July Featured Charity: Wrap-Up

Children’s Health Fund feature on Living Philanthropic has ended, but the Check-In for Checkups program is still going strong. From now until December, you can have your healthy habit check-ins count towards the tally and Clorox will donate .10 for each one you submit. Please check out checkinforcheckups.com and Check-In as often as you want to help raise $100,000 for Children’s Health Fund!

Amount Donated: $31 + $175.60 donated by Clorox (via checkinforcheckups.com)

If you would like to make a contribution, please go to http://crowdrise.com/lp-july

Did you Check-In today?

Did you check in your healthy habit today? If not, go wash your hands with warm water for 15 seconds to help curb the spread of germs and go “check-in” at www.checkinforcheckups.com or tweet the hashtag #checkinforcheckups and Clorox will donate 10 cents for each check-in, up to one million check-ins, to CHF as part of its goal of providing half a million checkups for children in need across the country. There is no limit for how many times you can check-in per day – every single check-in helps keep kids healthy.

My check-ins so far have accounted for $143.60 donated to Children’s Health Fund for a grand total of over $10K donated by Clorox to CHF! Let’s keep going!

I have been acting as a social media activist to promote the program. I am adopting a few healthy habits for the summer and each time I complete a habit, I will be checking-in and .10 cents for each check in with be donated by Clorox to the Children’s Heath Fund!

Want to be a guest blogger on Living Philanthropic?

Join the team and donate to Children’s Health Fund at http://crowdrise.com/lp-july  & submit your blog post about why you made a contribution here: http://bit.ly/lp-blogger

July Featured Charity: Children’s Health Fund

I have been working with The Clorox Company for the Check-in for Checkups program that benefits Children’s Health Fund (CHF) and proud to announce that Children’s Health Fund will be the featured charity for July!

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I have been acting as a social media activist to promote the program. I am adopting a few healthy habits for the summer and each time I complete a habit, I will be checking-in and .10 cents for each check in with be donated by Clorox to the Children’s Heath Fund! 

My healthy habits include “opting to eat healthy snacks”, “working out”, “taking the stairs instead of the escalator at the subway”, and doing a few others that may intrigue me along the way. 

The best part is YOU CAN PARTICIPATE TOO! Through Check-in for Checkups, every time you make a healthy choice – from eating a nutritious meal to taking a walk around the block – simply “check-in” at www.checkinforcheckups.com or tweet the hashtag #checkinforcheckups and Clorox will donate 10 cents for each check-in, up to one million check-ins, to CHF as part of its goal of providing half a million checkups for children in need across the country. There is no limit for how many times you can check-in per day – every single check-in helps keep kids healthy.

To help CHF and Clorox spread the word and meet the one million check-in challenge, you can:

Commit to a Healthy Habit: Visit www.checkinforcheckups.com to learn more about the program and get ideas for how your actions can help keep kids healthy. Challenge yourself with a daily healthy habit and see how your check-in’s compare with others across the country. Read through the success stories on www.checkinforcheckups.com to get an extra boost of motivation.

Check-in Regularly: From June through December, Clorox will donate 10 cents to CHF for every healthy habit check-in at www.checkinforcheckups.com or tweet using the #checkinforcheckups hashtag, up to one million check-ins. There is no limit for how many times you can check-in per day – every single check-in helps keep kids healthy.

Encourage Others to Share: Share your healthy habits with friends and family and encourage them to participate as well.

About Children’s Health Fund (CHF)

Children’s Health Fund (CHF), founded in 1987 by pediatrician/child advocate Irwin Redlener, MD, and singer/songwriter Paul Simon, is committed to providing health care to the nation’s most medically underserved children through the development and support of innovative medical programs, response to public health crises and the promotion of guaranteed access to health care for all children.

