Ettin
Annemaria Facciolo
Erika Fanelle
Joseph K. and Nancy A. Ferrara
Rebekah Ferrier c
Eric Fiedler
Meredith Findley
Leslie and Jeffrey Fischer*
David Fisher
Honey Sue Fishman
Lara Fitch
Sander and Mechele Flaum*
Joann Flores
James Foley
Ernest Fox
Amy Franks
Glynnis Gaeta
Yaron Galai
Amy Garon
Keith Gerardi
Darrin Gitlitz
Stan Goldberg
Stephanie Goldman
Herta Gordon*
Emily Gottlieb
Michael Gratz
Gary A. Green
Dante Greene
Stephen Greene
Susan Greene
Tara Greenfield
Brian Greenwald
Valeta Gregg
Brittany Grew
Michael Grey
James M. Griffin, Esq.
Ronald Guttman
Michael Haddad
Emmet Hale
Allison Haley
Jay Hallett
Sean Hanratty
Christine Hart
Michael Hart
Andrew Hersch
Stuart Himmelfarb
Ellen Hoch
Denise Holder
Lawrence Honigman
Joan Hornig
James Hubbert Charitable Fund
Annette Hunter
Brian Hurley
Daniel Hurwitz
Gerald Iacullo
Jenn Ibello
Joseph P. Irwin
David and Jeanne Italiaander
David A. Jacobs
Steven Jacobs
Jane Janeczek
Lorre Jay
Lisa Johns-Elmy
Robert K. and Deborah L. Kanter
Eli Katz
Christine Kebakis
Steven Keeling
Greta Keltz
Shaun Kemmerly, Md
Scott Kesselman
Granvilette W. Kestenbaum
June Kim
Karen Kimberlin
Adam Kirschner
Howard Kirshenberg
Gordon Klauber
Gary Koehnken
Ed J. Kowalcyk
Jessica Kubeck
Shael Kwart
Mark Lachovsky
Margaret L. Laffey
Fred Lambrou
Meredith M. and William W. Landis, III
Robert Landry
Eric Langemak
Matthew Lapos
Julien Lavallee
Linda Lavelle
Elizabeth Lawler
Elena Lawlor
Melissa Lawson
Mel Laytner
John Layton
John Layton III
Antonio Lecuona Rebollo
Jamie A. Leder
Jean Lee
Martin D. Legg and Marilyn McNaughton*
Carol and Robert E. Lemke* b
Zach Levine
Joseph Levy
Loida N. Lewis
Elisa Lite
Rosalind Loff
Gian Lombardi
Julien Lovelle
Isaac Lowenwirt
Lynn Lowy
Jonathan Lustgarten
Marianne Lynch
Doug Macnair
Mark Magnozzi
Peter Maher
Joseph C. Maleno
Debbie L. Mandelker*
Lori Mandriota
Donna Martino
Karen Mason
Jose L. Massa
Drs. Michael and Patricia McCormack
Barbara McKeon
David McLean
Kenneth E. Meister and Laurie M. Shahon
Audrey Meyers
David Meyers
Dom Mezick
Susan Michels
Lawrence & Elizabeth Mickelberg
Charles Mikami
Carol Miller
Joseph Miller
Melissa Miller
Scott and Patricia Moger
Jeffrey Mogull
Chas P. Moore, Jr. c
Elizabeth Moran
Amanda Morgan
George Morgan
James Morgan
Elliot Moskowitz
Justin Moule
Cristiane M. Mourao
Richard A. Muegge* c
Gary D. Munk
John Murray
Mohit Naik
Taekyong Nam
Peter Naylor
Samuel Neal
Lucas Nealan
Rona Nelson
Guy Newsome
Molly Nicholas
Rosemary Nickson
Dror Nir
Min No
Deborah D. November
Paul Oliveri
Christopher Olson
Orentreich Family Foundation
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We are grateful to our monthly donors who provide support all year long, enabling kids with complicated health issues to visit their doctor three or four times during the year. Dependable monthly support enables Children’s Health Fund to provide these critical ongoing services. For more information on this easy and important way to give, call 212-452-3340 or email [email protected].
monthly donors
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Hannah Pakula
Prisco Panza
Laure E. Park
Damon Parker c
Greg Parsons
Sara Patterson Bickers
John Pavlos
Adam Peretz
Jodi Perlman
Vivian Petillo
Alan Pfeffer
Dr. and Mrs. Michael M. Phillips*
Richard Pinner
Lisa Porco
Christopher Powell
Cynthia Powers
Andrew Purcell
Robbin Puzo
Eric Queen
Dan Raedle
Gerald Rakos
Neil Redlener, Md
William Reilly
Katharine Reitter
John J. Rendinaro and T. Lynn Butterworth
Glenda Revelle
William Rice
R. Owen Richards and Julie A. Smith
Tisha Riley
Nancy L. Robbins
Tammy Robbins
Stephen Robins
Kathleen Robinson
Richard Robinson
Erin Rogers
Raymond Romanick
Robert Romano
Jean Roniger
Barbara L. Rosko
Richard P. Roth
Joshua B. Rubin
Laurie S. Ruckel
Gina Russell
Robert Ryan
Jonathan Rybczynski
Jeffrey D. Sachs
G. Morgan Samuel
Susan Sandtorv
Matthew Santana
Akihiro Sato
Christopher Saucedo
Shira Savada
Alison Sayer
Robert M. Schabinger
Jill Schaefer
Ken and Mette Schafer
Keith Schenenga*
Elizabeth Schiff
Ilanit Schreiber
Daniel Scollins
Monica Segal
Kate Shaffar
Adam Shapiro
Bonnie Shefts
Abraham I. and Jean Sherr Foundation
Paula Shiver
Jay Shulman
Howard Sidman
David Siegel
Robert Siegel
Jess G. Siegler
Scott Silberstein
Stephen Simpson
Peter Slotwiner
Christopher Smith
Joshua Snow
Gregory J. Sorter
Beverly B. and George R. Spalding*
Maureen K. Spener
Iva Spitzer
Michael Sprance
Lawrence R. Stanberry, Md, phd
Jane Steinberg
Marilyn Steiner
Stephen Stewart
Clare E. Stone
Nomi Strauss
Cheryl Streedain c
Mark Streeter
Paul Takats
Joseph Tansey
Gene Taubman
Kyle Taylor
William Thorn
Louise Tingley
Margaret B. Tolen
Glenn Tongue
Mary Trester
Marie Trontell
John B. and Louisa Troubh
Risa Turken
David Valentino
Steven Van Cura
Jorge Villarreal
Mary Vollmer
Zev Wachtel
Joanne Wallenstein
Lily Wang
Daniel and Crista Warniment c
Alyssa Watson
Gerard A. Watson
Mitch Watson
James Way
Samuel Weiner
Carolyn C. and William O. Wheatley*
Cecelia A. Whetstone
Robert C. Willis
Jesse Wilson
Michael Winn
Mark Woletsky
Keith Wolf
Walter Takes to the Road to Launch Do-It-Yourself Fundraising
“I am, and have been, an asthmatic for my entire life,” says Walter Schmidt, who raised more than $4,000 for Children’s Health Fund by undertaking a 500-mile bike trip. Using our new do-it-yourself fundraising tool, Walter created his own fundraising web page to share with friends and family. It makes raising money for Children’s Health Fund easy and fun.
