1. family and parenting
2. children

Healthy
& Ready
to Learn
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
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?
Kids
need good
teachers,
but they
need good
doctors,
too.
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 leadership
Learning is the work of children, from their earliest moments as newborns experiencing 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
CO-FOUNDER
Paul Simon
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
CO-FOUNDER
Irwin Redlener
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.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Karen Redlener
DI F F I C ULTY S EEI N G = D I F F I C U LT Y I N T H E C L A SSRO O M
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impa i r e d
vis ion
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
Los Angeles
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.
A Chance
to See
Los 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 middleschool 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.
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In preschool Isani Castro was diagnosed with a “lazy eye,” but she got the treatment she needed and today her vision is 20/20.
It’s fortunate
we caught
Isani’s eye
problem early.
As children age,
the condition
becomes more
difficult to
correct.
Dr. Altagracia Tolentino
PED I AT R I C I A N , C H I L D RE N ’ S
HEA LT H F U N D C E N T E R F O R
CHIL D HEALT H AN D RES I LI E NC Y
South Bronx
60%
College in
her sights
Isani 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.”
Meet Isani in
this short video
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THANK YOU!
Deerfield
Foundation
supports health
care visits in
New York City.
CRI SI S IN THE CLASSRO O M
of participating principals in NYC’s high
poverty schools report that vision problems
are a significant barrier to learning.
TH E B URDEN OF A S T H MA O N K ID S IN P OV E R T Y
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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ast hma
Managing
Medication
Mississippi
“Some of the kids we see have so
many health challenges,” says Dr.
Wendy Williams. “It can really overwhelm 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.
12.8
million
school days are
missed each year
due to asthma.
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Breathing
Easy
Joshua Williams
comes from
a family with a
history of
severe asthma.
New Orleans
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
THANK YOU!
family felt hopeless and imprisoned by his condition. That all
changed when Joshua’s teacher
Baton Rouge
connected him with Dr. John
Area Foundation
Carlson, the pediatrician who
provides critical
leads the Children’s Health
support to
Fund project in New Orleans.
Children’s Health
Dr. Carlson, an asthma and allerFund’s projects
gy specialist, came to Joshua’s
in New Orleans
school on the mobile clinic every
and Mississippi
week so he was able to have the
Gulf Coast.
frequent check-ups he needed
right at school, instead of constantly 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 interview
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W H EN I T H URTS TO SMIL E
B AR R I ER
ora l pa in
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
Washington, DC
underserved communities provide a front-line of
defense against tooth decay and oral pain that can
distract a child from learning.
Gleaming
With Pride
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
ORAL H EALT H T EAM LE A DE R , WA S H I NG TO N, DC PRO J EC T
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For 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.
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Free
From
Pain
The 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.
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An estimated
million
school hours
are lost each year
to dental-related
illness.
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
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 earliest possible appointment to do the work.
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ADVOCACY
Coming Through
Loud & Clear
When 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
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when his back was turned. Concerned, she
experimented with speaking in a soft voice
hear ing los s
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 provides health care services throughout Southern
South Florida
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 prescribed 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.
Advocating for
Health Care for All
America’s Kids
Children’s Health Fund believes
that all children, regardless of
their families’ legal status or country of origin, must have access
to timely, continuous and quality
health care. That is why Children’s
Health Fund has been advocating 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 wellbeing 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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37%
of elementary
school children
with hearing loss
have to repeat at
least one grade.
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8.5%
of kids under 6 who were tested
in Detroit had unsafe lead levels.
Detroit
BA R R IE R
lead
p oi soning
Getting the
Lead Out
A 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.”
In Detroit’s poverty-stricken neighborhoods, old housing
has been neglected and the threat of lead paint is very real.
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 EDICAL DIR ECTO R , DET RO IT P RO J ECT
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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
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poor
n utr ition
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.
1!in!6
Louisiana
households
struggle with
hunger.
Health
Heroes
Baton Rouge
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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 everyone 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 5-21-0+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.
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ALL
HIGH
P OVE R T Y
L OW
P OVE R T Y
Poor diet
55%
60%
38%
Lack of exercise /
physical activity
41%
44%
28%
C RI S I S I N T HE CLASSROOM
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
Memphis
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 middleschool 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 practitioner 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!”
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 NU RS E PRACTI TI O NE R, ME MPH I S PRO J EC T
THANK YOU!
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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C ON C EN TRATI N G O N SC H O O L SU C C E SS
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behav i o r a l
di so r ders
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.
Finding
Focus
Emma 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.”
Kayla will graduate this spring from
community college with certification
as a medical assistant and hopes to
return to school to become a nurse.
West Virginia
ADVOCACY
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.
THANK YOU!
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We deeply appreciate the
Kresge Foundation’s investment
in Children’s Health Fund’s Child
Health Transportation Initiative.
3!out of!4
Speaking
Their
Language
When her son
New Orleans
José was five
years old, Dora
Medrano of
New Orleans
realized something wasn’t right.
He was hyperactive, especially compared to his
younger brother. It seemed José couldn’t concentrate 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 manufacturer 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.”
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children in the U.S. who
need mental health care
are not able to get it.
PROTEC TI N G C H I L D R E N F RO M TOX I C ST R E SS
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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
str ess
be permanently impaired. Toxic
stress can affect brain development in ways that reduce a child’s
capacity to learn and even have
an impact on the cardiovascular
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and immune systems, increasing
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risks for health problems and
social problems as the child ages.
habits changed 100%. Now I am
New research reveals that
serving my family healthy foods
effective parenting skills can
and breastfeeding my youngest
help insulate children from toxic
son for the first time.
stressors. But moms and dads
who were raised in low-income,
Charisse Grissom
low-education households
M OM I N S O U T H B RO NX W E LL- B A BY G RO U P
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 discipline them without violence,
and to establish healthy habits
for nutrition, exercise and sleep.
By providing a comprehensive 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 preschoolers can thrive.
CHILDREN’S HEALTH FUND
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
New York City
Learning to
Nurture Together
Lining 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 encouraged 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.
THANK YOU!
United Health Foundation support enables us
to increase access and the quality of Children’s
Health Fund flagship programs in New York City.
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 Machuca
PEDIATRICIAN SOUTH BRONX
WELL-BABY GRO UP
4−year−olds in families on public
assistance have been exposed to 30 million fewer words
than 4-year-olds from high-income families.
A F TER DI S A S TER, T H E LO NG ROA D TO R EC OV E RY
B AR R I ER
disast e r
trauma
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.
$65
billion
damage caused by
Superstorm Sandy
in the United States.
Waiting to Exhale
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
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New Jersey
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.
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
Shelter
from the
Storm
New York
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.
Children’s Health Fund distributed coping kits with
therapeutic toys and organized family fun days to help
knit the mentally exhausted community back together.
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 Madrid
PSYCHOLOGIST, CHILDREN’S HEALTH FUND
S AN DY R ES P O N S E T EAM
THANK YOU!
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The victims of Hurricane Sandy are
grateful for the support of Robin Hood,
the Sanofi Foundation for North America,
Merck, and United Health Foundation.
Check out TV
news coverage
bit.ly/1feu8kH
Detroit Gets a Second
Mobile Clinic
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.
THANK YOU!
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.
The new clinic was underwritten by W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and the
new clinic’s operations will be funded, in part, by the Foundation.
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Individual Donors
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$20,000 - $49,999
The Carson Family
Charitable Trust*
The Jeffrey A.
