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Leprechaun Foundation
Founded: 1979
- Located: 7443 Old Quarry Lane Brecksville, OH 44141
- Founder: Two IRS employees. Within a few years, concerned businessmen and their wives and The Wives of the Cleveland Browns established contact with other hospitals in the Cleveland area that treated terminally and chronically ill children.
- Projects sponsored: Provided chemo caps to prevent hair loss for children undergoing chemotherapy for cancer, installed and kept a stock of toys in toy chests in Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals, at MetroHealth Medical Center (3 chests), and at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, an outdoor play court was built on the roof of Rainbow, and an indoor year-round garden and tree house was created at MetroHealth Medical Center, cabeling for an interactive TV system at a Rainbow, a special training room at Health Hill, turkeys are provided for hospital-bound children and the staffs on Thanksgiving at area hospitals, Christmas stockings are delivered and stuffed for children who must spend Christmas in the hospital, etc.
- Organization: Three committees are at the heart of The Leprechaun Foundation: The Wish Committee, The Fund raising Committee, and The Membership/Publicity Committee.
- Hospitals involved: Child Life Workers, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Ireland Cancer Center (University Hospitals), MetroHealth Medical Center, Health Hill, The Cleveland Clinic, and Hospice of the Western Reserve.
- Funding: They raise money from donations as well as fund raisers such as an annual golf tournament, auction, clambake, reverse raffle, etc.
- Percentage of donations: 98 cents of every dollar raised goes to the children.
Leprechaun Foundation
Jean Dunbar
7035 Columbia Rd
Olmstead Falls, OH 44138
440-243-4300
440-243-4304
jean@dunbarpitcher.com
Me and My Two Friends - Click Here for the Brochure
Founded: 2006
- Founder: Alisa Unger
- Located: Marietta, Ga
- Products: Sell jewelry designed by Alisa Unger, collection includes pins, earrings, rings, and necklaces to help in the research of breast cancer. Donations are also accepted.
MMTF
C/o Alisa Unger Designs
PO Box 71236
Marietta, Ga 30007
info@meandmytwofriends.org
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