NewWell Gives Back

Remote Area Medical (RAM)
NewWell Fund staff participated in the annual Remote Area Medical health fair that brought more than 1,500 volunteer doctors, nurses, dentists, optometrists and others to Wise County in Southwest Virginia on July 25-27, 2008. This event provided over $1.7 million worth of free medical care to over 2600 individuals. The RAM organization, headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, has provided medical care for the poor and uninsured throughout the United States and around the world since 1985.



 

Donation to Shriners Hospital
NewWell Fund staff donated their own time and money to the Jared Box Project as a community service project. Staff prepared and donated 24 Jared Boxes for children in the orthopedic and spinal cord units of the Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A Jared Box is a plastic storage box filled with small gifts, toys, cards and games. The boxes are given to chronically ill children to provide a special diversion as they receive medical treatments. The boxes symbolize the importance of play and are filled with well wishes, hope and love, and lift the spirits of chronically ill children.