Grants to community partners will support programs that provide comprehensive financial, emotional and practical help
NEW YORK, NY – December 9, 2014 — The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation today announced it will award grants totaling $500,000 to its community partners in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area for disbursement during fiscal year 2015. The grants will fund programs run by local organizations who share the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund’s commitment to providing comprehensive financial, emotional and practical support to families affected by childhood cancer.
The grants will help pediatric oncology patients and their families in a number of ways including:
- Financial support for the management of household expenses that can range from mortgage and rent payments to hospital parking and public transportation fees
- The purchase of therapeutic art and music supplies used during sessions that help to ease the fears of children undergoing treatment
- Information and counseling for teens and young adults dealing with late effects of cancer treatment and survivorship issues
- One-on-one in home support for siblings struggling with their brother’s or sister’s illness
- Special events like holiday parties, summer camps, and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that provide much needed breaks from treatment and other medical issues
- College scholarships
- Holiday Meals and Holiday Adopt-a-Family programs
“We are thrilled to award half a million dollars to our esteemed partners to assist their ongoing support of families facing the unthinkable,” said Keli Coughlin, Executive Director of The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund. “It is truly inspiring to work with these medical centers and non-profit organizations that support our cause and provide a wide variety of much needed help to families in New York and New Jersey metropolitan area communities.”
The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund partners with the following hospitals and non-profit organizations based in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area to best serve families tacking childhood cancer:
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center – The Valerie Fund Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at the Children’s Hospital of New Jersey in Newark, NJ
- St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center – The Center for Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Paterson, NJ
- NYU Langone Medical Center – Stephen D. Hassenfeld Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders in New York City, NY
- Hackensack University Medical Center – Tomorrows Children’s Fund in Hackensack, NJ
- Friends of Karen
- The Valerie Fund
For more detailed information on all of the programs and organizations listed above, please visit www.tcjayfund.org/how-we-help/grants. The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund can be found on all social media outlets by searching @tcjayfund.
ABOUT THE TOM COUGHLIN JAY FUND FOUNDATION
The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation was created in 1996 in honor of Jay McGillis. Jay was a special young man who developed leukemia while a member of Coach Coughlin’s team at Boston College. In the eight months between Jay’s diagnosis and the day he lost his battle with cancer, the Coughlin family saw first-hand the physical, emotional and financial strains the illness caused the McGillis family. After going through the tragic events with Jay’s family, Coach Coughlin vowed that if he ever had the chance, he would create a way to help families with children battling cancer. Coach Coughlin kept his vow and started a foundation to BE THERE in Jay’s honor. Since then the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund has evolved in size and scope, helping thousands of families in Northeast Florida and the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan Area who are fighting childhood cancer. For more information, please visit www.tcjayfund.org.