“I am lucky to have grown up in a loving family with sufficient means to cover thousands of dollars of asthma-related costs over the course of my childhood. Without proper treatment, there is no way I would be able to live the life I do today, including finishing an Olympic-distance triathlon,” said Mr. Schmidt.
Kids who get treatment for asthma at Children’s Health Fund programs in New York City and in Washington, DC were inspired as Walter stopped by en route to show them that asthma doesn’t have to hold you back. “I wanted to support an amazing organization and to allow others affected by asthma to experience a life more free of asthma symptoms—knowing that asthma is no longer a barrier to their dreams!” he told them.
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Harold Worwetz
Jeanette Wyatt
Nadya Yaghoubi c
Richard Yaspan
Denji Yiu
Min-A Yoon
Barbara Younger
Chris and Sandra Zander
Simon Ziff
Anthony Zito
Laurie Zucker Lederman
Ellen Zuckert
Anonymous
$250 - 499
Jacalyn and Andrew Aaron
Rodolfo Abi Daud
Thomas Abraham
Hilary Ackermann
James Ackley
Ade Ademola c
Mark Adjmi
Jonette Agourias
Suzanne M. Ail*
Alina Aksiyote
Eric Alexander
Karen Anderson*
Jo Applebaum
Scott Austin
Anita A. and Ronald B. Avellino* c
John Bagwell
Rishi Bajaj
Kaya Barntsen
Cathy Baron
Michael F. and Lee N. Barry
Jeanne Bauer
Christopher Beal
Enid and Maxwell Bentley Family Foundation*
Saul Berger
Jeffrey A. Bernard
Steve Binggeli
Gregory A. Bird
Deborah Blanding
Jonathan Blaustein
Mary C. Bohan
Craig Bolotsky
Eileen Bookman
Marisa Borek
Paul Boronow
Amy Brandt
Alla Brekhman
Cindy M. Bresloff
Sharon Brody* b
Alma M. Brown c
Glen Brown
Theresa Buckley
Jennifer Busuttil
John Caligiuri
Patrick Cancilla
Danielle Carlino
Raymond Carlo
Heather Carnahan
Catherine Carroll
Shelley Cates c
Alexis Caze
Charlotte Christensen
Marcus Cliett
Sydnye Cohen
Francisco D. Cora Campos
Robin Craig
Patricia Creegan
Lynette Crespi
Judy Locke Culver c
Michael Dangelo
Joana De Mello
Alma Dejesus
Jamie and James P. Delaney*
Robert Derrico
Kathy and Albert Diamant* b
Robert S. Diamond
Milan Dor
Marilyn Doyle, Md c
Merrill and Robert M. Drillings* b
Deborah Duffy
Elizabeth Duffy
Laurie Dusek
Barbara and Samuel Dyer*
Samir El-Dahr, Md
James and Amy Elrod*
Marion Elterman
Julie Emmons
David A. Epstein
Daniel Faber
Odette Falone
Gina Falzarano
Ariel Farber
Peter Faulhaber
Patricia Fehn
Flo Feinberg and Ben Geizhals
Brian Felczak
Lisa Fenimore
Gayle Fine* b
Carol Ann and Arnold Firestone* b
Nigel Fisch
Robert Fisher
Robert Fisher
Donna Fitzgerald
Max Flatow
Johanna Flattery and Keith R. Byrne
Anna B. Foa
Joan Forsyth
Robert Fox
Robert J. Fraiman Charitable Fund
Ellen Fraker-Glasscock
Jared Franken
Richard A. and Gail Fried
Scott Palmer Fuhrman
Helen K. Fytros
Bridget K. and Michael O. Gagnon* b
Elizabeth Gears
Rosalie Genevro
Beverly Geoghegan
Howard Gering
Marilyn L. Getchell c
Martha E. Gifford*
Gary N. Gildersleeve
John Goertler
Birgit Goetz
Benjamin Gold
Madeline Goldfischer
Lynn Goldsmith and Syd Schneider
J.R. Golon
Burton and Joellyn Goodman*
Mark Green
Joyce Greene*
Brett Greiner
Walter W. Grist
Sharon and James V. Grogan* b
Thomas W. and Jennifer C. Groves
Robert Haberl
Jeff K. Haines
Brian Halabuda
Stanley N. Hall
Yaniv Hamou
Jonathan and Antoinette Hanser
Glen Hargrave
Linda Harkavy
Edward Harwitz
Tsuyoshi Hayashi
Justin Hectus
Sandra Heikkinen
Clifford Hendricks
Mark Henley
Patricia Hickey
Heidi Hieke
Jean Christophe Hilaire
Steven C. Hockstein
Leslie Hodge
Raymond B. Holdsworth, Jr.
Gary Holsten
Daniel Holtzman
Ina Horowitz
Charles Hudak
Laura Illig
Mr. Glenn H. Isaacson
Charles James
Bradley and Christa Johnson
Ted Johnson
Richard J. Jones b
Rafael S. Joory
Christine Juday
Eva Julinszki
Mary Kaessinger
Thomas Kaim
Jon Kalish
Matthew S. Kamp
Satoko Kaneshi
John Kaniuk
Marcy Katz
Edward Keenan
Colby Kelly
Gail Kelly
Shervin Khodabandeh
Fran Kitchell
Emma Kjos
Paula Klein
Jeremy Kleinman
Karen Klestzick
Bedri Koraman
Peter Korn
Scott Kornberg
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* Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
The work of tending to a child in need and affording them the opportunity to thrive is so critically important…it is truly a privilege and an honor to work with Children’s Health Fund, an organization that is dedicated and committed to making a difference in the lives of so many children.
