Live Rite: A community-based approach to youth empowerment and recovery
Live Rite’s Youth Impact Program, supported by the Children’s Foundation, helps kids affected by substance use disorder heal, grow, and thrive—together with their families.
Pediatric cancer research provides hope for children like Lakelyn
In May 2019, three-month-old Lakelyn was rushed to Emergency at Children's Hospital of Michigan after showing multiple concerning symptoms. After multiple tests, doctors discovered bleeding on the brain.
When you consider the charitable causes you support, are they the same ones your parents give to? Or your neighbors? Or your school classmate? Of course not.
Buildup STEAM: Enabling hospitalized kids to cope and create
For kids who are in the hospital, any positive interactions go a long way. When their life is consumed by tests, tubes, and healing, any chance to experience a normal childhood is essential to their positive mental state. That’s exactly what Buildup STEAM is set out to do: enable hospitalized kids to be kids.
2023 grants announced, totalling more than $3.8 million
The Children’s Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded 89 grants in 2023. Combined, these awards total more than $3.8 million to support projects in the Community Benefit, Research, and Education pillars. Since 2011, the Foundation has granted $80 million to partners in our community.
Free Bikes 4 Kidz: Making sure all kids ride into a happier, healthier childhood
In 2018, Free Bikes 4 Kidz began their mission in the Detroit area, collecting donated bikes, cleaning, and refurbishing them, to then give them away to kids.
Inclusively Fit: Improving health and providing hope to the special needs and disabled communities
For kids who are in the hospital, any positive interactions go a long way. When their life is consumed by tests, tubes, and healing, any chance to experience a normal childhood is essential to their positive mental state. That’s exactly what Buildup STEAM is set out to do: enable hospitalized kids to be kids.
Kids Kicking Cancer: Helping kids cope with pediatric illness
For kids who are in the hospital, any positive interactions go a long way. When their life is consumed by tests, tubes, and healing, any chance to experience a normal childhood is essential to their positive mental state. That’s exactly what Buildup STEAM is set out to do: enable hospitalized kids to be kids.