Altman Foundation
Judi and David
Dines, MD
Jerome O. Blomberg
Robert and
Anne Essner*
Goldring Family
Foundation
Paul Simon*
Joseph and
Michelle Jacobs
Carol and Robert
Tannenhauser*
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Foundation
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Trudeau*
Peggy and Michael
S. Kappy, MD*
$50,000 - $99,999
Alex and
Cassaundra Karnal
Richard and Anne
Grissinger
Anne and Arnold S.
Gumowitz
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and Sandra
Lynn Lazo
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Lombardi* b
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Sillerman and
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Sillerman*
Wendy and
Jeffrey Maurer*
Andy Nahas
Karen and Irwin
Redlener, MD*
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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
$10,000 - $19,999
Shlomo Y. Rechnitz
Karen and
Ron Berger*
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Daniel Craig
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Rosenshine c
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*
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Kathi A. Sarter
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Christopher
Barley, MD
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Litwin and Stuart
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Chernoff* b
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Iris M. Cohen
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M. Corbin
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W. Robert
Friedman, Jr.
and Ellen Hayes*
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Charles Tapper and
Ann Laurilliard
Darrell and
Robin Harvey
Clyde Waterhouse
The Hexberg
Family Foundation
Jane Williams
David M. and
Jill M. Hodgson
$2,500 - $4,999
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Baskes Family
Foundation*
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The Becket Family
Foundation*
Alan Bell
Lauren J.
and Richard H.
Blanck, MD*
Sheetal Joshipura
Sandi and Harris
Kalish and Family*
Mo C. Leeds
Edward J. and
Kathleen Ludwig
Gregory Casserly
The Chris & Melody
Malachowsky
Family Foundation*
Cathy Chernoff*
Jodi S. Cohen*
James Manley
Marjorie T.
and William R.
Coleman*
Stacie and
Vivek Melwani
John Contratti
Miller Family
Endowment
Josh Corwin
Kelly Dantas
Jill M. DeSimone
and Greg Moisan*
Randy and
Robert Deutsch*
Charles and
Cindy Murphy
Dr. Barton and Mrs.
Barbara Nassberg*
Marc and
Caroline Packer
Joanne Egerman
Yvonne and Leslie
Pollack Family
Foundation, Inc.*
David Fassler
H. Jack Geiger
and Nicole
Schupf Geiger*
The Prosnitz
Foundation, Inc. *
Michael
Goldfischer, MD
and Debra Brenin
Goldfischer, MD
Ellen and
Irving Grauer
William and
Judith Greenblatt
Clare and David
Pulman, PHD*
Eugene and
Barbara Greene
Steven and
Jacqueline Saril
Lisa A. Gwynn
Ron Hartenbaum
Gloria M. Janata, JD*
Linnea E. and
Peter F. Knecht* b
Jaime Black
Paul Kowal
Jonathan Sheffer
Monthly donor
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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yankees Home Run Club
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]
2012 HOME RUN CLUB MEMBERS ARE MARKED BY THIS SYMBOL ►
Mary Alice
and Richard G.
Schiller* b
Mitchell Schrage
Debbie Schultz
Robert D. Schultz
Hervé Sedky*
David and
Deborah Shapiro
David Barse
Bruce Cohen
Erin Bartlett
Deborah Cohen
Francesca Beale
Tom Cohn
Neal Beaton
Richard H. Cook
Bella Bees
Ronald Cording
Jed Berman
Janine Corletta
Robyn Berniker
Michael
Crapanzano, MD
David Bindelglass
Neal Shapiro* b
Robert Birch
David Shaw
Ellen and
Paul Blake*
Paul and
Margareta Slayton
George Blees
John H. Smith
Richard Blomquist
Carol Spivak
Brian Boilen
Peter Stuart
Lisa M. and Joseph
P. Borella* b
Michael
Tannenhauser
Chris Braden
Brian Zack
Margery Brittain
Jason Zinna
Catherine Crews
Buell and
Daniel Buell
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
Matthew and
Keisha Burdick
Christine Caldwell
Martin Cantor* b
Paul and Kimberly
Carreiro
The Glickenhaus
Foundation*
Irit and
Paul Kerner*
Michelle Goldberg
David Kessler
Wendy Goldberg
Jeffrey B. Kindler
Avery Golderg
Andrea King
Roy Gordon
Jamie and
Howard Klein
Michael R. Gorelick
Michael Gorfaine
Andrea D’Angelo
Adrienne Halpern
Gary Davis
John and
Lynne Harris
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
David &
Theresako Harris
Philanthropic Fund
Margaret Hauser
George F.
Heinrich, MD
Charles S. Moffett
Frank Montaturo
Maribel Monzo
Lori and
David Moore
Jamie Launer
Marguerite
Moranski
Gerald Lavallee
Maynard Morrison
Alexander Leff
Kristin Naso
Gary Hoffman
Robert Lehman
Richard Neiman
Stuart J. and
Rhoda P. Holzer
Peter and
Gretchen Lengyel
Marc Newman
Barbara Hooper
Karen and
Joe C. Leonard
Greg Irace
Pamela Jackson
Erik Jaeger
Gary Feder
Lewis Cheney
Danielle Feuillan
Blake Christian,
CPA/MBT
Donna R. Frankel*
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Stephanie Milzer
Beverly Hess
Patricia Celikoyar
Donald B. Cleveland
Arthur Labow
Ron C. Miller
John Nagle
Dianne and Thomas
M. Jones* b
Adam Gladstone
Binny Kuriakose
Deborah Mellen
Nicola Mullen
Michael Farmer
Gail Citrin
Daniel Krueger
Margaret McGovern
Chau Lee
Chris Carter
Mark Garson
Alan Kosten
Hugh McGovern
Julien Lavallee
Mads Jepsen
Gary Ciliberto* b
Jonathan Kornblau
Robert McGinty
Donald Henderson
Anthony Farello
Pamela Garner
Lisa B. Konsker
Robert Matloff
Allen Levine
Lisa Levine
Marcia Levy
Lauren Lexton
Lisa R Lippman
Marko NicholsMarcy
Sophie Nitkin
Mary Nittolo*
The Eric and
Joan Norgaard
Charitable Trust*
Edward O’Connell
Liam O’Neil
Richard and
Katherine Kahan
Kenneth R. and
Grace Logan
Michael Kane
Robert S. Logie
David Outcalt
Lester Kaplan
Thomas Lucid
John Pacilio
Carl and Valerie
Kempner
Robert Mancuso
Stephen
Pampinella
Lucy K. Marks and
Scott Sprinzen* b
Kenneth Orr
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The Weingarten
Family Foundation
Bailey Beeken
Cathy D. Clair
Benjamin Benattar
Brittany Coale
Angela K. Wood
Barry Berg
Jeffrey Cobb
Calvin Yee
Marsha Berkowitz
and Wayne S. Kabak
Donna Cobelli
Mark M. Zeitler
Anonymous
$500 - $999
Anthony L.
Abenante
Barry Adelman
Joseph and
Jacqueline Aguanno
Joyce and
L. Peter Parcher
Pedro L. and
Emily Rivera c
Jay and Lauren
Springer
Ann Pauley
Joyce and Steven
Robinson*
Todd Squilanti
Carol Albertus
Anil Stevens
Mark Alderman
Gail Stevenson
Fernando
Alejandro* b
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
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
James Reiter
Mark Solomon and
Cheryl D. Rosen*
Michael Rhattigan
Sabrina Spitaletta
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Ronnie Strum
Kristine Stubits
John S. Suhler
Bernard Sussman
Susan I. Suvall
John P. Szabo, Jr.