Without access to regular health care, many children go without treatment for common ailments like asthma or cavities, which can lead to bigger problems if left untreated. CHF mobile medical clinics go into underserved communities and provide ongoing care to children at schools, community centers, homeless shelters and other places in the heart of the community. In addition to pediatric primary care providers, the CHF network consists of other dedicated health care professionals including dentists, mental health providers and nutritionists. The medical home model is a way to ensure continuity of care throughout childhood and adolescence, and coordination of care from multiple providers and systems.

About The Clorox Company

For generations, moms across America have trusted Clorox products to disinfect their homes and help keep their families healthy. In recent years, we elevated our commitment to health by partnering with Children’s Health Fund, the nation’s leading provider of mobile medical, dental and mental health services for homeless and low-income children. This year, we’re proud to extend that partnership with Check- in for Checkups. Together, we believe that preventive health care and everyday healthy habits are key ingredients when it comes to helping kids grow up healthy. As a company, Clorox helps consumers learn the power of prevention such as disinfecting hard surfaces in the home to help prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses. These are also examples of healthy habits we are trying to promote through Check-in for Checkups.

About Check-in for Checkups

Through a new social media-driven campaign, Clorox and CHF are working to encourage healthy habits and help provide health care to disadvantaged children. This is the second year CHF and Clorox are partnering and this year’s program is called Check-in for Checkups. For each check-in, Clorox will donate 10 cents, up to $100,000, to CHF to help support their goal of providing half a million health care visits to children in need across the country. Now when you check- in your healthy habit, you are not only helping yourself, but also the lives of others. The more you check- in, the more you give back to disadvantaged children across the country. This and millions of children don’t have access to regular check-ups and timely health care visits when sick.

Want to be a guest blogger on Living Philanthropic?

Join the team and donate to Children’s Health Fund at http://crowdrise.com/lp-july  & submit your blog post about why you made a contribution here: http://bit.ly/lp-blogger

Check-In: See a Dermatologist for a skin screening

Last week, while doing one of my Check-Ins for the Check-Ins for Check Ups program to raise money for Children’s Health Fund, I “scheduled a dermatologist appointment for a skin health checkup.” At that appointment, I had them look at a mole on my back, I’ve had since I was young. After the doctor analyzed it, as irregular, he recommended that it be surgically removed. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being Melanoma cancer, he rated it as high as a 7. So, tomorrow I will be having a surgery to remove the mole and have it sent to the lab for testing. I will keep you posted on the results, but the important thing is that I recommend everyone who has the access to schedule a check up for a skin health screening. Early detection is the most powerful tool in fighting melanoma and other skin diseases, so schedule that check up and when you do CHECK-IN at the Check-in for Checkups website and Clorox will donate .10 cents per check-in to Children’s Health Fund to help provide health care access to children in under served communities.

If you haven’t already, please sign up for an account on Check-in for Checkups and Check-In every time you do a healthy activity and increase the amount of funding CHF will receive through this program from Clorox.

I am currently working with The Clorox Company for the Check-in for Checkups program that benefits Children’s Health Fund (CHF).

Announcing Check-In for Checkups Partnership!

I am proud to announce that I am currently working with The Clorox Company for the Check-in for Checkups program thatbenefits Children’s Health Fund (CHF).

I will be acting as a social media activist to promote the program. I am adopting a few healthy habits for the summer and each time I complete this habit, I will be checking-in and .10 cents for each check in with be donated by Clorox to the Children’s Heath Fund! 

My healthy habits include “opting to eat healthy snacks”, “working out”, “taking the stairs instead of the escalator at the subway”, and doing a few others that may intrigue me along the way. 

The best part is YOU CAN PARTICIPATE TOO! Through Check-in for Checkups, every time you make a healthy choice – from eating a nutritious meal to taking a walk around the block – simply “check-in” at www.checkinforcheckups.com or tweet the hashtag #checkinforcheckups and Clorox will donate 10 cents for each check-in, up to one million check-ins, to CHF as part of its goal of providing half a million checkups for children in need across the country. There is no limit for how many times you can check-in per day – every single check-in helps keep kids healthy.

