Erika Kate Foundation
THE Quad Cities Marathon is pleased to announce its newest official charity partner, the Erika Kate Foundation. The mission of the Erika Kate Foundation is to help ease the emotional, spiritual and financial burdens borne by parents of children with life-threatening heart disease.The vision is to provide short-term assistance to families in the midst of medical crisis, working with social workers in pediatric heart centers nationwide to bridge the gap for those whose short-term needs exceed available resources.The goal at hand is the successful completion of a $500,000 fundraiser. The money will allow the foundation to hire staff and expand its capacity to serve the basic needs of cardiac families during a prolonged hospitalization due to their child's heart condition.
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Types of grants given in 2010
| Rent/Mortgage payments | 53.9% | Lodging | 3.6% |
| Utility payments | 15.3% | Airfare | 3.4% |
| Car payments | 6.3% | Funeral Expenses | 3.2% |
| Food and groceries | 5.1% | Other | 0.7% |
| Childcare | 4.1% | Parking | 0.5% |
| Transportation | 3.9% |
EKF has helped families at these and other leading heart centers throughout the country:
| University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York University of Iowa Children's Hospital Children's Hospital Boston Children's Medical Center, Dallas Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Children's Hospital Los Angeles Seattle Children's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford | Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx St. Louis Children's Hospital Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, Baltimore Johns Hopkins Hospital Texas Heart InstituteThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Texas Children's Hospital American Family Children's Hospital, Madison |
EKF at the Marathon >> Enjoy the touching story and photos of Erika Kate Foundation at last year's QC Marathon.
