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Charity List
Spina Bifida Association of New Jersey's Tri-State Region
Over 250,000 Americans are in the Spina Bifida Community. An estimated 70,000 people in the United States are currently living with spina bifida, the most common permanently disabling birth defect. Spina Bifida is a neural tube defect that happens in the first month of pregnancy when the spinal column doesn't close completely. There are 60 million women at risk of having a baby born with Spina Bifida. Everyday, an average of 8 babies are affected by Spina Bifida or a similar birth defect of the brain and spine. Each year, about 3,000 pregnancies are affected by these birth defects.
The Challenges of Spina Bifida
The effects of Spina Bifida are different for every person. Up to 90 percent of children with the worst form of Spina Bifida have hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain) and must have surgery to insert a "shunt" that helps drain the fluid-the shunt stays in place for the lifetime of the person. Other conditions include full or partial paralysis, bladder and bowel control difficulties, learning disabilities, depression, latex allergy and social and sexual issues.
Thanks to new medical treatments and technology, most people born with Spina Bifida can expect to live a normal life. People with Spina Bifida have many special challenges because of their birth defect, but their condition does not define who they are. People with Spina Bifida have careers, get married and have children just like people who don't have Spina Bifida.
Donation Code: NJSPINABIF
New Jersey
SBA of Tri-State Region
Jane Horowitz - Executive Director
84 Park Avenue
Flemington, NJ 08822
Phone: 908.782.7475
Fax: 908.782.6102
Email: info@sbatsr.org
Web: www.sbatsr.org
St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility anywhere. Discoveries made at St. Jude have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.
www.stjude.org
St. Jude Children's Hospital Doanation Code: STJUDECHILDHOSP
Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
Starlight Starbright helps seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities.
We touch the lives of a sick child and family all along their journey through a serious illness, from the time of diagnosis all the way through, in the hospital and at home. Families become part of our community and we work hard to meet their needs in a wide variety of ways. We build playrooms and teen lounges in hospitals and provide PC Pals and Fun Centers so kids can play games, e-mail, chat with friends, and even do their homework from their hospital bed. We bring in entertainers and sponsor parties for kids who are stuck in the hospital. When the kids get to go home, we keep them connected them through online chat rooms and special outings for the entire family. We provide them with information about specific illnesses and treatments on our websites and through videos and games we create. We distribute hundreds of thousands of books and toys every year. We are there for them at the time they need it most.
Starlight Starbright softens the hard edges of what a family experiences when a child has a serious illness. We create a sense of community between families who are having similar experiences by providing opportunities for them to escape the hospital, doctors, nurses, needles and treatments and doing something fun where they get to join others and just feel "normal" again--perhaps even forgetting that anyone is sick for a short while.
Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
www.starlight.org Donation Code: STARLIGHTBRIGHT
Make-A-Wish Foundation®
Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. The Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish® experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors and entire communities.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation was founded in 1980 after a little boy named Chris Greicius realized his heartfelt wish to become a police officer. Since its humble beginnings, the organization has blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon, reaching more than 144,000 children around the world.
Although it has become one of the world's most well-known charities, the Make-A-Wish Foundation has maintained the grassroots fulfillment of its mission.
A network of more than 25,000 volunteers enable the Make-A-Wish Foundation to serve children with life-threatening medical conditions. Volunteers serve as wish granters, fundraisers, special events assistants and in numerous other capacities.
www.wish.org
Make-A-Wish Foundation® Doanation Code: MAKEAWISHFOUNDN
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
JDRF's new billion-dollar global campaign, "From Research to Reality: The Campaign to Accelerate the Cure for Diabetes," is intended to do just that: step up the transformation of research into treatments and interventions that can soon benefit people with type 1 diabetes. Focusing on JDRF's five cure therapeutic paths, this groundbreaking campaign offers you a rare chance to participate in this decisive process. Your support means helping us pay for the development of innovative therapies. It means funding the research that will culminate in a cure for diabetes. The sense of urgency is clear, yet it comes with the hope that we are nearing our goal. At JDRF "dedicated to finding a cure" is not just a motto-it's a call to action. www.jdf.org
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Doanation Code: JUVDIABETESRSFN
American Cancer Society Mission Statement
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service
www.cancer.org
American Cancer Society Donation Code: AMERCANCERSOCTY
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