One of the most important factors in promoting resilience and positive outcomes post-disaster for children is the services and support they receive within those first few hours after a traumatic event. Unfortunately, this is also one of the largest gaps in disaster services for children; there are currently no nationally coordinated services directly focused on […]
CLDR Local Initiative Piloting in 7 Cities Read More »
Summer has officially begun. Most of the country revels in excitement because it’s finally that time of year for barbecues, swimming, boating, the beach, and being outside whenever possible. Children are excited that school is out and they now get to have some summer fun. Some parts of the country, however, know this joyous season
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Dr. M. Anne Longo spent her life promoting the highest quality of care for children in distress, both-physically and emotionally. Anne was one of the first board members for Child Life Disaster Relief and brought her great wealth of knowledge about children’s needs, nursing, healthcare, business and how to be a change agent with
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We had a Local Expansion Pack party and it was so much fun! The employees at Veterans United Home Loans gathered together in December to help assemble the Child Life Disaster Relief Local Expansion Packs. More than 25 employees took time out of their day to unpack, organize, and assemble these backpacks full of our
CLDR Local Expansion Packs- and a Veterans United Foundation Party! Read More »
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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Certified child life specialist Erin Silber was deployed to Orlando to assist children and families impacted by the attack at the Pulse nightclub on June 12th. Erin was deployed through our partnership with Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) along side Katie Nees and a group of CDS volunteers. “To know that you’ve affected positively someone that has
Child Life Specialist Reflects on Serving Families in Orlando Read More »
We are honored that Shani Thornton has featured us on her blog, Child Life Mommy. Take a moment to check out the post. http://childlifemommy.com/2015/08/17/child-life-disaster-relief/
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