Jodi CohenPA R T N E R , K E E S A L , YO U N G & LO G A N
M E M B E R , C H I L D R E N ’ S H E A LT H F U N D A DV I S O RY C O U N C I L L E A D E R S H I P C O M M I T T E E
25INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Nicholas Kotchoubey
Jessica Kovler
The Krause Family*
Vahan Kristosturyan
Sean Lallouz
Jeremy Landman
Stacey and Curtis Lane
Thomas Langdo
Margarita Lansberg
Andrea Lantis
Gordon Lasky
Angela Latta
Darcy Latta
Jeania Layman
John Layton
George Lecompte
Kai and Dana Lee
Adina Lemeshow
Stephanie Lerman
Susan Lerner
J. D. Levy
Daniela Libertini
Mark Lillie
Donald Lipari
Peter Lisciotto
Sergio R. Loeb
Taylor Lukof
Joan Lynch
Dominick Maggio
Ashish Mahtani
Orly Mallin
Stefan Malter
Brian Mandel
Carolyn Maney
Jonathan Margolis
Elizabeth Martin
Gary Martin
Elizabeth McBride
Megan P. McLauchlin
Edgar Mendez
Phillip Merkel
Demitrios Metaxas
Kim Michels
Carly Michener
Brad Miller
Sandra Miller
Maurice Mills
Steven and Suzanne Mintz
Marcia L. Minuskin and Jeffrey A. Zonenshine*
Arielle Mishkin
Heidi Mitchell
Jennifer Mitchell
Sanjiv Mody
Maureen Moffatt
Marcus E. Mohalland
Jean Mone
Gretchen Monahan
John Moody
Robert Morant
Jeanmarre Morgan
Judith G. Morrill
Stephen Morris
Veronica Munoz
Helene Myers
Lorne Myers
Beatrice Myerson
Dr. Sherry Narodick, Jd
Steven C. Nathanson
Alexander R. Nectow
Michael Nelson
The Nico Fund*
Jonathan Nocket
Richard and Sandra O’Brien
John T. O’Connell
John Odea
Karen A. Olejarz*
Christopher Oneill
Margaret O’Neill
Ellen Oppenheim
Melinda Orzechowski
Susan Osit
Suzanne Paglia
Barbara Palm
Cheryl Panek c
Michele Papa
Linda Pelsinger
Irit Perkins
Brian Perlman
Ann Peters
Lori Peters
Bruce A. and Mary Beth Phillips
Mitchell Pines*
Randall Pinkston
Ms. Pittelman
Bill Platt
Kimberly A. and James A. Platten
Michael Plaut
Greg A. and Martha K. Pomerantz
Joshua H. and Bethany H. Pristaw
Robert Quaranta
Justin Racklin
Rich P. Rampolla
Susan and Robert Ranellone* b
Richard Rapp
Morten Rasmussen
Steven Reiss
Christina Revithas
Stacy Riback
Eric Richman
Carolyn Riehl
Nancy Robbins
Jane A. Roeder*
Jason Rosen
Paul Rosenbaum
David Rosenberg
Esther Rosenblum
Scott Rosenstein
Jody Rosenzweig
Steven Ross
Steve Rotker
Kathryn Ruggiero
Robert Rush
Carla Sacken
Michael Saidens
Carolyn Salvagione
Robert Sanchez
Scott Sandler
C.K. Sardi
Eric Scalettar
Adina Schecter
Susan Scherer
Deborah Schneider
Marilyn G. and Michael E. Schulman* b
Barbara Schwartz
Jennifer Schwartz
Raymond Schwartz
Todd Schwartz
Paul Scollan
Lisa Shackman
Susan Shane*
Steven Shankroff
Elizabeth Shea
Patricia Shean
Kathleen Sheridan
Elizabeth M. and David M. Sherman*
Michelle Sibley
Lauren P. Sierchio
Mara B. Sierchio
Charles J. Silverman
Christopher Silvetti
Colleen E. Singleton
John and Liana Slater
Amy Slotnick
Randi Small
Adam B. Smith
Alan Smith
Jordan Smith
Kimberly Smith
Esther Solomon
Jose E. Sousa
Gery and Maida J. Sperling*
Jodi Sperling
Rod Spiegel
David and Jana Spiess
Patricia Spiewak
Margaret M. St. Germain
Kelly Stanley c
George Steger
Susan Stehle* b
Adrianne Stemley
Bonnie Stern
Lee S. Stettner
Myles Steytler
Raymond Suga
Carol Sumkin and Andy Golub*
Dave Sweet
Anthony Tassone*
Daniel Taub and Sharon Kern-Taub
Evan Teed
James Theodore
Karen Toombs
Yolanda Trottman
Patrice E. Turner
Paul Turzio
Karen Unger Belfer
Kenneth Upton
David Vargas
Monica Vargas
Deborah Vasquez
Danielle Vega
Laura Velazquez* b
Alfred R. Vendegna Fund
Lester Verduzco
Alexandra Viterbi
M. Vonk
Ronald Wagner
Stephen Wald
Debra Wallentin
Claudia Wallis
Vicki Ward
Maris Warfman
Elizabeth Weiner
Florence Weinstein
Theodore Wett
J. Mark Wheeler
Rhesa Wiliams
Barbara L. Wilkinson
Marc E. Wilson
Hella Winston
Steven Woghin*
Alex Wolfe
John Wolfe
Fredericka Wolman
Mark Worobetz
Peter M. Wright
Revital Yanai Dovrat
Thomas Yang
Casey Yarger
Stuart Yingst
Becca Yure
Diana Zaferiou
Suzanne Zelinski
Lu Zheng
Paul Zorawski
Lorelyn Zurbano
Anonymous
$100 - 249
Gallane Abraham
Martha Ackelsberg
Jeff Ackerly
Hudu Ahmed
John Albasini
Josephine Allen
John R. Allison*
David Altreuter*
April Alvarez-Corona, Md
Saba Ameen
Jacqueline Ancess
Christa Ancri
Marsha Andersen
Dave Andreotta*
Home Run Club Monthly donor
* Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
26 2012 ANNUAL REPORTINDIVIDUAL DONORS
Arthur Andrews
Roza Androulidakis
Mary G. and Evan H. Appelman* c
Lila Applebaum
Guido Aren
Sandra Arevalo
Andrea Arneson
Catherine Arnone
Jennifer Asay
Aquapay Ashley
David Azcue
Robert Azerad
Ninette Bagby
Nelson Barriocanal
Wilfred Barry
Linda Beckemeyer c
Jeffrey H. and Barbara Becker
Martha Becker
Simone Bedient* b
Dan Behm
Marie Bennett
Stanley P. and Celinda Berard
Steve Berger
William Bermont
William Binger
Josh Birnbaum
Natalie Bloom
Gavin Boone
Peter Boutin
Christopher R. Boynton
Brian Bradley
Michael Brancati
Jason Brandt
Mary J. Brazier*
Miriam M. Breier*
Debbi Brendel
Jason Brenner
Brooke Bresnan
Joseph J. Bridy
Susan Brillhart
Paul Bronstein
Helen and Gerard Brown*
Russell Brown
Marshall F. Bush
Timothy and Theresa Butler
Rebecca Carrier*
James Cecil
Justin Cernitz
Richard and Rosana Chazin
William Chinnock
Stephen J. Choi* b
Janine Clark
William P. Coakley
Evan and Lindsey Cohen
Kathleen Conway
Sarah F. Corbin
Luciana Cortina
Ben Counio
Cynthia Coward
Jeff Cullaton
Derrin Culp
Guy Cumberbatch
Patricia Cunneen
Tanya D’Agostino
Tara and William Dahill*
Jill Darrow
Karen Davies
Luis Davila
Shari Davis
Flavia A. De La Cruz
Alfred Deforestkeys
Philip R. and Reina Delbos
Rosemary Denson*
Aparna Deora
Travis Deseran
Robert M. Digaetano
Penny P. Domow
Peter and Heather S. Doob
Shelley M. Draper
Roy Dripps
Phyllis Drohan
Nicholas Durkee
Caitlin Dwyer
Marjorie Emden
Maria T. Encaress and Andrew Deitch and Family* b
Brian Falciglia
Jennifer Farber
Sharon and Jeffrey B. Feldman*