Jonathan
Tannenhauser*
Marilou Faith
and Joseph
Tenenbaum, MD
Michael Aitken
Craig Alexander
Zach Alger
Mary Ann M. and
Steven J. Allard*
Andrew M. Upton
Guido Van
Hauwermeiren
Cathleen
Vecchione
Louis Biancospino
Clare Billman
Sarah Bilofsky
and Jamie Myers*
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Monte Block
Lenny Blumenthal
and Jaclyn Sammis*
Lynn Borck
Ann Conroy
Mike Constantinides
Jennifer Coolbaugh
Anne Corsetti
Amelia Cosentino
Flavia R.
Costa Coghi
Suzanne
Countryman
Rachel Courtney
Janie Borell
Cary Crane
Patrick Bowers
Susan Crawford
David Boyar
Cecelia Crocker
Anders Brag
Scott Brakebill
Christopher
Crowley
Michael Dallos
Nicholas Amruso
Brandon Brown
Betty A. Daniello
Peder Anker
Dominique Brown
Vincent Dasilva
Ares Argiles
Solsona
Kristine T. Budill
Debra Davidson
Eric Budney
Gerald Davidson
Jack Buehler
Michele Davila
Kathryn Burke
George Davitt
Patricia Burke
John De Bakker
Gerald Cadigan
Sacha de Lange*
Colleen Cahill
Nathaniel de
Rothschild
Geoffrey Aronow
Achma Asokan
Mildred Aviles
Lisa Baker
Michael Baker
Lisa Barocas
Susan Campbell
Rochelle Canarick
Ronald Dee
Amato Deluca
Dr. Charles Barone, II
John C. Carlson,
MD, PHD
Kathleen Barrett
John D. Carton*
James DeMetro*
Amy E. Barton
Mozar M.
Carvalho, Sr.
Maureen Denman
Samuel Bassalian
Thomas H. Vogel
Susan V. Batchelor
Kyle Ward-Dahl
Jeff Baver
Stephen & May
Cavin Leeman
Foundation Inc.*
Sharona Beck
Cheryl Chip
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Cody L. Conklin
Emanuela Curnis
Hiroko Asano
Edward G. Turan
Karen Bernardo
Jennifer Colwell
Fran Brivic
Alexander
Thomson
Steve Trigoboff
Barbara Bermanski
Randy Cohen
Eric Brandon
Steven M. Artsis
David Tillman
David A. Berman
David Almeida
Janelle Teng
Nancy Tighe
Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
Barry Weiss*
Dennis Zander
Sarah Rosenwald
Varet and Jesse
Coleman
*
Monthly donor
The Emanuel and
Anna Weinstein
Family Foundation*
Eric Yee* b
Lori Peek and Justin
E. Gottschlich
Home Run Club
Susan L. Demaria
Sean Dettlinger
John Devita
Howard Diamond
Todd Dimston
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monthly donors
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].
2012 MONTHLY DONORS ARE MARKED BY THIS SYMBOL
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
Joann Flores
Andrew Hersch
James Foley
Stuart Himmelfarb
Ernest Fox
Ellen Hoch
Amy Franks
Denise Holder
Glynnis Gaeta
Lawrence
Honigman
Yaron Galai
Amy Garon
Keith Gerardi
Darrin Gitlitz
Stan Goldberg
Ed J. Kowalcyk
Jessica Kubeck
Shael Kwart
Mark Lachovsky
Annette Hunter
Brian Hurley
Margaret L. Laffey
Fred Lambrou
Daniel Hurwitz
Meredith M. and
William W. Landis, III
Gerald Iacullo
Robert Landry
Jenn Ibello
Eric Langemak
Joseph P. Irwin
Matthew Lapos
Dante Greene
David and Jeanne
Italiaander
Julien Lavallee
Stephen Greene
David A. Jacobs
Susan Greene
Steven Jacobs
Tara Greenfield
Jane Janeczek
Brian Greenwald
Lorre Jay
Valeta Gregg
Lisa Johns-Elmy
Brittany Grew
Robert K. and
Deborah L. Kanter
Stephanie Goldman
Herta Gordon*
Emily Gottlieb
Michael Gratz
Gary A. Green
Michael Grey
James M.
Griffin, Esq.
Eli Katz
Christine Kebakis
Michael Haddad
Greta Keltz
Emmet Hale
Shaun Kemmerly, MD
Allison Haley
Scott Kesselman
David Fisher
Jay Hallett
Honey Sue Fishman
Sean Hanratty
Granvilette W.
Kestenbaum
Lara Fitch
Christine Hart
Sander and
Mechele Flaum*
Michael Hart
Leslie and
Jeffrey Fischer*
Gary Koehnken
James Hubbert
Charitable Fund
Steven Keeling
Meredith Findley
Gordon Klauber
Joan Hornig
Ronald Guttman
Eric Fiedler
Howard
Kirshenberg
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June Kim
Karen Kimberlin
Adam Kirschner
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
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Joseph Miller
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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
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
Audrey Meyers
Rosemary Nickson
David Meyers
Dror Nir
Dom Mezick
Min No
Susan Michels
Deborah D.
November
Lawrence
& Elizabeth
Mickelberg
Charles Mikami
Carol Miller
Paul Oliveri
Christopher Olson
Orentreich Family
Foundation
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Hannah Pakula
Laurie S. Ruckel
Prisco Panza
Gina Russell
Laure E. Park
Robert Ryan
Damon Parker c
Jonathan
Rybczynski
Greg Parsons
Nomi Strauss
John Pavlos
Susan Sandtorv
Cheryl Streedain c
Adam Peretz
Matthew Santana
Mark Streeter
Jodi Perlman
Akihiro Sato
Paul Takats
Vivian Petillo
Christopher
Saucedo
Joseph Tansey
Richard Pinner
Lisa Porco
Christopher Powell
Cynthia Powers
Andrew Purcell
Robbin Puzo
Eric Queen
Dan Raedle
Gerald Rakos
Neil Redlener, MD
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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INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Stephen Stewart
Clare E. Stone
Dr. and Mrs.
Michael M. Phillips*
“I am lucky to have grown up in a loving family with
sufficient means to cover thousands of dollars of asthmarelated 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.
Marilyn Steiner
G. Morgan Samuel
Alan Pfeffer
“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.
Jane Steinberg
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Sara Patterson
Bickers
Walter Takes
to the Road
to Launch
Do-It-Yourself
Fundraising
Lawrence R.
Stanberry, MD, PHD
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
Gene Taubman
Shira Savada
Kyle Taylor
Alison Sayer
William Thorn
Robert M.
Schabinger
Louise Tingley
Margaret B. Tolen
Jill Schaefer
Glenn Tongue
Ken and
Mette Schafer
Mary Trester
Keith Schenenga*
Marie Trontell
Elizabeth Schiff
John B. and
Louisa Troubh
Ilanit Schreiber
Risa Turken
Daniel Scollins
David Valentino
Monica Segal
Steven Van Cura
Kate Shaffar
Jorge Villarreal
Adam Shapiro
Mary Vollmer
Bonnie Shefts
Zev Wachtel
Abraham I.
and Jean Sherr
Foundation
Joanne Wallenstein
Lily Wang
Paula Shiver
Jay Shulman
Daniel and Crista
Warniment c
Howard Sidman
Alyssa Watson
David Siegel
Gerard A. Watson
Robert Siegel
Mitch Watson
Jess G. Siegler
James Way
Scott Silberstein
Samuel Weiner
Stephen Simpson
Carolyn C.
and William O.
Wheatley*
Peter Slotwiner
Christopher Smith
Joshua Snow
Cecelia A.
