The Children’s Dream Foundation (“CDF”) is pleased to announce their 2025 grant awards to the following organizations to support the ever-growing medical needs of children in the community and thanks their supporters for allowing them to continue to fund these important needs.
Blythedale Children’s Hospital – CDF will provide funds for the purchase of a BiWaze and SYNCLARA Cough System, used to clear mucus from the upper airways of patients that have difficulty coughing on their own.
Chappaqua Volunteer Ambulance Corps (CVAC) – CDF’s grant will fund the purchase of seven (7) Laerdal Little Baby QCPR Mannequins, used to teach infant CPR and teaches how to do compressions at the right rate, to the right depth and whether there is proper chest recoil between compressions.
Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center – CDF will fund the purchase of ten (10) Fluid Flo Pneumatic Hand-Held Percussors, which help children breathe with greater ease.
Garnet Health Medical Center – CDF will provide funds for the purchase of an AccuVein AV500 Visualization System, which uses near-infrared technology to improve the accuracy and efficiency of vein visualization, thereby facilitating more effective lab testing and intravenous procedures for children.
Montefiore New Rochelle – CDF’s grant will cover the purchase of one WelchAllyn Microtymp tympanometry/audiometer and two Welch Allyn Macroview attachments for the otoscope. These will be used to measure middle ear pressure, detect middle ear fluid, and provide information about the hearing capabilities of an infant.
Montefiore Nyack – CDF will fund the training and expansion of the volunteer Baby Cuddler Program, including recruitment, screening, and training of at least six new Baby Cuddler volunteers.
Phelps Hospital – CDF will provide funds toward the purchase of a SimNewB, which is a pediatric patient simulator representative of the first 10 minutes of life and provides realistic training for resuscitation and stabilization techniques.
St. Joseph’s Medical Center – CDF’s grant will go towards the purchase of a Spot Vision Screener Machine to support early detection of vision issues and a Pilot Hearing Screening Device for fast, non-invasive hearing assessments.
Westchester Community Health Center – CDF will fund the purchase of six (6) audiometers to expand access to hearing screening for children at their six health centers.
Westchester Community Health Center – CDF’s grant will fund their new “Food is Medicine Program” for children including one part-time employee and food for the participants.