It was a pleasure to recognize Dr. Kimberly BeDell and California Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation at the Orange County Human Relations Commission Meeting for being the inaugural recipient of the Commission’s ‘Good Will Award’.
California Children's Rehabilitation Foundation was started in 2007 during a chat between two friends discussing their careers and what they had yet to accomplish. The result was a non-profit called CCRF.
Everyone involved in CCRF is a volunteer. All donations generously come from friends and supporters in the community. The funds generated during each year go directly toward equipment for the children. CCRF has no employees and does not lease property.
CCRF relies on gracious individuals and corporations who feel compassion for these young individuals facing various challenges, whether those challenges are physical or cognitive.
They have purchased equipment for children with cerebral palsy, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, muscular dystrophy, autism and cancer.
In the past ten years, CCRF has donated equipment for pool therapy, sensory integration, augmentative communication, spinal cord medicine, adaptive bicycles, Bioness, and in-room therapy devices to Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, and California Aquatic Therapy and Wellness Center to be used by children and teens in Southern California, including Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Kern, and Ventura Counties.
Congratulations Dr. BeDell for this well-deserved honor!
To learn how to volunteer or donate, visit www.ccrfkids.com.
