As many of you know, my husband Mike & I operate a non-profit charitable organization for
medically fragile & special needs children of Southern New Jersey called the “NJ Pediatric Patients’ Charitable
Trust Fund”(NJPPCTF)…quite a mouthful, so we usually call it the “Kids’ Trust” (much better!
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We began doing small fundraisers,
many years ago for a small group of children with medical problems and developmental delays who needed things that made a
big difference in their quality of life (& ability to “just be kids”) – things like communication and
adaptive play items, modifications in the home that would allow a child to be at home vs. in a facility, adaptations for educational
activities & much, much more. These areas were not covered by insurance, and were not supported by any other charitable
organization (still true today!). This small beginning eventually turned into a source of assistance for children throughout
southern NJ, since the need was so great.
As you
can imagine, the number of children & programs applying for grants from the “NJ Pediatric Patients’ Charitable
Trust Fund” (NJPPCTF) continues to grow at an incredible rate every year. We are still very small on the
organizational end however (just the 2 of us in our spare time), however, the list of children & programs applying for
grants continue to grow at an incredible rate…that’s why We Need Your Help!
* Our largest fundraiser of the year is coming up quickly…the
2009 Annual
“Kids’ Cup” Golf Outing & Dinner” will be held on October 16th at Scotland
Run Golf Course in Williamstown, NJ.
* There are many ways to help – Event
Sponsorship, Golf/Dinner or Dinner Only participation, Raffle Basket donations, etc...
* Please take a moment to go to www.sjkidstrust.org and see what we are all about. If you feel guided to join us in any way, large or
small, in our mission to make the lives of these children a little brighter, we would be deeply grateful...Have a beautiful,
blessed day!