Zori G. Ferkin
Jeff Fields
Donna Fierle*
Susan Filous
Alice Flynn
Curry Ford
Paul Andrew Fournier
Karen P. Francois
Jonathan Freedman
Cindy Freeman
Milton Freudenheim*
Hazem S. Gamal
Joshua Garrett
Thomas Gattringer
Helen Gaughan
Donald Gerber
Kim Gibbons
Carla Glaser*
Daniel Glass
Ralph and Lois A. Glassberg
Patrick Glemaud
Greg H. Glickman
Susan Goldberg* b
Stephanie A. Goldfischer
Orit Goldhamer
Sandra Gong and Dr. Victor S. Sloan* b
Kleanthis Goozis
George Gorajski
Roberta R. and Michael Gordon*
Stewart T. Gordon, Md, Faap
Delaney Gracy, Md, Mph
Richard Gray
Mary Hall Gregg and Thomas L. Purdy
Lars Gronning
David Grossman
Louis Hafkin and Theo Bobetski-Hafkin
Jan Hagiwara
Sofie Hamilton
Warren Hamlet
Steven Han
Rachel Hanser and Scott L. Campi
Beatrice Harrison*
Anahita Hashemi
Sigrid Haslinger
Sharon Hearn
Dolores E. Heddinger and Ira Kessler
Mary M. Helenbrook
Santiago Smith and Azani Herbert-Smith
Deepa Hillary
Janice Hilsenkopf
Carol Hirsch* b
Ann Hirth
The Richard R. Howe Foundation*
Debra L. Huffman*
Murray and Amina Jones
Lauren Joory
Melissa Joory
David Kalajian
Manali Kanitkar
Eric Kaplan
Michael Kardos
Terence Karnal
Sara Karp
Bonnie Katz
Meredith Keller
Andrew and Debra Kemler
Peter J. Kennedy
Bradley Kessler
Matt Klimberg
Philip A. Konort
Joseph Korleski
Karen Kornhaber
B. M. Korros
Philippa A. Kort
Alan and Phyllis Kovnot
Lenora Krielow
Manda Kristal
Ruth Kulaga*
Milagros Lagarez-Neyra
Warren Lai
Wilkin Lai
Brian Lamon
Carman Lapointe
Chris and Ruth Larson
Hopkins Lawrence
Christine Lettieri* b
Marshall and Phyllis Levin
Robert Levitt
Brooke and Gordon Levy
Elizabeth R. Lewin
Meredith Lewin*
Karen Lewitz* b
William Libby
Andrew Lintner
Connie Liu
Michael Livezey
Adriana Lopez
Tammy Lucht
Sarah Ludwig*
Aalap Mahadevia
Andrew Maimona
Vikram Malhotra
Jill Malkin
Elisabeth Markham
Elizabeth K. and Jeremy Martin
Janice Mason
Geneen Massey
Craig and Shari Maurer
Teriann McAndrew
Laura McClung
Bob Mckinnon
Patrick McNeive
George Mejias
Jonathan Melk, Md
Robert Menaker and Katherine E. Bouton
Evan Meyer
Marlene N. Meyerson
Fred L. Miller
Michelle Miller*
Timothy Mills
Budd Mishkin and Peri Smilow*
Nicholas J. Monastero
Ann Monday
Bob and Jessica Monsey
Erin Mooney
David Mozes
Maureen Naff
Marc-Andre Nantais
Barbara Nanzig
Carol and Rudolph J. Napodano*
Emily Nassberg
Daniel Nassi
Amy Nathanson and Matt Morgan
Ravindra R. Nayak
Richard and Deborah Nelson
Newton Family Foundation
Seth Notes
27INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Home Run Club Monthly donor
* Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
Sue and Bill Obrien
Leslie Obus
Bryan Olmstead
David and Felice Ostrow
Eric Overman
John Palmeri
Frances A. Panetta
Karl Pangelinan
Zachary Papas
Alan J. Paskoff* c
Akash C. Patel
Ketal Patel
Nishita Patel
Wendy Payne
Louis F. Petroni*
Long Phamdo
Michael W. Pierce
Janet Pita
Konstantina Pitenis* b
Denise and Charles Pleckaitis*
Susan Polanco-Briceno
Tiffany Pollack
Gary Pollock
Suzette Powell
Jared Powles
Felice Preefer
David Prentice*
Elliot Press
Lara Price
Brian Quinif
Deborah Rand*
Ana F. Read
Ruth Redlener and Philip D’Elia*
Stephanie Redlener
Lee Reichman
Tamar Resnick
Quinn Rhodes*
James Riddle
Amber Ried-Barrett
Michele Rigsby Pauley, rn, MSn, Cpnp
Linda Roberts*
Adam Robinson
Chris Rock
Lisa R. and Jesus F. Rodriguez
Randy Rodriquez
Samantha Rosenberg
Jonathan Rosenzweig
Scott Ross
Susan L. and Jesse Roth, Md
Michael D. Ryan
Sean W. Ryan
Duncan C. Sahner
Amanda and Gerardo Sanchez, Jr.
Stephen Sanchez
Andrea L. Savisky
Elizabeth I. Scher
Brent Scherer
Richard Schwartz
Jason Selman
Garret W. Sern
Cathy Shannon and Marc Donnenfeld
Julie and Robert I. Shapiro*
Nancy Shavel Gabel and Richard H. Gabel, Md
Tariq Shaukat
Deborah Sheldon
Samantha Sher
Bill A. Shore
Florence Siegel and Jerry Block*
Iain Silverthorne
Joel Skerlong
Ellen Slackman Feldman
Shelley Slater
Todd and Jennifer Slattengren
Ethan Smith
Margaret Smith
The Phillip H. Snowden Trust
Paul Snyder
Michael Sparer
Anurag Srivastava
Lauren Staff
Ron E. Stoll
Eliot Stone
Wanda Stone
Jeffrey Strauss
Jooyoun Sung
Sidney Sutter*
Richard Szigety b
Rishi Talreja
Eiseley Tauginas
Ms. Eleanora L. Templeton II
Noah Tepperberg
Nobuko Terada
Andrea A. Tinio
Anne Tlusty
Bradley Tolkin
Gary Tomaselli
Robert Tomb
Cynthia P. Trent
David S. Tukey
Douglas Van Houweling
Katrina Van Winkle
Kathy Vandervoort
Nick Wachtel
Thomas A. Waddell
Robert Wagner
Harry T. and Marie E. Walters
Don O. and Barbara Watkins
Anne L. Watson c
George Webber
Martha Jane Weber
Laura Weinstein c
Jeb Weisman and Fran Harris
Peter and Josephine Weiss
Susan R. and Norman G. Wellen
Linda K. Wells
Jean Westermeyer, Md c
Wayne Whalen
Donna and Robert T. Whiteford*
Patrick Wiesel
Julie Winshall*
Catherine Winter b
Susan and Jonathan Wolfert
Joe Wood c
Eric Woods
Dale Yake
Rivka M. Yerushalmi
Gideon Young
Julio R. and Maria I. Zamora
Anonymous
28 2012 ANNUAL REPORTINDIVIDUAL DONORS
Home Run Club Monthly donor
* Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
ben ef i t Honor ees
A Magical Evening for Healthy KidsMusic legends Wynton Marsalis and Paul Simon, joined by the internationally acclaimed Dianne Reeves and Bobby McFerrin, thrilled a full house of supporters when Children’s Health Fund brought its annual spring benefit to Jazz at
Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall for the first time last June. The star-studded celebration also featured a video message by Stephen Colbert. A memorable moment in the evening was when Joshua Williams, a New Orleans high school student, shared the story of his struggle and triumph over chronic asthma, and then Wynton Marsalis presented the young man, an aspiring musician, with a trumpet (see page 5 for Joshua’s story).
