SF4C serves children and families in Cambodia

SF4C serves children and families in Cambodia

Thanks to tremendous support from our donors, Standish Foundation for Children (SF4C) recently had the opportunity to serve on a surgical mission in Cambodia alongside Dr. Sam Most, Northwest Medical Volunteers, and Smile Cambodia. Over the course of a week in early...
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a time to celebrate survivors, honor those who are still fighting, remember those who fought and to remind ourselves of the difficult reality for many children and families. As Standish honors this month, we are reminded...
2020 Year in Review

2020 Year in Review

Even during these unprecedented times, we came together to provide support to hospitalized children, families, and healthcare providers. Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers and donors. With your help, we impacted 7,900 children and families, 3,600 frontline...
Child Life in Action:  SF4C 4 MilKids

Child Life in Action: SF4C 4 MilKids

Originally posted at ChildLife.org by Yvonne Kassimatis | Nov. 3, 2020   Lisa McWhorter, MS, CCLS, CPMT Lisa is a Certified Child Life Specialist, military spouse, and mom of three wild and crazy boys. After receiving her master’s degree in Child Life and...
Supporting Military Children

Supporting Military Children

Children who are military connected have unique needs and experiences compared with their peers of similar ages. These experiences tend to include frequent moves, prolonged separations, and deployments of family members (Heubner, 2018). Along with the deployment of a...
Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

We want to wish you and your family a Happy New Year! Thank you for your support in helping us bring hope and happiness to hospitalized children and families. Because of you, our programs impact 700,000 children annually in the U.S. and overseas. In the past year we...