Each Friday we will share information about one of the listings in our Little Miss Hannah Resource and Service Directory. Computers for Kids, Inc. Mission: Offer students K – 14th grade the opportunity to enhance their education through the use of technology at home. Computers for Kids, Inc. (CFK) is a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization formed in 2002…
Crowdfunding helps little girl get one step closer to a diagnosis
Reposted from Talking Points Memo. Written by Carl Franzen. Crowdfunding, or fundraising over the Web by soliciting a mass of donors, is good for more than just financing pet projects like music albums and iPhone accessories. Just ask the Nieders: The New York family of three (and one dog, Parker) have been searching for answers to…
Rare Disease Middle School Education Program
To expand awareness of the rare disease process to our children, the National Institutes of Health has created a program to teach our 6th – 8th graders how rare diseases occur and how treatments could be pursued. This is so incredibly important, as it is this generation that will likely be working on cures and…
Meet Jobyna
Jobyna Casey is a beautiful and spunky 4-year-old girl who lives in Las Vegas. She is Hannah’s friend, Hannah’s first playdate. Her mother and I got along so well because we were both determined “Moms on a Mission” to do whatever we could for our daughters. Her father also works tirelessly to help…
Meet Five Local Healthcare Heroes…
Reprinted from The Desert Companion The mentor: Dr. Jonathan Bernstein Pediatric hematologist/oncologist Caring about kids is in Jonathan Bernstein’s blood — in an odd, literal way, in fact. He remembers his father, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon, teaching him and his brother and sister how to draw blood when they were as young as 10 or…