Forever Young Foundation
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September 30, 2011
“I am CEO of Cardon Children’s Medical Center and have been delighted that the Forever Young Foundation is a partner in the care, healing and learning of our hospitalized children. Their love of children and passion for children learning and growing up to be great citizens is evident in all they do and all they fund. "Be your own hero" is the guiding principle used in our Forever Young Zone and our nurses, doctors and child life staff follow that each day they work with the children and do things for the children and families. Thank you to the Young family and their Foundation for helping support children’s care at Cardon Children’s Medical Center.
Rhonda Anderson RN, DNSc
CEO
Cardon Children’s Medical Center”
September 29, 2011
Our foundation, Wasatch Adaptive Sports, provides therapeutic recreational activities to children and adults with special needs. The Forever Young Foundation has been funding our foundation for the past 25 years. 95% of all our operating costs for the year are raised at the Steve Young Ski Classic. Without the support of the Forever Young Foundation we would not be able to operate. Most all of our participants come from Primary Children's Medical Center, Shriners Hospitals for Children, University of Utah Health Care and the VA Medical Center in Utah. None have any funding to participate; we provide full scholarships from the money raised at the Steve Young Ski Classic. Not only does the Forever Young Foundartion provide funding for our foundation, they provide year-round support in management training and team building for non-profits through the Arbinger Institute and monthly follow-up conference calls. The Forever Young Foundation run by Steve, Barb, Sterling, Michelle and Stephanie is an unbelievable passionate foundation.
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I have personally experienced the amazing results in fundraising with the Forever Young Foundation and the interaction with our staff and especially the participants in our program over the past 25 years.
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How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
Life-changing
How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?
Definitely
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Very Well
How did you find this group?
Steve Young found us.
What, if any, change in your life has this group encouraged?
Working with the Forever Young Foundation has provided me the opportunity to reach out and provide life-changing and active living opportunities to children and adults with special needs.
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2011
September 28, 2011
We love FYF! FYF is a continuing supporter of Banner Health and Cardon Children's Medical Center. In 2006, FYF in partnership with Swift Transportation pledged $1M in support of the Through the Eyes of a Child Campaign to build our very own Forever Young Zone located inside Cardon Children's Medical Center. Our patients, families and care givers are thrilled to have to this dedicated space that is pain-free and treatment-free. It allows our patients and families to escape, even if only for a little while, from their rooms/floors to experience entertainment, movies, games and fun! Craft days, pet therapy shows, off-broadway plays, musical entertainment and live broadcasts are only a few of the many activities that fill the "Be Your Own Hero" themed Zone. We are so thankful for the continued support of FYF, Steve and Barbara Young and their many staff members and volunteers that allow us to meet the needs of our children.
September 28, 2011
Forever Young is a professional, well run organization that supports children's charities and several charitable initiatives of their own. Through their efforts they have made it possible for several nonprofit organizations to have access to some of the very best organizational training and consulting in the world. I personally have trained nearly forty charities through the Forever Young Nonprofit Institute. Each event has been "world class."
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Forever Young Foundation supported many many charities with not only funding; but, with training, coaching, and opportunities to collaborate with charities.
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September 28, 2011
I volunteer at the Plummer Home for Boys in Salem, MA. It is a home for abused and abandoned boys aged 14-22. They had a very run down basketball court in back of the home but it was the focal point for the boys. I contacted Forever Young to help with some funding to get them a new court. Sterling Tanner, President of the Foundation, flew out from AZ to meet with the administration and look at the property. He called me to let me know they would build a sports court for the boys and a few months later the project was complete. Michelle Knox, Director of PR and marketing from the foundation, flew in from AZ for the grand opening and coordinated having some of the Boston Celtics come up and play a game with the boys. It was an absolutely amazing day for those boys and is still their favorite part of living at the Plummer Home. Basketballs can be heard bouncing on the court into the late hours of the night. It's an incredible gift and the Forever Young Foundation made it all possible. From the moment of Sterling's visit to the completion of the project, there was not a minute of stress or aggrivation. They handled everything with such grace and humility. I can't thank them enough for their generosity.
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My exchange with them for the Plummer Home boys which continues on today with extra help in every day essentials for the boys which are not provided by the state. I've also had the opportunity to witness their good works in Africa.
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no changes necessary....would like more people to send funding to them so they can spread more of their good works
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