Whetstone
Gregory J. Sorter
Robert C. Willis
Beverly B. and
George R. Spalding*
Jesse Wilson
Maureen K. Spener
Iva Spitzer
Michael Sprance
Michael Winn
Mark Woletsky
Keith Wolf
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Harold Worwetz
Steve Binggeli
Jeanette Wyatt
Gregory A. Bird
Nadya Yaghoubi c
Deborah Blanding
Richard Yaspan
Jonathan Blaustein
Denji Yiu
Mary C. Bohan
Min-A Yoon
Craig Bolotsky
Barbara Younger
Eileen Bookman
Chris and
Sandra Zander
Marisa Borek
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
Merrill and Robert
M. Drillings* b
Deborah Duffy
Elizabeth Duffy
Laurie Dusek
Barbara and
Samuel Dyer*
Samir El-Dahr, MD
Paul Boronow
James and
Amy Elrod*
Amy Brandt
Bridget K.
and Michael O.
Gagnon* b
Elizabeth Gears
Home Run Club
*
Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
Rosalie Genevro
Steven C.
Hockstein
Beverly Geoghegan
Leslie Hodge
Howard Gering
Raymond B.
Holdsworth, Jr.
Marilyn L.
Getchell c
Gary Holsten
Martha E. Gifford*
Daniel Holtzman
Marion Elterman
Gary N. Gildersleeve
Ina Horowitz
Alla Brekhman
Julie Emmons
John Goertler
Charles Hudak
Cindy M. Bresloff
David A. Epstein
Birgit Goetz
Laura Illig
Sharon Brody* b
Daniel Faber
Benjamin Gold
Alma M. Brown c
Odette Falone
Glen Brown
Gina Falzarano
Madeline
Goldfischer
Mr. Glenn H.
Isaacson
Theresa Buckley
Ariel Farber
Jennifer Busuttil
Peter Faulhaber
John Caligiuri
Patricia Fehn
Patrick Cancilla
Flo Feinberg and
Ben Geizhals
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
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
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 FrakerGlasscock
Jon Kalish
Matthew S. Kamp
Satoko Kaneshi
John Kaniuk
Marcy Katz
Edward Keenan
Colby Kelly
Gail Kelly
Shervin
Khodabandeh
Fran Kitchell
Emma Kjos
Bradley and
Christa Johnson
J.R. Golon
Ted Johnson
Jeremy Kleinman
Burton and
Joellyn Goodman*
Richard J. Jones b
Karen Klestzick
Rafael S. Joory
Bedri Koraman
Christine Juday
Peter Korn
Eva Julinszki
Scott Kornberg
Mark Green
Joyce Greene*
Brett Greiner
Walter W. Grist
Paula Klein
Mary Kaessinger
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
Richard A. and
Gail Fried
Clifford Hendricks
Helen K. Fytros
Charles James
Thomas Kaim
Lynn Goldsmith
and Syd Schneider
Jared Franken
Scott Palmer
Fuhrman
Monthly donor
Mark Henley
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.
Patricia Hickey
Jodi Cohen
Heidi Hieke
PAR T NER , KEESAL, YOUNG & LOG AN
Jean Christophe
Hilaire
MEMBER, CHILDREN’S HEALTH FUND
ADV IS O RY CO UN CIL LEADER S H IP C OMMIT TE E
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Nicholas
Kotchoubey
Jessica Kovler
The Krause Family*
Vahan
Kristosturyan
Sean Lallouz
Jeremy Landman
Home Run Club
Kim Michels
Susan Osit
Robert Rush
Carly Michener
Suzanne Paglia
Carla Sacken
Brad Miller
Barbara Palm
Michael Saidens
Sandra Miller
Cheryl Panek c
Carolyn Salvagione
Maurice Mills
Michele Papa
Robert Sanchez
Steven and
Suzanne Mintz
Linda Pelsinger
Scott Sandler
Irit Perkins
C.K. Sardi
Brian Perlman
Eric Scalettar
Margaret M.
St. Germain
Ann Peters
Adina Schecter
Kelly Stanley c
*
Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
Rod Spiegel
Maris Warfman
David and
Jana Spiess
Elizabeth Weiner
Florence Weinstein
Patricia Spiewak
Theodore Wett
Stacey and
Curtis Lane
Marcia L. Minuskin
and Jeffrey A.
Zonenshine*
Thomas Langdo
Arielle Mishkin
Lori Peters
Susan Scherer
George Steger
Margarita Lansberg
Heidi Mitchell
Deborah Schneider
Susan Stehle* b
Andrea Lantis
Jennifer Mitchell
Bruce A. and
Mary Beth Phillips
Adrianne Stemley
Gordon Lasky
Sanjiv Mody
Angela Latta
Maureen Moffatt
Marilyn G.
and Michael E.
Schulman* b
Darcy Latta
Marcus E.
Mohalland
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
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Jean Mone
Gretchen Monahan
John Moody
Robert Morant
Jeanmarre Morgan
Mitchell Pines*
Randall Pinkston
Ms. Pittelman
Bill Platt
Kimberly A. and
James A. Platten
Lisa Shackman
Robert Quaranta
Veronica Munoz
Justin Racklin
Helene Myers
Rich P. Rampolla
Lorne Myers
Susan and Robert
Ranellone* b
Alexander R.
Nectow
Michael Nelson
The Nico Fund*
Jonathan Nocket
Richard and
Sandra O’Brien
Todd Schwartz
Greg A. and Martha
K. Pomerantz
Stephen Morris
Steven C.
Nathanson
Raymond Schwartz
Paul Scollan
Judith G. Morrill
Dr. Sherry
Narodick, JD
Jennifer Schwartz
Michael Plaut
Joshua H. and
Bethany H. Pristaw
Beatrice Myerson
Barbara Schwartz
Richard Rapp
Morten Rasmussen
Steven Reiss
Christina Revithas
Stacy Riback
Eric Richman
Carolyn Riehl
Nancy Robbins
Jane A. Roeder*
Jason Rosen
J. Mark Wheeler
Rhesa Wiliams
Barbara L. Wilkinson
Marc E. Wilson
Bonnie Stern
Hella Winston
Steven Woghin*
Alex Wolfe
Lee S. Stettner
John Wolfe
Myles Steytler
Fredericka Wolman
Raymond Suga
Mark Worobetz
Carol Sumkin
and Andy Golub*
Peter M. Wright
Dave Sweet
Revital Yanai Dovrat
Anthony Tassone*
Thomas Yang
Steven Shankroff
Daniel Taub and
Sharon Kern-Taub
Casey Yarger
Elizabeth Shea
Evan Teed
Patricia Shean
James Theodore
Kathleen Sheridan
Karen Toombs
Elizabeth M. and
David M. Sherman*
Yolanda Trottman
Susan Shane*
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
John T. O’Connell
Paul Rosenbaum
John Odea
David Rosenberg
Karen A. Olejarz*
Esther Rosenblum
Christopher Oneill
Scott Rosenstein
Margaret O’Neill
Jody Rosenzweig
Ellen Oppenheim
Steven Ross
Melinda
Orzechowski
Steve Rotker
Gery and
Maida J. Sperling*
Kathryn Ruggiero
Jodi Sperling
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Monthly donor
Alan Smith
Jordan Smith
Kimberly Smith
Esther Solomon
Jose E. Sousa
Stuart Yingst
Becca Yure
Diana Zaferiou
Patrice E. Turner
Suzanne Zelinski
Lu Zheng
Paul Zorawski
Paul Turzio
Karen Unger Belfer
Kenneth Upton
Lorelyn Zurbano
Anonymous
$100 - 249
David Vargas
Gallane Abraham
Monica Vargas
Deborah Vasquez
Danielle Vega
Laura Velazquez* b
Alfred R.
