Matthew David Haines
Foundation
“Bringing Hope and Happiness to Children with
Cancer”
Purpose: To assist in the funding of charitable, educational, scientific
or religious activities that add happiness and health for all children. This
Foundation is established in honor of my son; Matthew
Please Select Here to Donate to the MDHF
To help keep
the beauty and utter selflessness Matthew brought into this world from
diminishing, I’ve established the Matthew David Haines Foundation. This foundation, as
specified, will be used to channel charitable contributions to needy causes
that bring happiness and health to children’s lives. Please read the beautiful
article published by Nadine Grobmeier
about the MDHF: Select Here for Article
There are three main
organizations for which the MDHF is soliciting funding:
Phoenix Children’s
Hospital
Make-A-Wish
Give Kids The
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Delivering gift packs to all children on the
oncology floor. This is the inspiration for the MDH Foundation. The hospital
has become a second home to these specific children due to multi-year treatment
protocols. The gifts are a compassionate and incredibly effective way to lift
the spirits of these children who suffer through painful procedures,
depression, loneliness and boredom during lengthy hospital stays. The gifts and
acknowledgement help them feel special and not forgotten by the outside world.
100% of every dollar donated goes directly to the children. The MDH Foundation
is the non-profit, tax-deductible conduit to ensure all gifts are delivered to
every patient expeditiously and efficiently.
For Christmas 2007, the MDHF created and
sponsored ‘Project Toy Box’, a fund used to purchase specific toys, games,
crafts and other needed items for the oncology kids to enjoy during their
hospitalizations. The funds are used to make special events extra
special for families who fully deserve as much happiness as we can help
provide. To read more about this
wonderful project, please CLICK HERE!
For Christmas 2006, the
MDHF created and delivered the ‘Capture a Smile’ photo-sharing kiosk program
for all of the families to use within the hospital or oncology clinic! To read
more on this loved and MUCH needed gift, please CLICK HERE!
For Christmas 2005, the
MDHF delivered 25 gift baskets to all of the children on the PCH blood disorder
floor! To read about this beautiful event and to see the wonderful ‘gifts of compassion’, please CLICK HERE!
Make-A-Wish
“Make-A-Wish grants the wishes of children with
life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope,
strength and joy”. Established in 1980, Make-A-Wish has granted wishes for
144,000 children so far and the memories born from these wishes granted are
priceless for the children and their families. The MDH Foundation issues grants
to sponsor children’s wishes. The average wish costs seven thousand dollars so
the MDH foundation works in tandem with other fund-raising activities to raise
funds needed for wish granting. Make-A-Wish’s corporate office is based in
In December of 2007, the
MDHF donated a check for $5,000.00 to the Make-A-Wish
Foundation of
In December of 2006, the
MDHF donated a check for $1,000.00 to the Make-A-Wish
Foundation of
Give Kids the World
Village
“Give Kids The World
Village is a non-profit resort that creates magical memories for children with
life-threatening medical conditions and their families”. Established in 1986 in
In December of 2007, the
MDHF donated a check for $1,000.00 to “Give Kids the
World” to help sponsor other children’s vacation memories!
In December of 2006, the
MDHF donated a check for $500.00 to “Give Kids the
World” to help sponsor other children’s vacation memories!
The MDHF Motto: PAY
IT FORWARD
