Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Pediatric Oncology Support Team
Legal Name (if Different):
Also Known As: POST
Mailing Address: 927 45 St Suite 203
City: West Palm Beach
State: Florida
Postal Code: 33407
Main Phone: 561-882-6336
Main Fax: 561-842-6142
Organization Website: www.postfl.org
Employer ID Number: 45-4769367
Organization Tax Status: 170(b)(1)(a)(vi)

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 03/05/2024
Requested Amount: 7,000

Project Title: Giving Help Financial Support Program
Project Description:

Low & middle-income families whose child is battling cancer are at high risk for homelessness. The Giving Help Family Support Program assists with rent or mortgage support. It is hard to watch a child suffer with cancer, but unthinkable that they should also become homeless at this critical time. Not only must families cope with the overwhelming fear that they could lose their child, but they also face major financial challenges of very high medical costs & a loss of income from caring for a sick child.
To help families cope with financial hardship, the Giving Help Financial Support Program provides relief towards basic needs such as housing, transportation, medication, groceries, & other daily living necessities. POST will pay one bill in each category (rent/mortgage, utilities, transportation) per calendar year. This program also includes our Preventing Homelessness & Food Insecurity for Children Battling Cancer Initiative, as we established an onsite food pantry for immediate needs. This is supplemented by giving families gift cards to buy groceries.
The entirety of this program strives to prevent homelessness & hunger in local children battling cancer, ensuring that 100% of the families we serve – especially those at greatest risk of facing eviction, whose child is having a bone marrow transplant, or single parents – have safe housing, enough food to eat, & will never have to choose between lifesaving medication or paying for basic needs.

Total Project Budget: 181,960

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Sources for the Project (Committed and Potential): American Heart Association (Potential), Gratis (Potential), Milbank (Potential), Herbert Bearman (Potential), Ballenisles (Committed), Edward Jones (Committed)

Project Duration: June 1, 2024 – May 31, 2025
Geographical Area Served: Palm Beach County
Age Group To Be Served: 0-21 years old

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Dr.
Contact First Name: Barbara
Contact Last Name: Abernathy
Contact Title: President & CEO
Contact Phone: 561-882-6336
Contact Email: babernathy@postfl.org