Vendegna Fund
Martha Ackelsberg
Jeff Ackerly
Hudu Ahmed
John Albasini
Josephine Allen
Lester Verduzco
John R. Allison*
Alexandra Viterbi
David Altreuter*
M. Vonk
April AlvarezCorona, MD
Ronald Wagner
Stephen Wald
Debra Wallentin
Claudia Wallis
Vicki Ward
Saba Ameen
Jacqueline Ancess
Christa Ancri
Marsha Andersen
Dave Andreotta*
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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
Helen and
Gerard Brown*
Russell Brown
Marshall F. Bush
Timothy and
Theresa Butler
Brian Falciglia
Justin Cernitz
Jennifer Farber
Richard and
Rosana Chazin
Sharon and Jeffrey
B. Feldman*
William Chinnock
Zori G. Ferkin
Stephen J. Choi* b
Jeff Fields
Janine Clark
Donna Fierle*
William P. Coakley
Susan Filous
Evan and
Lindsey Cohen
Peter Boutin
Christopher R.
Boynton
Brian Bradley
Michael Brancati
Jason Brandt
Mary J. Brazier*
Miriam M. Breier*
Debbi Brendel
Jason Brenner
Brooke Bresnan
Delaney Gracy,
MD, MPH
Home Run Club
*
Monthly donor
Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
Richard Gray
Mary Hall Gregg
and Thomas L.
Purdy
Lars Gronning
David Grossman
Louis Hafkin
and Theo BobetskiHafkin
Jan Hagiwara
Sofie Hamilton
Peter J. Kennedy
Bradley Kessler
Matt Klimberg
Philip A. Konort
Joseph Korleski
Karen Kornhaber
B. M. Korros
Philippa A. Kort
Elizabeth K. and
Jeremy Martin
Janice Mason
Geneen Massey
Craig and
Shari Maurer
Teriann McAndrew
Laura McClung
Bob Mckinnon
Warren Hamlet
Alan and
Phyllis Kovnot
Steven Han
Lenora Krielow
Alice Flynn
Rachel Hanser
and Scott L. Campi
Manda Kristal
Curry Ford
Beatrice Harrison*
Sarah F. Corbin
Paul Andrew
Fournier
Anahita Hashemi
Milagros LagarezNeyra
Luciana Cortina
Karen P. Francois
Sigrid Haslinger
Warren Lai
Ben Counio
Jonathan Freedman
Sharon Hearn
Wilkin Lai
Marlene N.
Meyerson
Cynthia Coward
Cindy Freeman
Brian Lamon
Fred L. Miller
Jeff Cullaton
Milton
Freudenheim*
Dolores E.
Heddinger and
Ira Kessler
Carman Lapointe
Michelle Miller*
Chris and
Ruth Larson
Timothy Mills
Kathleen Conway
Derrin Culp
Guy Cumberbatch
Patricia Cunneen
Tara and
William Dahill*
Gavin Boone
Marjorie Emden
James Cecil
William Bermont
Natalie Bloom
Caitlin Dwyer
Rebecca Carrier*
Tanya D’Agostino
Josh Birnbaum
Nicholas Durkee
Maria T. Encaress
and Andrew Deitch
and Family* b
Steve Berger
William Binger
Phyllis Drohan
Hazem S. Gamal
Joshua Garrett
Thomas Gattringer
Helen Gaughan
Donald Gerber
Jill Darrow
Kim Gibbons
Karen Davies
Carla Glaser*
Luis Davila
Daniel Glass
Shari Davis
Ralph and Lois A.
Glassberg
Flavia A. De La Cruz
Alfred Deforestkeys
Philip R. and
Reina Delbos
Rosemary Denson*
Aparna Deora
Travis Deseran
Robert M.
Digaetano
Penny P. Domow
Joseph J. Bridy
Peter and
Heather S. Doob
Susan Brillhart
Shelley M. Draper
Paul Bronstein
Roy Dripps
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
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*
Patrick Glemaud
Murray and
Amina Jones
Greg H. Glickman
Lauren Joory
Susan Goldberg* b
Melissa Joory
Stephanie A.
Goldfischer
David Kalajian
Orit Goldhamer
Sandra Gong and Dr.
Victor S. Sloan* b
Kleanthis Goozis
George Gorajski
Roberta R. and
Michael Gordon*
Stewart T. Gordon,
MD, FAAP
Manali Kanitkar
Eric Kaplan
Michael Kardos
Terence Karnal
Sara Karp
Bonnie Katz
Meredith Keller
Andrew and
Debra Kemler
Ruth Kulaga*
Patrick McNeive
George Mejias
Jonathan Melk, MD
Robert Menaker
and Katherine E.
Bouton
Evan Meyer
Hopkins Lawrence
Budd Mishkin
and Peri Smilow*
Christine
Lettieri* b
Nicholas J.
Monastero
Marshall and
Phyllis Levin
Ann Monday
Robert Levitt
Brooke and
Gordon Levy
Elizabeth R. Lewin
Meredith Lewin*
Bob and
Jessica Monsey
Erin Mooney
David Mozes
Maureen Naff
Karen Lewitz* b
Marc-Andre
Nantais
William Libby
Barbara Nanzig
Andrew Lintner
Carol and Rudolph
J. Napodano*
Connie Liu
Michael Livezey
Adriana Lopez
Tammy Lucht
Sarah Ludwig*
Aalap Mahadevia
Andrew Maimona
Vikram Malhotra
Jill Malkin
Elisabeth Markham
Emily Nassberg
Daniel Nassi
Amy Nathanson
and Matt Morgan
Ravindra R. Nayak
Richard and
Deborah Nelson
Newton Family
Foundation
Seth Notes
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Home Run Club
*
Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
Cathy Shannon and
Marc Donnenfeld
Julie and Robert I.
Shapiro*
Nancy Shavel
Gabel and Richard
H. Gabel, MD
Thomas A. Waddell
Bill A. Shore
Robert Wagner
Florence Siegel
and Jerry Block*
Harry T. and
Marie E. Walters
Iain Silverthorne
Don O. and
Barbara Watkins
Anne L. Watson c
George Webber
Shelley Slater
Martha Jane Weber
Todd and Jennifer
Slattengren
Laura Weinstein c
Susan R. and
Norman G. Wellen
Linda K. Wells
Michael Sparer
Anurag Srivastava
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
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Denise and
Charles Pleckaitis*
Susan PolancoBriceno
Tiffany Pollack
Gary Pollock
Suzette Powell
Jared Powles
Felice Preefer
David Prentice*
Elliot Press
Lara Price
Brian Quinif
Stephanie
Redlener
Jonathan
Rosenzweig
Lee Reichman
Scott Ross
Tamar Resnick
Susan L. and
Jesse Roth, MD
Quinn Rhodes*
James Riddle
Amber
Ried-Barrett
Michele
Rigsby Pauley,
RN, MSN, CPNP
Linda Roberts*
Adam Robinson
Chris Rock
Deborah Rand*
Lisa R. and
Jesus F. Rodriguez
Ana F. Read
Randy Rodriquez
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
Jeb Weisman
and Fran Harris
Peter and
Josephine Weiss
Paul Snyder
Konstantina
Pitenis* b
Katrina Van Winkle
Samantha Sher
The Phillip H.
Snowden Trust
Leslie Obus
Douglas Van
Houweling
Nick Wachtel
Margaret Smith
Samantha
Rosenberg
David S. Tukey
Kathy Vandervoort
Ethan Smith
Ruth Redlener
and Philip D’Elia*
Cynthia P. Trent
Deborah Sheldon
Ellen Slackman
Feldman
Janet Pita
Robert Tomb
Tariq Shaukat
Joel Skerlong
Sue and Bill Obrien
Monthly donor
Lauren Staff
Jean Westermeyer,
MD c
Wayne Whalen
Ron E. Stoll
Eliot Stone
Donna and Robert
T. Whiteford*
Wanda Stone
Patrick Wiesel
Jeffrey Strauss
Julie Winshall*
Jooyoun Sung
Catherine
Winter b
Michael D. Ryan
Sidney Sutter*
Sean W. Ryan
Richard Szigety b
Duncan C. Sahner
Rishi Talreja
Amanda and
Gerardo Sanchez, Jr.
