Transcript: What We Do - Community Health Charities
Community Health Charities
Give. Connect. Help.
Community Health Charities serves as a trusted umbrella organization to more than 2,000 local and national health charities. (umbrella image)
In the past five years, we have raised more than $330 million funding health charity programs of care and support. (calendar image)
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has 7800 active patients.
Alzheimer’s Association provides care consultants for overwhelmed caregivers in the middle of the night. (moon image)
Their 4,500+ support groups nationwide are connecting people globally. (spinning globe image)
Since 1997 1.7 billion personal connections have been made through Caring Bridge websites to help people through a health crisis. (laptop image)
Each day 500 million people use the Caring Bridge website to provide care and support for a loved one.
Nearly 60 million people experience a mental health condition every year. (profile of head with gears inside image)
1 in 4 adults and 1 in 10 children are impacted by mental illness. (four human silhouettes, one colored blue image)
Last year 705,600 people contacted the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence seeking help for themselves, a friend, or a family member.
In 2011, the VA reported that 476,515 veterans were receiving mental health services for PTSD.
116 VA hospitals and medical centers offer education classes for families of veterans by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). (person pointing to screen image)
More than 2000 hospices in the U.S. take advantage of special training to care for the needs of veterans at the end of life.
Last year, more than 1.5 million families benefited from the work of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and its members.
Childhood obesity has tripled in the past 30 years.
Alliance for a Healthier Generation supports 15,000 schools to provide physical activity and heathier foods to 9 million students. (school buildings image)
19,000 women in the United States get cancer caused by HPV each year.
Cancer Research Institute funding supported the development of an HPV vaccine. (test tube turns into hypodermic needle image)
The vaccine has decreased the prevalence of the virus among teenage girls by 56%. (bar chart with declining data)
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society recognizes and supports a growing network of 100+ Partners in MS Care… (dots image)
Who work together across the U.S. to ensure quality care for patients. (map of U.S.A. covered with dots connected by lines)
Smile Train will provide 125,000 free cleft surgeries this year.
Meet Aaron. (photo of military parent holding tiny boy)
- He was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has the largest pediatric brain tumor research program in the U.S.
- Aaron’s Dad was stationed on the USS Enterprise when he got the news of his son’s illness
- 41 hours later he was by his son’s side
- He and his wife are thankful that St. Jude believes every life is worth fighting for
- Aaron’s treatment has included 31 rounds of radiation therapy
- He will also receive 4 rounds of chemotherapy
- His family has never received a bill from St. Jude for his care
Connect with one of our trusted health charities and improve care and support for someone you love.
Together we can improve the lives of millions of people affected by a disability or chronic disease.
Community Health Charities. Make a difference today. Help. Connect. Give.
Thank you to the following charities for their support in creating this video.
Cancer Research institute, National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Council on Alcoholism and Drugs Dependence, Inc., Alzheimer’s Association, Smile Train Changing The World One Smile at a Time, Caring Bridge. Org, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital-ALSAC Danny Thomas Founder-Finding Cures Serving Children, Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
Join our family of health charities fighting disability and chronic disease.
amfAR Aids Research, AMC Cancer Fund, American Diabetes Association, American Hearing Research Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation-Adding Tomorrows, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, ALS Association Fighting Lou Gehrig’s Disease, American Kidney Fund, Alzheimer’s Association.
Cancer Research Institute, Be The Match, American Parkinson Disease Association-To ease the burden to find the cure, American Liver Foundation-Your Liver Your Life, American Lung Association-Fighting for Air, Arthritis Foundation-Take Control-We Can Help, Caring Bridge Org, Autism Speaks-It’s time to listen.
Children’s Tumor Foundation-Ending Nerofibromatosis Through Research, Chrohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, Color Cancer Alliance, Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation Global Research for Developmental Brain Disorders, City of Hope, Cooley’s Anemia Foundation, The Children’s Heart Foundation.
DBSA, Epilepsy Foundation-Not another moment lost to seizures, Easter Seals Disability Services, Huntington’s Disease Society of America, JDRF Improving Lives-Curing Type 1 Diabetes, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society-fighting blood cancers, Help Us Solve The Cruel Mystery LUPUS Foundation of America, Endometriosis Association-Education Support Research-Together We Make A Difference.
Muscular Dystrophy Association-Fighting Muscle Disease, Mental Health America, March of Dimes, National Council on Alcoholism and Drugs Dependence, Inc., National Headache Foundation, National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Hemophilia Foundation-for all bleeding and clotting disorders, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America, Inc.
National Parkinson Foundation, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, National Stroke Association, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, National Psoriasis Foundation, National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-Advance Research- Support Patients-Create Hope, National Kidney Foundation.
Serious Fun Founded by Paul Newman, Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Hope through Research – Education – Advocacy, Smile Train Changing The World One Smile at a Time, Research to Prevent Blindness, SCDAA Break the Sickle Cycle.
Susan G. Komen, United Spinal Association, Tourette Syndrome, Spina Bifida Association, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital-ALSAC Danny Thomas Founder-Finding Cures. Serving Children.