Children's Health Fund 2012 Annual Report

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

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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

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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.

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Karen Redlener

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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.

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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 bit.ly/1feu8kH

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Deerfield Foundation supports health care visits in New York City.

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of participating principals in NYC’s high poverty schools report that vision problems are a significant barrier to learning.

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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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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.

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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 bit.ly/1feu8kH

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It could be an ordinary cavity. It could be a heavy buildup of tartar and plaque. Or it could be a severe neglect of teeth and gums. Whether it’s a lack of access to a dentist, inability to afford regular dental care, or fear of an unfamiliar and frightening process, for many low-income children, lack of proper dental care can mean more than just a smile that doesn’t glow.

It can mean serious distress, sleepless nights, absence from school, and worse. The mobile dental clinics Children’s Health Fund projects operate in 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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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.

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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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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 B AR R I ER 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 well-­ being of children and families, and long-term financial savings for American taxpayers. Children, their families, and the nation as a whole deserve nothing less.

Read the report bit.ly/1feu8kH

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.

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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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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 every­ one is a winner here, because all the kids learn how to put together a nutritious meal.

Activities like this feed into the Mayor’s Healthy Cities Initiative, Baton Rouge’s effort to promote healthy eating and active living. This includes the promotion of 5-21-0+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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Participating NYC principals reported poor diet and lack of exercise have a significant impact on learning, with the problems especially apparent in high-poverty schools.

A Win Against Anemia

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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

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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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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.

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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.

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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 es s 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 I learned so much from the and immune systems, increasing Pregnancy Group my eating 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.

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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 P EDIAT R ICIAN S O UT H BRO N X 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.

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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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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.

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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 P S YCH O LO GIS T, CH ILDR EN ’ S H EALT H FUN D 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 $100,000 & over

$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*

The Rona Jaffe Foundation

Jane and Garry B. Trudeau*

Peggy and Michael S. Kappy, MD*

$50,000 - $99,999

Alex and Cassaundra Karnal

Richard and Anne Grissinger Anne and Arnold S. Gumowitz Donald H. Layton and Sandra Lynn Lazo Doris L. and Louis J. Lombardi* b Laura Baudo Sillerman and Robert F. X. Sillerman*

Wendy and Jeffrey Maurer* Andy Nahas Karen and Irwin Redlener, MD* Anonymous

The Joseph R. Daly Foundation* Anne R. Dow Family Foundation John M. and Carole L. Dowd Elizabeth H. and Steven G. Edersheim Kelly and Michael Fedak Anne Gumowitz Paul J. Maddon, MD, PhD Colin Moore Julianne Moore and Bart Freundlich The Edward and Dorothy Perkins Foundation Jinnah A. Phillips, MD

$10,000 - $19,999

Shlomo Y. Rechnitz

Karen and Ron Berger*

John David and Patricia Lee Rogers

Daniel Craig

Missy and Allen Rosenshine c

James J. Cramer

Home Run Club *

Lily Safra* Alvin J. and Kathi A. Sarter Arnold H. and Kathleen M. Snider* Jan and Cathy Voigts The Winters Family Fund

$5,000 - $9,999 Christopher Barley, MD Laura Baskes Litwin and Stuart M. Litwin* Beverly Cannold Edward A. Chernoff* b Matthew L. and Iris M. Cohen Lee H. and Nancy M. Corbin Susan and Mark Dalton* Joshua S. Dines, MD Catherine Driver W. Robert Friedman, Jr. and Ellen Hayes* Corey Gelman Tim Goodman Milton Gumowitz Fred and Noreen Hassan Nancy Horsey* Robert Kapito Jeffrey R. Kaplan Meredith J. Kornreich and James D. Kornreich

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INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more

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

J. Scott Holyfield

Baskes Family Foundation* Peter Baumgartner 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 dev@chfund.org

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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*

Bailey Beeken

Cathy D. Clair

Barry Weiss*

Benjamin Benattar

Brittany Coale

Angela K. Wood

Barry Berg

Jeffrey Cobb

Calvin Yee

Marsha Berkowitz and Wayne S. Kabak

Donna Cobelli

Dennis Zander 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

Sarah Rosenwald Varet and Jesse Coleman RSW Foundation Inc.* Jack Rudin Robert and Amy Rupp Dr. Veronica Rynn and Bob Gerber* Charles Schaeffer Lawrence A. Schaffer Scott Schultz Chris and Jackie Schulze Mark Schupack Laura Scott* b Becki B. and Thomas Seddon Martin Siegel Ami L. Simon Theodore Slater Deborah N. Snider, MPH

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

Karen Bernardo Louis Biancospino Clare Billman Sarah Bilofsky and Jamie Myers* Adam Block Monte Block Lenny Blumenthal and Jaclyn Sammis* Lynn Borck

Cody L. Conklin 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

Jennifer Colwell

Emanuela Curnis

Hiroko Asano

Edward G. Turan

Barbara Bermanski

Randy Cohen

Fran Brivic

Alexander Thomson

Steve Trigoboff

David A. Berman

Eric Brandon

Steven M. Artsis

David Tillman

Steadfast supporter for 5 years or more

David Almeida

Janelle Teng

Nancy Tighe

Monthly donor

The Emanuel and Anna Weinstein Family Foundation*

Eric Yee* b

Lori Peek and Justin E. Gottschlich

Home Run Club

The Weingarten Family Foundation

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 dev@chfund.org.

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

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

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

Elisa Lite

Joseph Miller

Rosalind Loff

Melissa Miller

Gian Lombardi

Scott and Patricia Moger

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 N ER , KEES AL, YO UN G & LO G AN

Jean Christophe Hilaire

M EM BER , CH ILDR EN ’ S H EALT H 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*

2012 ANNUAL REPORT

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 M EM BER S , CH ILDR EN ’ S H EALT H F U ND 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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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 indi­ vidual 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.

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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.

C H AI R

STEE R IN G C O MMITTEE

Gregory Irace

Clorox

President & CEO, Sanofi U.S. Services, Inc. & Senior Vice President, Global Services, Sanofi

HONO RARY CHAIR Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV) United States Senate

T RU S T EES 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

PARTNE RS American Express Company Alpesh Chokshi, President, Global Prepaid Andrew Thomas, Director, U.S. Consumer Services

Greg Irace P R ES IDEN T & CEO , S AN O FI U. S .

S ERV ICES , IN C. & S EN IO R V ICE P RE SID E NT, 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

ME MB 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 ffice rs

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 EM B ERS

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 & Expenses 2 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 ON S

CORP ORAT I O N S 9,059,638

I N D I VI DUA L S 1,633,233

$ 3,736,230

Special Events Total Revenue Raised

$

2,031,849 16,460,950

Interest and Dividends, and Gains on Investments

I N T ERES T A N D D IV ID E N D S

N ET G A I N ON INV E S T M E N T S 429,359

Total Revenue

$ 304,695 $

17,195,004

84% P ROGR AM SERVICES

E X PE N S E S Program Services

$

14,035,737

Fundraising

$ 1,576,007

Management & General

$

1,104,582

Total Expenses

$

16,716,326

Net increase in funds

$

478,678

Net Assets—Beginning of Year

$

8,930,636

Net Assets—End of Year

$

9,409,314

Ratio of supporting services to Total Expenses

16%

Fundraising Percentage

9%

Management & General

7%

Clinical & Public Health Program, Policy & Education

84%

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.

OUR ANNUAL REPORT, AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND IRS 990 FORMS ARE AVAILABLE IN PDF FORMAT ON OUR WEBSITE, CHILDRENSHEALTHFUND.ORG

nat io 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

nat ional 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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