Eiseley Tauginas
Susan and
Jonathan Wolfert
Joe Wood c
Eric Woods
Stephen Sanchez
Ms. Eleanora L.
Templeton II
Andrea L. Savisky
Noah Tepperberg
Elizabeth I. Scher
Nobuko Terada
Brent Scherer
Andrea A. Tinio
Richard Schwartz
Anne Tlusty
Julio R. and
Maria I. Zamora
Jason Selman
Bradley Tolkin
Anonymous
Garret W. Sern
Gary Tomaselli
Dale Yake
Rivka M.
Yerushalmi
Gideon Young
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
A Magical Evening
for Healthy Kids
Music 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).
b e n e f i t Honor e e s
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
Circle of Care Society
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.
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
Lauren J. and
Richard H. Blanck
Garrard Beeney
George Blees
Frederique
Behm-Rose
Jim and Erin
Blomberg
Leonard
Benowich, Esq.
Richard Blomquist
Dori Berinstein and
Mitchell Cannold
Marsha Berkowitz
and Wayne S. Kabak
Jed Berman
Robyn Berniker
Robert Birch
Ellen H. and
Paul Blake
Brian Boilen
Gavin Boone
Margery Brittain
Catherine
Crews Buell
and Daniel Buell
Matthew and
Keisha Burdick
Beverly Cannold
Chris Carter
Chatham Capital
John Contratti
Avery Golderg
Lewis Cheney
Richard H. Cook
Cathy M. Chernoff
Ronald Cording
Blake Christian,
CPA/MBT
Janine Corletta
Michael
Goldfischer, MD
and Debra Brenin
Goldfischer, MD
Josh Corwin
Michael R. Gorelick
Michael
Crapanzano, MD
Michael Gorfaine
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.
Kelly Dantas
Ellen and
Irving Grauer
Gary Davis
Alan C. Greenberg
Michael Delaney
William and
Judith Greenblatt
Randy and
Robert Deutsch
Wendy and Robert
Dewey
Elizabeth Donnelly
Catherine Driver
Joanne Egerman
David &
Theresako Harris
Philanthropic Fund
Erica Ferry &
Associates LLC
John and
Lynne Harris
Emily Essner and
David Delbos
Ron Hartenbaum
Darrell and
Robin Harvey
E. Joseph Evans
Charitable Trust
Fred and
Noreen Hassan
Michael Farmer
Steven M.
Hayes, Esq.
Danielle Feuillan
Paul Fitzgerald
Donald Henderson
Sander A. and
Mechele Flaum
Beverly Hess
Donna R. Frankel
Richard Friedman
Family Foundation
Girardi and Keese
The Glickenhaus
Foundation
Wendy Goldberg
The Hexberg
Family Foundation
David M. and
Jill M. Hodgson
Gary Hoffman
J. Scott Holyfield
Michelle Goldberg
CIRCLE OF CARE SOCIETY
Eugene and
Barbara Greene
Louis Hafkin
Susan Saint
James Ebersol
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David and Alan
Greene Family
Foundation Inc.
Stuart J. and
Rhoda P. Holzer
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
“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 Melwani
MEMBERS, CHILDREN’S HEALTH FUND
CIRCLE O F CAR E S O CIET Y
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
Marguerite
Moranski
The M66
Foundation, Inc.
Nicola Mullen
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
CIRCLE OF CARE SOCIETY
Charles and
Cindy Murphy
John Nagle
Kristin Naso
Dr. Barton and Mrs.
Barbara Nassberg
Yvonne and Leslie
Pollack Family
Foundation, Inc.
Frank Prescott
The Prosnitz
Foundation, Inc.
Massimiliano Pula
Lauren Purcell
William D. Rahm
Steven and
Jacqueline Saril
Thermo Fisher
Scientific
Charles Schaeffer
Alexander Thomson
Loren and
Joanne Schechter
Nancy Tighe
Mitchell R. Schrage
David Tillman
Debbie Schultz
Thomas and
Mary J. Tisdale
Robert D. Schultz
Steve Trigoboff
Richard Neiman
John Ramsey
Chris and
Jackie Schulze
John B. and
Louisa Troubh
The Nico Fund
Andrea E. Randolph
Mark Schupack
Edward G. Turan
Mary Nittolo
Jonathan Redgrave
Andrew M. Upton
The Eric and
Joan Norgaard
Charitable Trust
Christian Reinauer
Thomas and
Becki B. Seddon
Edward O’Connell
James Reiter
Megan Reithmayr
Kenneth Orr
Barbara & Joel
Richmon Family
Foundation
Marc and
Caroline Packer
The Irene Ritter
Foundation
Stephen
Pampinella
Joyce and
Steven Robinson
Walter Panis
John David and
Patricia Lee Rogers
Liam O’Neil
Joyce and
L. Peter Parcher
Ann Pauley
Robert Pescinski
Paula K. and
Dominic A. Petito
Jinnah A. Phillips, MD
Sarah Rosenwald
Varet
RSW Foundation Inc.
Dr. Veronica Rynn
and Bob Gerber
Sacks & Co.
New York Inc.
David and
Deborah Shapiro
Martin Siegel
Guido Van
Hauwermeiren
Cathleen Vecchione
Ami L. Simon
Alfred R.
Vendegna Fund
Paul and
Margareta Slayton
Jan and
Cathy Voigts
Mark Solomon and
Cheryl D. Rosen
The Weingarten
Family Foundation
Sabrina Spitaletta
The Emanuel and
Anna Weinstein
Family Foundation
Todd Squilanti
Gail Stevenson
Kristine Stubits
Bernard Sussman
Jonathan
Tannenhauser
Michael
Tannenhauser
Barry Weiss
Calvin Yee
Yonkers
Industries, Inc.
Jason Zinna
Anonymous
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2 01 2
Foundation & Corporate Donors
* Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
$1,000,000 AND OVER
GlaxoSmithKline*
Leon Lowenstein
Foundation, Inc.*
Safeway Foundation
Sanofi Foundation
for North America*
The Samberg
Family Foundation*
United Health
Foundation*
Sojo Studios
$500,000 - $999,999
Tango2
Deerfield Foundation*
$25,000 - $49,999
Robin Hood*
Louis and Anne Abrons
Foundation, Inc.*
Verizon Foundation
$100,000 - $499,999
American Express/
American Express
Foundation*
Jefferies
Keesal, Young & Logan*
W.K. Kellogg
Foundation*
The Merck Company
Foundation
MetLife Foundation*
Morgan Stanley
Foundation*
Irene W. & C.B.
Pennington Foundation*
Sarah Schieffelin
Residuary Trust
Jean and Louis Dreyfus
Foundation, Inc.*
EXLService Holdings, Inc.
Fitzpatrick, Cella,
Harper & Scinto*
The Edith Glick
Shoolman Children’s
Foundation
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Grey Group*
HBO’s Charity Drive*
David Geffen
Foundation
Josephine Lawrence
Hopkins Foundation
Molina Healthcare, Inc.
Webkinz Foundation
Xerox Corporation
XIX Entertainment
$5,000 - $9,999
Art & Science
International, Inc.