Skip Keesal
Founding Partner, Keesal Young & Logan
Board Member, Children’s Health Fund
Rose Stuckey Kirk
President, The Verizon Foundation
Member, Children’s Health Fund Corporate Council for America’s Children
Charles Aaron
Denyse L. and Harold L. Adler
Jo Ann Allen
Spenser J. Alpern
John J. and Debra Apruzzese
Art & Science International, Inc.
Elisa Barouh
David Barse
Erin Bartlett
Laura Baskes Litwin and Stuart M. Litwin
Baskes Family Foundation
The Becket Family Foundation
Garrard Beeney
Frederique Behm-Rose
Leonard Benowich, Esq.
Dori Berinstein and Mitchell Cannold
Marsha Berkowitz and Wayne S. Kabak
Jed Berman
Robyn Berniker
Robert Birch
Ellen H. and Paul Blake
Lauren J. and Richard H. Blanck
George Blees
Jim and Erin Blomberg
Richard Blomquist
Brian Boilen
Gavin Boone
Margery Brittain
Catherine Crews Buell and Daniel Buell
Matthew and Keisha Burdick
Beverly Cannold
Chris Carter
Chatham Capital
Lewis Cheney
Cathy M. Chernoff
Blake Christian, Cpa/MBt
Gail Citrin
Reed A. Clark
Donald B. Cleveland
Matthew L. and Iris M. Cohen
Tom Cohn
Marjorie T. and William R. Coleman
Ronald A. and Diana Consiglio, Jr.
John Contratti
Richard H. Cook
Ronald Cording
Janine Corletta
Josh Corwin
Michael Crapanzano, Md
Kelly Dantas
Gary Davis
Michael Delaney
Randy and Robert Deutsch
Wendy and Robert Dewey
Elizabeth Donnelly
Catherine Driver
Susan Saint James Ebersol
Joanne Egerman
Erica Ferry & Associates LLC
Emily Essner and David Delbos
E. Joseph Evans Charitable Trust
Michael Farmer
Danielle Feuillan
Paul Fitzgerald
Sander A. and Mechele Flaum
Donna R. Frankel
Richard Friedman Family Foundation
Girardi and Keese
The Glickenhaus Foundation
Michelle Goldberg
Wendy Goldberg
Avery Golderg
Michael Goldfischer, Md and Debra Brenin Goldfischer, Md
Michael R. Gorelick
Michael Gorfaine
Ellen and Irving Grauer
Alan C. Greenberg
William and Judith Greenblatt
David and Alan Greene Family Foundation Inc.
Eugene and Barbara Greene
Louis Hafkin
David & Theresako Harris Philanthropic Fund
John and Lynne Harris
Ron Hartenbaum
Darrell and Robin Harvey
Fred and Noreen Hassan
Steven M. Hayes, Esq.
Donald Henderson
Beverly Hess
The Hexberg Family Foundation
David M. and Jill M. Hodgson
Gary Hoffman
J. Scott Holyfield
Stuart J. and Rhoda P. Holzer
Circle of Care Society members have a special relationship with Children’s Health Fund, and we are grateful for their commitment of $1,000 to $10,000 in annual support. To join and learn more about the benefits of the Circle of Care Society, call Rachel Hanser at 212-452-3340.
Circle of Care Society
30 2012 ANNUAL REPORTCIRCLE OF CARE SOCIETY
Nancy Horsey
Erik Jaeger
Sheetal Joshipura
Richard and Katherine Kahan
Sandi L. and Harris M. Kalish
Mitchell and Amy Kaneff
Lester Kaplan
Carl and Valerie Kempner
Irit and Paul M. Kerner
Jamie and Howard Klein
Lisa B. Konsker
Victor Kopelakis
Meredith J. Kornreich and James D. Kornreich
Alan Kosten
Daniel Krueger
Binny Kuriakose
Arthur Labow
Alexander Leff
Peter and Gretchen Lengyel
Allen Levine
Alan and Sharona Lipp
Edward J. and Kathleen Ludwig
The M66 Foundation, Inc.
The Chris & Melody Malachowsky Family Foundation
Peter Maltin
James Manley
Charles W. and Diane L. Martin
Robert Matloff
Robert McGinty
Mr. Edward Mehren, II
Deborah Mellen
Roger and Robin Meltzer
Stacie and Vivek Melwani
Miller Family Endowment
Ron C. Miller
Nancy Miller-Rich and Jeffrey Rich
Stephanie Milzer
Frank Montaturo
Maribel Monzo
Lori and David Moore
Marguerite Moranski
Nicola Mullen
Charles and Cindy Murphy
John Nagle
Kristin Naso
Dr. Barton and Mrs. Barbara Nassberg
Richard Neiman
The Nico Fund
Mary Nittolo
The Eric and Joan Norgaard Charitable Trust
Edward O’Connell
Liam O’Neil
Kenneth Orr
Marc and Caroline Packer
Stephen Pampinella
Walter Panis
Joyce and L. Peter Parcher
Ann Pauley
Robert Pescinski
Paula K. and Dominic A. Petito
Jinnah A. Phillips, Md
Yvonne and Leslie Pollack Family Foundation, Inc.
Frank Prescott
The Prosnitz Foundation, Inc.
Massimiliano Pula
Lauren Purcell
William D. Rahm
John Ramsey
Andrea E. Randolph
Jonathan Redgrave
Christian Reinauer
James Reiter
Megan Reithmayr
Barbara & Joel Richmon Family Foundation
The Irene Ritter Foundation
Joyce and Steven Robinson
John David and Patricia Lee Rogers
Sarah Rosenwald Varet
RSW Foundation Inc.
Dr. Veronica Rynn and Bob Gerber
Sacks & Co. New York Inc.
Steven and Jacqueline Saril
Charles Schaeffer
Loren and Joanne Schechter
Mitchell R. Schrage
Debbie Schultz
Robert D. Schultz
Chris and Jackie Schulze
Mark Schupack
Thomas and Becki B. Seddon
David and Deborah Shapiro
Martin Siegel
Ami L. Simon
Paul and Margareta Slayton
Mark Solomon and Cheryl D. Rosen
Sabrina Spitaletta
Todd Squilanti
Gail Stevenson
Kristine Stubits
Bernard Sussman
Jonathan Tannenhauser
Michael Tannenhauser
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Alexander Thomson
Nancy Tighe
David Tillman
Thomas and Mary J. Tisdale
Steve Trigoboff
John B. and Louisa Troubh
Edward G. Turan
Andrew M. Upton
Guido Van Hauwermeiren
Cathleen Vecchione
Alfred R. Vendegna Fund
Jan and Cathy Voigts
The Weingarten Family Foundation
The Emanuel and Anna Weinstein Family Foundation
Barry Weiss
Calvin Yee
Yonkers Industries, Inc.