To help CHF and Clorox spread the word and meet the one million check-in challenge, you can:

Commit to a Healthy Habit: Visit www.checkinforcheckups.com to learn more about the program and get ideas for how your actions can help keep kids healthy. Challenge yourself with a daily healthy habit and see how your check-in’s compare with others across the country. Read through the success stories on www.checkinforcheckups.com to get an extra boost of motivation.

Check-in Regularly: From June through December, Clorox will donate 10 cents to CHF for every healthy habit check-in at www.checkinforcheckups.com or tweet using the #checkinforcheckups hashtag, up to one million check-ins. There is no limit for how many times you can check-in per day – every single check-in helps keep kids healthy.

Encourage Others to Share: Share your healthy habits with friends and family and encourage them to participate as well.

About Children’s Health Fund (CHF)

Children’s Health Fund (CHF), founded in 1987 by pediatrician/child advocate Irwin Redlener, MD, and singer/songwriter Paul Simon, is committed to providing health care to the nation’s most medically underserved children through the development and support of innovative medical programs, response to public health crises and the promotion of guaranteed access to health care for all children.

Without access to regular health care, many children go without treatment for common ailments like asthma or cavities, which can lead to bigger problems if left untreated. CHF mobile medical clinics go into underserved communities and provide ongoing care to children at schools, community centers, homeless shelters and other places in the heart of the community. In addition to pediatric primary care providers, the CHF network consists of other dedicated health care professionals including dentists, mental health providers and nutritionists. The medical home model is a way to ensure continuity of care throughout childhood and adolescence, and coordination of care from multiple providers and systems.

About The Clorox Company

For generations, moms across America have trusted Clorox products to disinfect their homes and help keep their families healthy. In recent years, we elevated our commitment to health by partnering with Children’s Health Fund, the nation’s leading provider of mobile medical, dental and mental health services for homeless and low-income children. This year, we’re proud to extend that partnership with Check- in for Checkups. Together, we believe that preventive health care and everyday healthy habits are key ingredients when it comes to helping kids grow up healthy. As a company, Clorox helps consumers learn the power of prevention such as disinfecting hard surfaces in the home to help prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses. These are also examples of healthy habits we are trying to promote through Check-in for Checkups.

About Check-in for Checkups

Through a new social media-driven campaign, Clorox and CHF are working to encourage healthy habits and help provide health care to disadvantaged children. This is the second year CHF and Clorox are partnering and this year’s program is called Check-in for Checkups. For each check-in, Clorox will donate 10 cents, up to $100,000, to CHF to help support their goal of providing half a million health care visits to children in need across the country. Now when you check- in your healthy habit, you are not only helping yourself, but also the lives of others. The more you check- in, the more you give back to disadvantaged children across the country. This and millions of children don’t have access to regular check-ups and timely health care visits when sick.

Day 363: Children’s Health Fund

I’m in the process of moving to a new apartment and lots of things are ending this week, which means I am completing goals and freeing myself up for new adventures. April 22nd is the last day of Living Philanthropic: Year One and April 24th is the last performance of El Nogalar at the Goodman. I look forward to what the future holds for me. Day 363’s charity is dedicated to improving health care for children most in need to help them live long and healthy lives to pursue their dreams.

Children’s Health Fund, co-founded in 1987 by singer/songwriter Paul Simon and pediatrician/child advocate Irwin Redlener, MD, is committed to providing health care to the nation’s most medically underserved children through:

  • the development and support of innovative, comprehensive primary care programs,
  • reducing the impact of public health crises on vulnerable children, and
  • promoting the health and well-being of all children

The Fund works specifically to:

  • Support a national network of pediatric programs in some of the nation’s most disadvantaged rural and urban communities;
  • Ensure support of its flagship pediatric programs for homeless and other medically underserved children in New York City;
  • Advocate for policies and programs which will ensure access to medical homes that provide comprehensive and continuous health care for all children; and
  • Educate the general public about the needs and barriers to health care experienced by disadvantaged children.

Amount Donated: $5

To support Children’s Health Fund, please visit: http://www.childrenshealthfund.org