Raise money for Kidz 4 Causes
Kidz 4 Causes is a charity founded 2 and a half years ago by four
current ninth grade boys: Michael Bendok, Xander Black, Matthew Linehart, and
Samuel Steiner who wanted to make a difference in their community by
raising money for rare disease research. A young boy named Harry in our
community developed a rare lung disease a few years ago called Obliterative
Bronchiolitis. Harry was left with permanent scar tissue on his lungs and only
30% lung capacity. A disease is considered rare when it effects less than 200,000
people at any given time. However, because there are over 7,000 different rare
diseases, they impact nearly 1 in 10 Americans and over 350 million people
world wide! Even more disturbing is the fact that 95% of rare diseases do not
have a single FDA approved drug treatment and 30% of children with a rare
disease will not live to see their fifth birthday. Despite these astonishing statistics,
rare diseases have a hard time competing for research dollars. Inspired by Harry
and these startling statistics, we decided to form our Kidz 4 Causes charity in
an effort to help those unfortunate people who have a rare disease. We plan to
continue and even expand our charity throughout our high school careers and
beyond in hopes of making a difference in our community and other people's
lives.
Recent donors
Date | Name | Amount |
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Feb 25 | Anonymous | Undisclosed amount |
Feb 25 | Tracy Brennan | $50.00 |
Feb 25 | Veronica Chavarria | Undisclosed amount |
Feb 24 | Anonymous | $50.00 |
Feb 24 | Anonymous | $25.00 |
Feb 23 | Anonymous | Undisclosed amount |
Feb 23 | Deanna Miller | $100.00 |
Feb 23 | Jack Leibert | $25.00 |
Feb 22 | Mel Conant | $250.00 |
Feb 22 | Christian Kroemer | $25.00 |