Jason Zinna
Anonymous
“We had an opportunity to see one of the New York mobile clinic teams helping homeless teens. It really impacted us when we heard these kids’ stories...living on the streets. And when we saw how much their doctor cared about them, and that he was there for them, we knew right then we had to support Children’s Health Fund.”
Stacie and Vivek MelwaniM E M B E R S , C H I L D R E N ’ S H E A LT H F U N D C I RC L E O F C A R E S O C I E T Y
31CIRCLE OF CARE SOCIETY
$1,000,000 anD oveR
GlaxoSmithKline*
Sanofi Foundation for North America*
United Health Foundation*
$500,000 - $999,999
Deerfield Foundation*
Robin Hood*
Verizon Foundation
$100,000 - $499,999
American Express/American Express Foundation*
Bloomberg*
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Hess Corporation
Jefferies
Keesal, Young & Logan*
W.K. Kellogg Foundation*
Merck & Co., Inc.*
The Merck Company Foundation
MetLife Foundation*
Morgan Stanley Foundation*
Irene W. & C.B. Pennington Foundation*
The Price Family Foundation
Starr International Foundation
Agnes Varis Charitable Trust
$50,000 - $99,999
CBS EcoMedia Inc.
America’s Charities*
The Ira W. DeCamp Foundation*
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Leon Lowenstein Foundation, Inc.*
Safeway Foundation
The Samberg Family Foundation*
Sojo Studios
Tango2
$25,000 - $49,999
Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation, Inc.*
Accenture*
The Ambrose Monell Foundation*
Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Foundation
Broadway Video Entertainment
DKC Public Relations, Marketing and Government Affairs*
Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.*
Charles A. Frueauff Foundation*
David Geffen Foundation
Molina Healthcare, Inc.
Novo Nordisk, Inc.
Ovation Travel Group*
Pfizer Inc*
PHD
Robinson Industries, Inc.
The RosaMary Foundation*
Stamford Hospital
$10,000 - $24,999
Gil Applebaum Continuing Education Fund
Arnold Worldwide USA
Automotive Rentals, Inc.
Evalyn M. Bauer Foundation
BCD Travel*
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company*
Cegedim Dendrite*
CLSA
Colgate-Palmolive Company*
Covington & Burling LLP
CRG Management
Deloitte
Edward Jones
EMI Music, NA
Euro RSCG Life Worldwide*
EXLService Holdings, Inc.
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto*
The Edith Glick Shoolman Children’s Foundation
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Grey Group*
HBO’s Charity Drive*
Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation
JM Zell Partners, LT
Lazard Freres & Co.
Leanin’ Tree
MassMutual Financial Group*
McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Mercer
Milbank Memorial Fund
Montefiore Medical Center*
Morgan Stanley*
New York Yankees Foundation*
Ogilvy CommonHealth WorldWide
Opera Solutions
The Quantic Group, Ltd.*
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Sabre Inc.
Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc.*
Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.*
Sodexo, Inc.
Sony Music
St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital
Treasure & Bond
Universal Music Group
Webkinz Foundation
Xerox Corporation
XIX Entertainment
$5,000 - $9,999
Art & Science International, Inc.
Viola W. Bernard Foundation
Capgemini Financial Services
Chatham Capital
Cohn & Wolfe
Core Media
Deerfield Management*
Etix
Charles D. Farber Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Foundation of the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey*
Fox Broadcasting Company
FremantleMedia North America, Inc.
Boo Grigsby Foundation
Louis and Harold Price Foundation*
The Irene Ritter Foundation
Teva Select Brands
$2,500 - $4,999
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP*
Chandler Chicco Agency
Donordigital
IBM Corporation
ICA Foundation
John Snow, Incorporated*
KPMG LLP
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
RR Donnelley
Sarah Schieffelin Residuary Trust
Starfield & Smith, P.C.*
UPS
VPR Communications
$1,000 - $2,499
Caron New York
Charity Gift Certificates
Egon Zehnder International
Erica Ferry & Associates LLC
Fedway Associates, Inc.
GHP
David and Alan Greene Family Foundation Inc.*
Hitachi America, Ltd.
Hitachi Foundation
Intouch Solutions
Island Title
John F. Kidde Fund for Basic Human Needs*
Ketchum Inc.
Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP
Law Debenture Trust Company
The M66 Foundation, Inc.
Manpower International Inc.
Foundation & Corporate Donors201 2
* Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
32 2012 ANNUAL REPORTFOUNDATION & CORPORATE DONORS
33 FOUNDATION & CORPORATE DONORS
Marsicano Foundation*
Metzger-Price Fund, Inc.*
Old Westbury Golf and Country Club
The Osborne Group, Inc.*
The Cissy Patterson Foundation
Rage Frameworks, Inc.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Yonkers Industries, Inc.
$100 - $999
Abbott Laboratories
Assurant Foundation*
Brand-Nu Laboratories, Inc.*
Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc.
Citi Commercial Bank
CLRC, Inc.
Important Gifts, Inc.*
Integrated Therapies LLC
ITA Group Foundation
The Lancaster Foundation
LMCL, Inc.
Martin Rosner Eleftherion, Inc.
H. Herbert Myers Foundation
NCYCLOMEDIA, INC.
Progressive Casualty Insurance Company
Robert Regency Hotel
Sir Alop Designs Inc.
Social Goodies
T. Rowe Price
Temple Israel of New Rochelle
Tetra Tech, Inc
Tickets-for-Charity
Toro Trading
Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst
Valassis
Virgin Unite
Women Make Movies
Matching gift companies 2012American Express Charitable Fund
BlackRock Matching Gift Program
Citizens Charitable Foundation
Dominion Foundation
GE Foundation
Goldman Sachs Matching Gift Program
MBIA Foundation/MBIA Employees
Merck Partnership For Giving
Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts
The Meredith Corporation Foundation
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
in-kind donors & drives 2012American Express
Cohn & Wolfe
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Direct Relief USA
Geoff Gans
Gymboree
Henry Schein, Inc.
Paul O’Donnell
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Sanofi
Swift
Tilden-5 Group
Today Show Charitable Foundation
Verizon/Verizon Foundation
* Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
Corporations are partnering with Children’s Health Fund in new and innovative ways to raise awareness of the health care needs of children in poverty and increase support for the work we do across the country. These Campaigns for Change are engaging thousands of individuals and companies throughout America.
TYLENOL® enlisted TV star and mom Alyson Hannigan to kick off their SMILING IT FORWARD™ campaign, and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Delaney Gracy introduced her to some kids we serve.
Campaigns for Change
Inspired by the heartwarming smile of a child, and the millions of photos that moms proudly post online of their children every day, the TYLENOL® team developed the SMILING IT FORWARD™ campaign. This dynamic cause marketing promotion encourages parents to visit SmilingitForward.com to upload a photo that makes them smile, with each “smile” shared triggering a $1 donation to Children’s Health Fund. In the first few months of launch, the program has already attracted extensive media attention, raising public awareness of the Children’s Health Fund national network and our efforts to make sure kids are healthy and ready to learn.
