Anna Believes in Healthy Beginnings!
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Deschutes County Healthy BeginningsI believe in Healthy Beginnings because their important services are FREE to children in Central OR!
$1,020
raised by 12 people
$1,000 goal
"Healthy Beginnings’ mission of being your partner for those first 5 critical years speaks right to my heart. I feel strongly that keeping the health and developmental screenings free to families in Central Oregon is a vital part of our community and would encourage your donation of what is meaningful to you."
Anna Higgins, Healthy Beginnings Board of Directors
ABOUT HEALTHY BEGINNING'S FUNDRAISING
COVID-19 forced us to cancel two major in-person fundraising events and suspend our community screenings in 2020, but we made it through! Now, we can get to work helping all of the families who’ve had to wait for our screenings to return -- and you can help.
Healthy Beginnings enjoys strong relationships with central Oregon school districts and the High Desert Education Service District, but we do not receive direct funding from them.
Healthy Beginnings is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We rely on fundraising to support our operations and programs – which means that we are counting on our donors’ generosity to help us keep our screening programs FREE to all families.
I believe that all children deserve a ‘healthy beginning’ in life. If you believe too, please donate today!
Nearly 40% of children enter kindergarten with a barrier to success.
Timely health and developmental screenings help to identify these barriers and connect families to life-changing services.
ABOUT HEALTHY BEGINNINGS
At a Healthy Beginnings screening, families and young children are welcomed into a supportive, friendly environment featuring stations devoted to areas of focus including: hearing, vision, development, behavior, dental, speech, nutrition, and more. Each screening area has activities and opportunities to respectfully engage with the child and family through play, conversation, and connection.
We are grateful to the passionate and dedicated staff and volunteers that support the mission of Healthy Beginnings. Our volunteers include retired pediatricians, speech pathologists, dental professionals, behaviorists, licensed clinical social workers, nurses, and other professionals dedicated to caring for the children in our community.
Please donate today and share your reason for believing in Healthy Beginnings.
THANK YOU!