PepsiCo and The PepsiCo Foundation are helping nurture the world by replenishing food systems in local communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with a $50 million commitment, with $2 million going to Children’s Health Fund to help fund mobile health clinics administering COVID-19 screening, testing, personal protective equipment, and other supportive services. Read More at
Actress Amirah Vann of ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder interviewed our Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kamillah Wood about how COVID-19 is impacting children and families across the country, particularly in communities of color. Read More at Instagram Live
(Cochise County, AZ) Chiricahua Community Health Centers inc. announces a COVID-19 testing blitz, made possible by Cochise County Health and Social Services, Legacy Foundation of Southeast Arizona, and Children’s Health Fund via a generous grant from Pepsico. Read More at Herald Review/Media
Children’s Health Fund co-founders Karen and Irwin Redlener write that, while we are understandably consumed with the daily, seemingly unstoppable firehose of news about the most dangerous pandemic in a century, little attention has been paid to the long-term impact of this crisis on the world’s most vulnerable children. Read More at the Washington Post
NBC’s sixth annual “Red Nose Day Special” will feature the biggest names across entertainment with a packed lineup of music, comedy, and short documentary films that educate and engage viewers The two-hour telecast will raise awareness and critical funds for children who are living in poverty across the US and around the world. Broadway World
Due to public health concerns and the need for social distancing because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Walgreens is bringing Red Nose Day digital. The online shift offers a way for everyone to rally around the Red Nose in support of those in need during a critical time, even while remaining physically distant. Philadelphia Sunday Sun
For the first time since coming to the U.S. in 2015, Red Nose Day is going virtual. Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, and Adam Scott are among the many stars who will participate in NBC’s virtual Red Nose Day. Money raised supports programs that ensure children in need are safe, healthy and
(Dallas, TX) A $2 million grant from The PepsiCo Foundation to Children’s Health Fund will aid mobile health clinics administering COVID-19 screening, testing, personal protective equipment, and support services in 21 communities, including Dallas. Children’s Health Fund is providing screening and testing at three drive-by locations in Dallas: Parkland Memorial Hospital, American Airlines Center, and
Children’s Health Fund and researchers at Columbia University found that a year after Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana in 2005, a quarter of displaced children were either not in school at all or were missing an average of 10 days a month. Educators compare Katrina’s impact to the educational impacts children may experience from the coronavirus
According to a 2010 Children’s Health Fund study, “Legacy of Katrina: The Impact of a Flawed Recovery on Vulnerable Children of the Gulf Coast,” children displaced by Katrina were 4.5 times more likely to have symptoms consistent with serious emotional disturbance than did comparable children surveyed in a 2004 national study. Read More at Essence
Before coronavirus struck, YourMomCares had partnered with Children’s Health Fund to help fund mobile medical clinics offering both physical and mental health services to youth in underprivileged areas. Now, because of social distancing guidelines, the clinics have evolved into setups outside hospitals where children can get things like COVID-19 screening and testing, as well as
MetLife Foundation is providing grants to four New York City–based nonprofit organizations in support of COVID-19 relief efforts, totaling $1 million, as part of MetLife Foundation’s $25 million commitment to the global response to COVID-19. Children’s Health Fund received $150,000 to increase access to healthcare amid the COVID-19 pandemic and to support low-income families with