To celebrate Black History Month, Colgate created a rewarding activity for their consumers to give back to other kids in need.Throughout the month of February, Colgate offered daily wellness tips on a dedicated campaign website and every time someone shared a tip through their social media, Children’s Health Fund received a dollar.
American Express issues a co-branded American Express® Children’s Health Fund Gift Card.Children’s Health Fund is so proud to continue our relationship with American Express. For each of the past two years, American Express has donated an amount equal to 100% of the purchase fee to Children’s Health Fund from co-branded Cards sold, up to a maximum allowable donation of $250,000 in any program year. The cards are offered for sale to indi-vidual customers on AmericanExpress.com.
Delta Air Lines participated in the launch of our EVERY CHILD A CHANCE campaign with an ad in the September issue of Delta Sky magazine.As Children’s Health Fund’s Official Airline, Delta has been a proud supporter since 2011. They have demonstrated their commitment to the health of at-risk kids in many ways, as they engage their employees in volunteer days, provide in-kind donations, and serve as the Title Sponsor of the Yankees Home Run Club. It’s all in an effort to make a difference in the health of our next generation.
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Gregory IracePresident & CEO, Sanofi U.S. Services, Inc. & Senior Vice President, Global Services, Sanofi
H o n o R a RY C H a I R
Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV)United States Senate
T R U S T e e S
Deerfield FoundationJeff Kaplan, Partner, Deerfield Management
Alex Karnal, Partner, Deerfield Management
GlaxoSmithKlineMichael Fleming, Head, Corporate Reputation and Stakeholder Engagement
Sanofi USGregory Irace, President & CEO, Sanofi U.S. Services, Inc. & Senior Vice President, Global Services, Sanofi
John Spinnato, VP, NA Corporate Social Responsibility
UnitedHealth Group
Verizon FoundationRose Stuckey Kirk, President, Verizon Foundation
Anthony Llompart, Director, International and Healthcare Philanthropy
S T e e R I n G C o M M I T T e e
Clorox
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Don Rucker, Md, Vice President/Chief Medical Officer
Lance Longwell, Director, Public Relations
Pa R T n e R S
American Express CompanyAlpesh Chokshi, President, Global Prepaid
Andrew Thomas, Director, U.S. Consumer Services
Cohn & WolfeDonna Imperato, CEO
Olga Fleming, Executive Vice President, Managing Director, NY Healthcare Practice
Delta Air LinesGail Grimmett, Senior Vice President, New York
Chuck Imhof, Staff Vice President, New York Sales
Hess CorporationPaula Luff, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility
Rick Lawlor, Vice President, Retail Marketing
Keesal, Young & LoganSamuel A. Keesal, Jr., Esq., Founding Partner
MerckMark Feinberg, Md, Vice President, Public Health and Scientific Affairs
Molina Healthcare, Inc.Martha Bernadett, Md, MBa, Executive Vice President of Research and Innovation
Wynne Grossman, Project Management Director, Research and Innovation
Morgan StanleyJoan Steinberg, Managing Director; President, Morgan Stanley Foundation
Pfizer
M e M B e R S
Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyRon Miller, Vice President, Policy & Federal Government Affairs
Sojo Studios, Inc.Alberto Escarlate, Co-Founder
Hilary Meserole, Chief Marketing Officer
Children’s Health Fund works with major corporations, foundations and government agencies to create cooperative alliances that bring together participants’ strengths and experience. Together, these organizations create a unified voice for America’s children.
Corporate Council for America’s Children
“I believe that America’s corporations share a responsibility to ensure that the next generation is equipped to contribute fully to our society and our economy, and I am proud to lead the energetic and committed corporations that support Children’s Health Fund. By working to give every child the chance to be healthy and ready to learn, Children’s Health Fund is playing a fundamental role in preparing a new generation to build a richer future for everyone in our nation.”
Greg IraceP R E S I D E N T & C EO , S A N O F I U . S . S E RV I C E S , I N C . & S E N I O R V I C E P R E S I D E N T, G LO B A L S E RV I C E S , S A N O F I
CHAIRMAN, CHILDREN’S HEALTH FUND CORPORATE COUNCIL FOR AMERICA’S CHILDREN
36 2012 ANNUAL REPORTcorporate council for america’s children
Jane Pauley, ChairVincent Ahonkhai, MDSenior Regulatory Officer, Global Health Delivery, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Marc AnthonySinger / Songwriter
Doug BauerExecutive Director The Clark Foundation
Ron Berger*Former CEO & CCO Euro RSCG Worldwide
Lori J. Bertman*President & CEO Pennington Family Foundation
Robert BurkettGeorgetown University
Jodi S. Cohen, Esq.*Partner, Keesal, Young & Logan
Jill DeSimone*SVP & GM, Global Women’s Health, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
Joshua Dines, MD*Hospital for Special Surgery
Honorable Christopher J. DoddChairman & CEO Motion Picture Association of America
Ann DruyanCEO, Cosmos Studios
Fred FrancisCommunications Consultant, Former NBC News Correspondent
H. Jack Geiger, MD Arthur C. Logan Professor Emeritus of Community Medicine, City University of New York Medical School
Anne Grissinger*
Gail GrimmettSenior Vice President— New York, Delta Air Lines
Charles Grodin
Lars Gronning*Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Gloria M. Janata, JDPresident and Senior Partner, ToGoRun
Michael S. Kappy, MDChildren’s Hospital Colorado Endocrinology
Dan KloresFounder, DKC
Jeff KramerOK Management
Joel H. LamsteinPresident, John Snow, Inc.
Michelle (Mick) Lee*Managing Director, Head of Global Travel, Citigroup
Don Mattingly
Craig Maurer*Managing Director U.S. Equity Research, CLSA Americas, LLC
Paul Metselaar*Chairman and CEO Ovation Travel Group
Honorable George J. Mitchell
Julianne Moore
Chazz & Gianna Palminteri
David Pulman, PhD*President, Global Manufacturing & Supply, GlaxoSmithKline
Steve RicchettiCounselor to Vice President Biden
Alvin Sarter*Managing Member Treuhold Capital Group LLC
Robin Shahani
William ShoreShore Consulting Group, LLC
Joan Steinberg*President, Morgan Stanley Foundation
Garry Trudeau
Dale C. Van Demark, Esq.Partner, McDermott Will & Emery
Joseph W. Werthammer, MDProfessor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Marshall University School of Medicine
* Leadership Committee Member
Advisory Council
“There is no more important investment we can make as a society than giving kids access to basic health care so they can succeed in school and become well function-ing members of our community. Seeing a Children’s Health Fund patient who came through the program—now a doctor giving back to his community—was an absolute revelation to me. Children’s Health Fund helps to level the playing field so children who are less fortunate have a chance to succeed as well.”
