SAN ANTONIO METHODIST CHILDRENS FOUNDATION

What they do

PARTICIPATING IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH THE AIM to HELP LOCAL CHILDREN GROW UP HEALTHY, SAFE and STRONG. IN 2019, THE ORGANIZATION HAD THREE MAIN COMMUNITY OUTREACH EXPENDITURES:IN SEPTEMBER 2019 WE PURCHASED 24 FIT BITS for THE SUPER MOVERS PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM BENEFITS PEDIATRIC CANCER and TRANSPLANT PATIENTS. IT ENCOURAGES THEM to KEEP MOVING SO THEY CAN BUILD STRENGTH and IMPROVE STAMINA BOTH DURING and AFTER TREATMENT.IN SEPTEMBER 2019 WE PURCHASED 200 GLOW-IN-THE-DARK BACKPACKS and CLIP ON LIGHTS to BE USED BY CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY WHILE TRICK-OR-TREATING. THIS SAFETY GEAR WAS DISTRIBUTED DURING OCTOBER, JUST BEFORE HALLOWEEN.IN NOVEMBER 2019 WE PURCHASED ONE ENLITEN PUMA MOBILITY SYSTEM WITH TWO HARNESSES. THIS GAIT EQUIPMENT ALLOWS PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPISTS to GET CHILDREN WITH SEVERE MOBILITY RESTRICTIONS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, STANDING UP to EXPERIENCE THEIR ENVIRONMENT MORE FULLY. for EXAMPLE, WHEELCHAIR BOUND CHILDREN WERE ABLE to USE THE EQUIPMENT to STAND UP an