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The Christina Noble Children's Foundation, also known as simply the CNCF, is an international non-government organization, dedicated to serving the world's oppressed and marginalized children. It was founded following a visit to Vietnam by Christina Noble, [ 1] who was prompted by a dream she had had during the time of the Vietnam War, of ...
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research facility located in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962, it is a 501(c)(3) designated nonprofit medical corporation which focuses on children's catastrophic diseases, particularly leukemia and other cancers. [ 1 ]
Dreams Come True (DCT) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization in Jacksonville, Florida, begun by Tom McGehee and his wife Delia, that grants the dreams (within certain parameters) of children with life-limiting illnesses. In 2009, according to their mainpage, the organization celebrated a quarter century of service and over 2,500 dreams ...
Children's Cancer Research Fund was founded by Diana and Norm Hageboeck in 1981 after their daughter died of leukemia. The organization officially registered as a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit in February 1998. In 2013, the Zach Sobiech Osteosarcoma Fund was established to designate funding specifically for osteosarcoma research.
Founder of the Christina Noble Children's Foundation, Noble and helping children in the Vietnam War. Children. 4. Relatives. 4 siblings she had a step sister, Agnes Mary Byrne. Christina Noble OBE is an Irish children's rights campaigner, charity worker and writer, who founded the Christina Noble Children's Foundation in 1989. [1] [2]
Make-A-Wish. The Make-A-Wish Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization founded in the United States that helps fulfill the wishes of seriously ill children. [ 2] Make-A-Wish was founded in 1980 [ 3] and is headquartered in Phoenix. [ 2] The organization operates through its 59 chapters located throughout the United States.
Starlight Children's Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1982. Starlight's programs include providing hospital wear, games, and deliveries to hospitalized children. The programs are provided directly to children through Starlight's network of more than 700 children's hospitals and other community health partners throughout the world.
PARIS (AP) — Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, died at age 88, French media reported.