District Projects
The Eliminate Project
With The Eliminate Project, Kiwanis International and UNICEF have joined forces to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus. This deadly disease steals the lives of nearly 60,000 innocent babies and a significant number of women each year. The effects of the disease are excruciating — tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and extreme sensitivity to light, sound, and touch and die in approximately one week. MNT is highly preventable. A simple $1.80 can provide three doses of a 60-cent immunization to protect a mother and her future children. Together, Kiwanis and UNICEF can stop this disease and will immunize 129 millionmothers and their future babies. This requires vaccines, syringes, safe storage facilities, transportation, thousands of skilled staff, and much more. Together as a Kiwanis family and with UNICEF, we hope to raise a total of 110 million US dollars for The Eliminate Project by 2015, which will also be the 100th anniversary of Kiwanis International. Together we can eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus from the face of the earth.
Website: http://theeliminateproject.org/
Address: 3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268
Telephone: (800) KIWANIS
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://theeliminateproject.org/
Address: 3636 Woodview Trace, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268
Telephone: (800) KIWANIS
Email: [email protected]
Make-A-Wish Foundation
Make-A-Wish® grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition in the United States and its territories, on average, every 38 minutes. They believe that a wish experience can be a game-changer. This one belief guides them. It inspires them to grant wishes that change the lives of the kids they serve. The Make-A-Wish national office is based in Phoenix, where the organization was established in 1980. It establishes guidelines for wish-granting standards, raises funds at a national level, provides legal support, develops strategies to advance awareness and establishes the overall direction for the organization. The Make-A-Wish mission is too inspiring for just one country. Today, Make-A-Wish International, also based in Phoenix, is the hub for wish-granting activities in 48 countries, outside of the United States, on five continents and counting. Affiliates in each country bring the mission to life in communities around the globe.
Address: 4742 N. 24th St., Suite 400, Phoenix, AZ, 85016
Phone: 602-279-9474
Website: http://wish.org/
Address: 4742 N. 24th St., Suite 400, Phoenix, AZ, 85016
Phone: 602-279-9474
Website: http://wish.org/
Kamp Kiwanis
Kamp Kiwanis is a program located in Taberg, New York, which provides children aged 8 to 14 (including those with special needs) with a unique camping experience. Kamp Kiwanis allows children to just be themselves, no matter what their situation, and encourages them to participate in team building exercises and activities, including boating, sports, and campfires. Kamp Kiwanis costs nothing for the children that attend. Through donations, the Kamp sponsors adults and children, allowing them to experience the program regardless of their financial position.
Address: Kamp Kiwanis, 9020 Kiwanis Road, Taberg, New York 13471
Telephone: (315) 336-4568
Fax: (315) 336-3845
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kampkiwanis.org
Address: Kamp Kiwanis, 9020 Kiwanis Road, Taberg, New York 13471
Telephone: (315) 336-4568
Fax: (315) 336-3845
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kampkiwanis.org
Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center
The Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Center is designed to help treat and protect children. It is a Kiwanis-Hospital association that was created in order to provide the funds and staff necessary to create a trauma center with extensive medical assistance and safety. Kiwanis helps to provide treatment as to meet the needs of families with children suffering from trauma (e.g., transportation). Trauma takes the lives of 25,000 children each year and leaves another 120,000 children permanently disabled. An estimated 25% of these deaths and disabilities could be prevented with proper and prompt care. Kiwanis needs Key Club’s help to reduce the number of lives cut short!
Website: http://www.kiwanispediatrictraumacenter.org
New York District Kiwanis KPTC Chair & KPTC North Shore Contact:
Joseph L. Corace
2550 Ocean Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(H) (718) 336-5777
(B) (212) 577-1213
(F) (718) 336-5777
(Cell) (917) 282-9498
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.kiwanispediatrictraumacenter.org
New York District Kiwanis KPTC Chair & KPTC North Shore Contact:
Joseph L. Corace
2550 Ocean Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(H) (718) 336-5777
(B) (212) 577-1213
(F) (718) 336-5777
(Cell) (917) 282-9498
E-Mail: [email protected]
Pediatric Lyme Disease Foundation
Lyme Disease was brought to Kiwanis’ attention during 2000-01 when New York District Kiwanis Governor John Gridley vowed to do something to help children afflicted with this terrible disease. The Lyme Disease Project was quickly set up to help pay for medical treatment for children with this disease. Unfortunately most insurance companies do not pay for its treatment, which is very expensive. Lyme Disease is caused by bacteria usually transmitted by the deer tick. It is a scary possibility to consider for New York State residents who enjoy spending time outside during the summer months. Lyme Disease may affect the brain in many ways. The most common is a disturbance in thinking. Other symptoms that occur frequently include headache, mood swings, irritability, depression and marked fatigue. The spirochete which causes Lyme Disease can invade the central nervous system within days to a week of initial skin infection. the majority of people who aretreated early with antibiotics do well and incur no long-term problems. Peoplewho are not treated until later may have a more complicated outcome.
Website: http://www.kiwanis-ny.org/lyme/
Website: http://www.kiwanis-ny.org/lyme/
St Jude Childrens Hospital
St. Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility. Discoveries made there have completely changed how the world treats children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases. With research and patient care under one roof, St. Jude is where some of today’s most gifted researchers are able to do science more quickly.The mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment. Consistent with the vision of their founder Danny Thomas, no child is denied treatment based on race, religion or a family’s ability to pay.
Address: 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105
Phone: (901) 595-3300
Website: www.stjude.org/
Address: 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105
Phone: (901) 595-3300
Website: www.stjude.org/
Thirst Project
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About a billion people on the planet don't have access to safe drinking water, but TakePart and the Thirst Project are looking to change that. Together, we're working on a project called the Giving Well to help build a well in Swaziland to provide access to clean drinking water for an entire country.
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