Viola W. Bernard
Foundation
Capgemini Financial
Services
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
Starfield & Smith, P.C.*
UPS
VPR Communications
$1,000 - $2,499
Caron New York
Charity Gift Certificates
Egon Zehnder
International
Chatham Capital
Erica Ferry &
Associates LLC
JM Zell Partners, LT
Cohn & Wolfe
Fedway Associates, Inc.
Novo Nordisk, Inc.
Lazard Freres & Co.
Core Media
GHP
Ovation Travel Group*
Leanin’ Tree
Deerfield Management*
Pfizer Inc*
MassMutual
Financial Group*
Etix
David and Alan Greene
Family Foundation Inc.*
PHD
CBS EcoMedia Inc.
America’s Charities*
Arnold Worldwide USA
The Ira W. DeCamp
Foundation*
Automotive Rentals, Inc.
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KPMG LLP
Universal Music Group
Gil Applebaum
Continuing
Education Fund
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Sony Music
John Snow,
Incorporated*
Euro RSCG Life
Worldwide*
$10,000 - $24,999
$50,000 - $99,999
Deloitte
ICA Foundation
RR Donnelley
Stamford Hospital
Agnes Varis
Charitable Trust
CRG Management
Sodexo, Inc.
IBM Corporation
Treasure & Bond
The RosaMary
Foundation*
Starr International
Foundation
Covington & Burling LLP
Shook, Hardy &
Bacon L.L.P.*
Donordigital
EMI Music, NA
Robinson Industries, Inc.
The Price Family
Foundation
Colgate-Palmolive
Company*
Chandler Chicco Agency
Edward Jones
Charles A. Frueauff
Foundation*
Merck & Co., Inc.*
CLSA
Charles and Mildred
Schnurmacher
Foundation, Inc.*
AstraZeneca
Pharmaceuticals LP*
The Ambrose Monell
Foundation*
DKC Public Relations,
Marketing and
Government Affairs*
Hess Corporation
Cegedim Dendrite*
Sabre Inc.
$2,500 - $4,999
Accenture*
Broadway Video
Entertainment
William Randolph
Hearst Foundation
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company*
Quest Diagnostics
Incorporated
St. Luke’s Roosevelt
Hospital
Credit Bureau of Baton
Rouge Foundation
Bloomberg*
BCD Travel*
Evalyn M. Bauer
Foundation
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.*
FOUNDATION & CORPORATE DONORS
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
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.
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
Matching gift
companies 2012
American 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
* Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more
Marsicano Foundation*
Metzger-Price Fund, Inc.*
Old Westbury Golf
and Country Club
Chiricahua Community
Health Centers, Inc.
Citi Commercial Bank
CLRC, Inc.
Sir Alop Designs Inc.
Social Goodies
in-kind donors
& drives 2012
T. Rowe Price
American Express
Cohn & Wolfe
The Osborne Group, Inc.*
Important Gifts, Inc.*
Temple Israel of
New Rochelle
The Cissy Patterson
Foundation
Integrated Therapies LLC
Tetra Tech, Inc
ITA Group Foundation
Tickets-for-Charity
The Lancaster Foundation
Toro Trading
LMCL, Inc.
Unitarian Universalist
Society of Amherst
Geoff Gans
Valassis
Henry Schein, Inc.
Virgin Unite
Paul O’Donnell
Rage Frameworks, Inc.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Yonkers Industries, Inc.
Martin Rosner Eleftherion, Inc.
$100 - $999
H. Herbert Myers Foundation
Abbott Laboratories
NCYCLOMEDIA, INC.
Assurant Foundation*
Progressive Casualty
Insurance Company
Brand-Nu
Laboratories, Inc.*
Women Make Movies
Robert Regency Hotel
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Direct Relief USA
Gymboree
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
Sanofi
Swift
Tilden-5 Group
Today Show Charitable Foundation
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FOUNDATION & CORPORATE DONORS
Verizon/Verizon Foundation
Campaigns for Change
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.
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.
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.
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 individual customers on
AmericanExpress.com.
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.
TO LEAR N M O R E AB O U T TH ES E C AM PA I G N S , C O N TAC T KATE C O N R A D AT 2 1 2 -5 3 5 - 9 4 0 0 x25 3
Corporate Council for
America’s Children
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.
CHAIR
STEER IN G CO MMITT E E
Gregory Irace
Clorox
President & CEO, Sanofi U.S.
Services, Inc. & Senior Vice President,
Global Services, Sanofi
H ON OR ARY C HA IR
Honorable John D.
Rockefeller IV (D-WV)
United States Senate
T RU S T E ES
Deerfield Foundation
Jeff Kaplan, Partner,
Deerfield Management
Alex Karnal, Partner,
Deerfield Management
GlaxoSmithKline
Michael Fleming,
Head, Corporate Reputation
and Stakeholder Engagement
Sanofi US
Gregory Irace, President & CEO,
Sanofi U.S. Services, Inc. & Senior Vice
President, Global Services, Sanofi
John Spinnato, VP, NA Corporate
Social Responsibility
UnitedHealth Group
Verizon Foundation
Rose Stuckey Kirk, President,
Verizon Foundation
Anthony Llompart, Director,
International and Healthcare
Philanthropy
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
Don Rucker, MD,
Vice President/Chief Medical Officer
Lance Longwell,
Director, Public Relations
PARTN E RS
American Express Company
Alpesh Chokshi,
President, Global Prepaid
Andrew Thomas,
Director, U.S. Consumer Services
Greg Irace
PRESIDENT & CEO, SANOFI U.S.
SERVICES, INC. & SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT,
GLO BAL S ERV ICES , S AN O FI
CHAIRMAN, CHILDREN’S HEALTH FUND
CORPORATE COUNCIL FOR AMERICA’S CHILDREN
Cohn & Wolfe
Donna Imperato, CEO
Olga Fleming, Executive Vice President,
Managing Director, NY Healthcare Practice
Delta Air Lines
Gail Grimmett,
Senior Vice President, New York
Chuck Imhof,
Staff Vice President, New York Sales
Hess Corporation
Paula Luff, Vice President,
Corporate Social Responsibility
Rick Lawlor, Vice President,
Retail Marketing
Keesal, Young & Logan
Samuel A. Keesal, Jr., Esq.,
Founding Partner
Merck
Mark Feinberg, MD, Vice President,
Public Health and Scientific Affairs
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“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.”
Molina Healthcare, Inc.
Martha Bernadett, MD, MBA,
Executive Vice President of Research
and Innovation
Wynne Grossman, Project Management
Director, Research and Innovation
Morgan Stanley
Joan Steinberg, Managing Director;
President, Morgan Stanley Foundation
Pfizer
M EMB E RS
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Ron Miller, Vice President,
Policy & Federal Government Affairs
Sojo Studios, Inc.
Alberto Escarlate, Co-Founder
Hilary Meserole, Chief Marketing Officer
corporate council for america’s children
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
Advisory Council
Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret),
Former Chair (1996-2000)
In Memoriam,
Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
Jane Pauley, Chair
Michael S. Kappy, MD
David Pulman, PhD*
Children’s Hospital
Colorado Endocrinology
President, Global
Manufacturing & Supply,
GlaxoSmithKline
Vincent Ahonkhai, MD
Senior Regulatory
Officer, Global Health
Delivery, Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation
Marc Anthony
Honorable
Christopher J. Dodd
Chairman & CEO
Motion Picture
Association of America
Ann Druyan
CEO, Cosmos Studios
Singer / Songwriter
Fred Francis
Doug Bauer
Communications
Consultant,
Former NBC News
Correspondent
Executive Director
The Clark Foundation
Ron Berger*
Former CEO & CCO
Euro RSCG Worldwide
Lori J. Bertman*
President & CEO
Pennington Family
Foundation
Robert Burkett
Georgetown University
Jodi S. Cohen, Esq.*
Partner, Keesal,
Young & Logan
Jill DeSimone*
SVP & GM, Global Women’s
Health, Teva Pharmaceutical
Industries, Ltd.
