Two child life specialists, Sarah Pfeifer and Lindsey Murphy are deploying with a Children’s Disaster Services team to Missouri after the devastating tornadoes/storms. It is estimated that approximately 300 families have been affected with either severe damage or complete destruction of their homes. Send them words of encouragement or comment your support here as
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the one-day Children’s Disaster Services training hosted by Cook Children’s Hospital Child Life Department in Fort Worth, Texas. This training will be on March 25th and is open to child life specialists**. Space is limited and we expect the spots to fill quickly, so register soon if you’d like
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Ways to Support… Child Life Disaster Relief is a registered non profit with 501(C) (3) designation and welcomes individual donors to support our mission and help further our cause. We now have a PayPal link for those who would like to support us in that way: Secondly, we have joined forces with Amazon Smile. Follow
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2016 was a big year for CLDR! …but to be honest, we have been saying that same thing for the past several years. This all started as a lofty dream; an idea that we knew would meet a substantial need and have a huge impact. We were committed to the cause, but I’m not
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Dunkirk Refugee Children’s Centre (refugeechildrenscentres.org) is an organization operating in La Liniere, a refugee camp in Dunkirk, France. The camp is home to approximately 1,500 refugees from the middle eastern regions, and with a capacity of 2,500, the population is expected to continue rising. The Children’s Centre is open on a
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Walking into the shelter we were greeted with endless smiles. Sam (not his real name), one of the kiddos from yesterday, let out a big gasp and smile when he saw me. He was so excited when we opened to come back and play. When his dad, Bob (note his real name), dropped him of
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The adventure continues… Tuesday evening I arrived in Fayetteville, NC. During my last flight, I was on a very small plane, throughout the flight I had a long conversation with an elderly lady sitting next to me. She shared that she was coming back home for the first time since Hurricane Matthew. As we were
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We were excited to be a part of Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) Critical Response Training this past week in Maryland. This two day training focused on specialized deployments including acts of terrorism, man-made disasters, and aviation/transportation disasters. We heard from the American Red Cross, FEMA, NTSB as well as others. Katie Nees (child life
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Our partner, Children’s Disaster Services is still on stand-by with the Red Cross for potential deployment. Thank you to the CDS team that was ready and prepared to deploy already! They have not been sent out yet at this point. As of right now, the needs are continually being assessed along with the changing status
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There is potential for a significant need to help children affected by Hurricane Matthew. If you are certified with our partner, Children’s Disaster Services, please consider your availability to deploy and email the CDS office with that information: [email protected]. NOTE: If you recently trained in Tampa, FL or Kalamazoo, MI, send in your paperwork and your availability.