Paul MetselaarC H A I R M A N A N D C EO , OVAT I O N T R AV E L G RO U P M E M B E R , L E A D E R S H I P C O M M I T T E E O F T H E A DV I S O RY C O U N C I L
Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret), Former Chair (1996-2000)
In Memoriam, Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
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Irwin Redlener, MD Co-Founder and President
Paul Simon Co-Founder, Singer / Composer
Robert EssnerChair Former CEO & Chairman, Wyeth
Jeffrey S. Maurer, Esq.Treasurer Partner and CEO, Evercore Wealth Management
Karen B. Redlener, MS Secretary, Executive Director
Robert F. Tannenhauser, Esq. Chair Emeritus CEO, Ruxton Capital Group, LLC
M e M B e R S
Sean F. Cassidy
President, DKC
Honorable David N. Dinkins Former Mayor of the City of New York, Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University Senior Fellow, Center for Urban Research and Policy, Columbia University
W. Robert Friedman, Jr. Managing Director, Healthcare Investment Banking, Northeast Securities, Inc.
Alex KarnalPartner, Deerfield Management
Samuel A. Keesal, Jr., Esq.Founding Partner, Keesal, Young & Logan
Paul J. Maddon, MD, PhDFounder and Vice Chairman, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Martha Molina Bernadett, MD, MBAExecutive Vice President of Research and Innovation, Molina Healthcare
Robert C. OsborneChairman, The Osborne Group, Inc.
Jane PauleyFormer Anchor, NBC’s Today Founding Co-Host, Dateline NBC
Dr. Rock G. PositanoProfessor and Director, Joe DiMaggio Sports Medicine Foot and Ankle Center, Hospital for Special Surgery and New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Hervé SedkyEntrepreneur
Throughout its history, Children’s Health Fund has had a remarkable Board of Directors committed to keeping the wheels of our mobile medical clinics turning, expanding the reach of the services we provide to vulnerable kids, and increasing the depth of our Enhanced Medical Home Model that gives families the full range of health care services they require.
“I’ve been involved with Children’s Health Fund since 1991 and have watched it expand over the years to have an ever greater impact on the lives of so many. Today, in the current health care environment, Children’s Health Fund is more relevant and needed than ever before. Together, we must do all we can to help it evolve and grow so it can continue to meet the needs of America’s poorest and most deserving children.”
Robert EssnerC H A I R , B OA R D O F D I R EC TO R S
Board of Directors
38 2012 ANNUAL REPORTboard of directors
R E V E N U E
Contributions
F O U N DAT I O N S $ 3,736,230
C O R P O R AT I O N S 9,059,638
I N D I V I D UA L S 1,633,233
Special Events 2,031,849
Total Revenue Raised $ 16,460,950
Interest and Dividends, and Gains on Investments
I N T E R E S T A N D D I V I D E N D S $ 304,695
N E T G A I N O N I N V E S T M E N T S 429,359
Total Revenue $ 17,195,004
E X P E N S E S
Program Services $ 14,035,737
Fundraising $ 1,576,007
Management & General $ 1,104,582
Total Expenses $ 16,716,326
Net increase in funds $ 478,678
Net Assets—Beginning of Year $ 8,930,636
Net Assets—End of Year $ 9,409,314
Ratio of supporting services to Total Expenses 16%
Fundraising Percentage 9%
Management & General 7%
Clinical & Public Health Program, Policy & Education 84%
F U N D R A I S I N G9%
P RO G R A M S E RV I C E S
84%
M A N AG E M E N T& G E N E R A L
7%
Children’s Health Fund is proud of the way it manages and safeguards the generous contributions it receives from individual donors, corporations and other organizations.
OUR ANNUAL REPORT, AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND IRS 990 FORMS ARE AVAILABLE IN PDF FORMAT ON OUR WEBSITE, CHILDRENSHEALTHFUND.ORG
Eighty-four percent of expenses Children’s Health Fund incurs are directed to program services. This per-centage well exceeds the standard upheld by organizations that monitor the work of charities.
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19 San Francisco
8 Idaho
9 Los Angeles
6 Colorado 7 Ho-Chunk Nation
3 Chicago
5 Detroit
24 West Virginia
17 Philadelphia
15, 22 New York City
13 New Jersey
23 Washington, DCand Maryland
10 Memphis
11 Mississippi
16 Orlando
20 South Florida12 Mississippi Gulf Coast
14 New Orleans
2 Baton Rouge
4 Dallas
1 Austin
21 Southern Arizona
18 Phoenix
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Our Mobile Medical ClinicEquipped to provide primary care, dental care and mental health services, our fleet of mobile medical clinics brings health care professionals to children who otherwise would not get the care they need.
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1 AUSTIN CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Dell Children’s Medical Center, Austin, TX MeDICaL DIReCToR: Marilyn Doyle, Md
2 BATON ROUGE CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA MeDICaL DIReCToR: Shaun Kemmerly, Md
3 CHICAGO CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL MeDICaL DIReCToR: Icy Cade-Bell, Md
4 DALLAS CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX MeDICaL DIReCToR: Susan Heinlen Spalding, Md
5 CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT OF DETROIT
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI MeDICaL DIReCToR: Elliott Attisha, do
6 COLORADO AFFILIATE
Colorado Health Foundation and Telluride Foundation, Montrose, CO
7 HO-CHUNK CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Health, Black River Falls, WI MeDICaL DIReCToR:Bethany Schilling, np
8 IDAHO CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Family Health Services, Twin Falls, ID DenTaL DIReCToR: Adam Hodges, ddS
9 LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA MeDICaL DIReCToR: Arthur K. Cho, Md
10 MEMPHIS REGIONAL CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TNMeDICaL DIReCToR: Cynthia Cross, Md
11 MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Aaron E. Henry Community Health Center, Inc., Clarksdale, MS PRoGRaM DIReCToR: Dorcus Eshun, Md
12 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Coastal Family Health Center, Inc., Gulfport, MS MeDICaL DIReCToR: Wendy Williams, Md
13 NEW JERSEY CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Rutgers School of Nursing, Newark, NJ MeDICaL DIReCToR: Madolene Aliparo-Causing, Md
14 NEW ORLEANS CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA MeDICaL DIReCToR: John Carlson, Md
15 NEW YORK CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY SenIoR MeDICaL DIReCToR: Alan Shapiro, Md MeDICaL DIReCToR: AJ Khaw, Md
16 ORLANDO CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Women, Orlando, FL MeDICaL DIReCToR: Vinny Chulani, Md, MSed
17 PHILADELPHIA AFFILIATE
Philadelphia Health Management Corporations Health Connection Clinic and National Nursing Centers Consortium, Philadelphia, PA
18 PHOENIX CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ MeDICaL DIReCToR: Randy Christensen, Md, Mph
19 SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA MeDICaL DIReCToR: Seth Ammerman, Md
20 SOUTH FLORIDA CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL MeDICaL DIReCToR: Lisa Gwynn, do, MBa
21 SOUTHERN ARIZONA CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Chiricahua Communtiy Health Centers, Inc., Douglas, AZ MeDICaL DIReCToR: Darlene Melk, Md
22 S. BRONX HEALTH CENTER & CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND RESILIENCY
Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY SenIoR MeDICaL DIReCToR: Alan Shapiro, Md MeDICaL DIReCToR: Robin Scott, Md
23 CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT OF D.C. (ALSO SERVING MARYLAND)
Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC MeDICaL DIReCToR: Marceé White, Md, Faap
24 WEST VIRGINIA CHILDREN’S HEALTH PROJECT
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University, Huntington, WVMeDICaL DIReCToR: Isabel Pino, Md
national network PROJECTS
(as of December 2013)
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