Joshua Dines, MD*
H. Jack Geiger, MD
Arthur C. Logan Professor
Emeritus of Community
Medicine, City University of
New York Medical School
Dan Klores
Founder, DKC
Steve Ricchetti
Jeff Kramer
Counselor to Vice
President Biden
OK Management
Joel H. Lamstein
President, John Snow, Inc.
Michelle (Mick) Lee*
Managing Director, Head of
Global Travel, Citigroup
Don Mattingly
Craig Maurer*
Anne Grissinger*
Managing Director U.S.
Equity Research,
CLSA Americas, LLC
Gail Grimmett
Paul Metselaar*
Senior Vice President—
New York, Delta Air Lines
Chairman and CEO
Ovation Travel Group
Charles Grodin
Honorable
George J. Mitchell
Lars Gronning*
Managing Director,
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Gloria M. Janata, JD
Julianne Moore
Chazz & Gianna
Palminteri
President and Senior
Partner, ToGoRun
Alvin Sarter*
Managing Member
Treuhold Capital Group LLC
Robin Shahani
William Shore
Shore Consulting Group, LLC
Joan Steinberg*
President, Morgan
Stanley Foundation
Garry Trudeau
Dale C. Van
Demark, Esq.
Partner, McDermott
Will & Emery
Joseph W.
Werthammer, MD
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Pediatrics,
Marshall University School
of Medicine
Hospital for Special Surgery
* Leadership Committee Member
“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 functioning 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 Metselaar
C H A I R MAN AN D CEO , OVAT IO N T R AV EL GRO UP
M E M B E R , LEADER S H IP CO M M IT T EE O F T H E ADV IS O RY CO UN CIL
advisory council
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Board of Directors
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.
O FFI CE R S
W. Robert Friedman, Jr.
Irwin Redlener, MD
Managing Director, Healthcare
Investment Banking, Northeast
Securities, Inc.
Co-Founder and President
Paul Simon
Co-Founder,
Singer / Composer
Robert Essner
Chair
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.
Alex Karnal
Partner, Deerfield Management
Samuel A. Keesal, Jr., Esq.
Founding Partner, Keesal, Young & Logan
Paul J. Maddon, MD, PhD
Founder and Vice Chairman,
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Martha Molina
Bernadett, MD, MBA
Executive Vice President of Research
and Innovation, Molina Healthcare
Robert C. Osborne
Chairman, The Osborne Group, Inc.
Chair Emeritus
CEO, Ruxton Capital Group, LLC
Jane Pauley
M E M BERS
Dr. Rock G. Positano
Sean F. Cassidy
Professor and Director, Joe DiMaggio
Sports Medicine Foot and Ankle Center,
Hospital for Special Surgery and New
York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell
Medical Center
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
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Former Anchor, NBC’s Today
Founding Co-Host, Dateline NBC
“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 Essner
CH AIR , BOAR D O F DIR ECTO R S
Hervé Sedky
Entrepreneur
board of directors
2012 ANNUAL REPORT
Statement of Revenue & ExpensesN2 01 2
9%
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.
F UN DR AISING
7%
MAN AGEM ENT
& GEN ERAL
R EV E N U E
Contributions
F OU N DAT I ONS
$
9,059,638
CORP ORAT I O N S
1,633,233
I N D I VI DUA L S
Special Events
Total Revenue Raised
3,736,230
2,031,849
$
16,460,950
$
304,695
Interest and Dividends, and Gains on Investments
I N T ERES T A N D D IV ID E N D S
429,359
N ET G A I N ON INV E S T M E N T S
Total Revenue
$
17,195,004
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
84%
P ROGR AM SERVICES
E X PE N S E S
Ratio of supporting services to Total Expenses
16%
Fundraising Percentage
9%
Management & General
7%
Clinical & Public Health Program, Policy & Education
Eighty-four percent
of expenses Children’s
Health Fund incurs are
directed to program
services. This percentage well exceeds
the standard upheld
by organizations that
monitor the work of
charities.
84%
OUR ANNUAL REPORT, AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND IRS 990 FORMS ARE AVAILABLE IN PDF FORMAT ON OUR WEBSITE, CHILDRENSHEALTHFUND.ORG
natio na l
net wo r k
7 Ho-Chunk
Nation
6 Colorado
5 Detroit
17 Philadelphia
3 Chicago
24 West
Virginia
8 Idaho
15, 22 New York City
13 New Jersey
19 San
Francisco
23 Washington, DC
and Maryland
9 Los
Angeles
10 Memphis
11 Mississippi
18 Phoenix
16 Orlando
our fleet
consists of
21 Southern
Arizona
4 Dallas
12 Mississippi
Gulf Coast
20 South Florida
14 New Orleans
50
1 Austin
2 Baton Rouge
mobile
medical
units
NURSES’ STATION
Our Mobile
Medical Clinic
Equipped 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.
EXAM
ROOM 1
EXAM
ROOM 2
LAVATORY
PROCEDURES
ROOM
WAITING /
REGISTRATION AREA
national network
PROJECTS
(as of D ecembe r 2013)
PROJECT
NAME
HOME INSTITUTION /
AFFILIATION
1
AUSTIN
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Dell Children’s Medical Center, Austin, TX
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Marilyn Doyle, MD
13
NEW JERSEY
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Rutgers School of Nursing, Newark, NJ
MEDICAL DIRECTOR:
Madolene Aliparo-Causing, MD
2
BATON ROUGE
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Shaun Kemmerly, MD
14
NEW ORLEANS
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: John Carlson, MD
3
CHICAGO
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
University of Chicago Comer
Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Icy Cade-Bell, 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
4
DALLAS
CHILDREN’S HEALTH
PROJECT
Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, TX
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Susan Heinlen Spalding, MD
16
ORLANDO
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
and Women, Orlando, FL
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Vinny Chulani, MD, MSED
5
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
OF DETROIT
Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Elliott Attisha, DO
17
PHILADELPHIA
AFFILIATE
Philadelphia Health Management Corporations
Health Connection Clinic and National Nursing
Centers Consortium, Philadelphia, PA
6
COLORADO
AFFILIATE
Colorado Health Foundation and Telluride
Foundation, Montrose, CO
18
PHOENIX
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Randy Christensen, MD, MPH
7
HO-CHUNK
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Health,
Black River Falls, WI
MEDICAL DIRECTOR:Bethany Schilling, NP
19
SAN FRANCISCO
PENINSULA
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Seth Ammerman, MD
8
IDAHO
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Family Health Services, Twin Falls, ID
DENTAL DIRECTOR: Adam Hodges, DDS
20
SOUTH FLORIDA
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
University of Miami School of
Medicine, Miami, FL
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Lisa Gwynn, DO, MBA
9
LOS ANGELES
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Arthur K. Cho, MD
21
SOUTHERN
ARIZONA
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Chiricahua Communtiy Health
Centers, Inc., Douglas, AZ
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Darlene Melk, MD
10
MEMPHIS
REGIONAL
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TN
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Cynthia Cross, 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
11
MISSISSIPPI
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Aaron E. Henry Community Health
Center, Inc., Clarksdale, MS
PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Dorcus Eshun, 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
12
MISSISSIPPI
GULF COAST
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Coastal Family Health Center, Inc., Gulfport, MS
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Wendy Williams, MD
24
WEST VIRGINIA
CHILDREN’S
HEALTH PROJECT
Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at
Marshall University, Huntington, WV
MEDICAL DIRECTOR: Isabel Pino, MD
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