In The News
ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings
"This is a perfect example of how the church, medical and educational communities can work together on behalf of underprivileged children. Young & Healthy successfully coordinated leaders in the community with enough ability and compassion to solve what seemed like an insurmountable problem."
President George Bush
Names Young & Healthy a recipient of his annual "Points of Light Award," (1992) given to exemplary social service agencies driven by the efforts of volunteers.
Pasadena Star-News
"(Young & Healthy) makes a difference. It's a difference that shows what can be done when a simple, profound idea is spun into motion in response to a problem."
Pasadena Weekly
"While a lot of dialog could fly on why kids end up without adequate healthcare, Young & Healthy continues to simply serve the need."
"With Young & Healthy serving Pasadena, the prognosis for many kids is improving."
The Quarterly Magazine - Summer 2001
"Affordable health insurance for children is becoming more available. But until every child has ready access to appropriate health care, Young & Healthy is committed to being the link between children in need and the volunteer professionals who will help them."
Pasadena Mayor, Bill Bogaard
On Young & Healthy.. "What has happened in Pasadena is a dramatic statement of what can occur when people in a city decide to be a true community, by claiming responsibility for its most vulnerable members (its children)."
Los Angeles Times
"The problem was not serious a form of athlete's foot that can be easily remedied. But without Young & Healthy, an innovative health project in Pasadena Schools, Norma would have gone on with blistered feet."
Huntington Highlights
"Surgeon Everard H. Williams, MD, is one volunteer who's seen the benefits of community outreach of this kind firsthand. He agreed to assist a four-year-old referred by Young & Healthy, performing minor surgery on the boy's tongue. The child-literally tongue-tied since birth had been unable to speak a single clear word his entire life. Just a week after the simple procedure, this little boy had a conversation with his parents for the first time."
239 Good Ideas from 239 Cities Population Connection 2002
10 Gold Star Projects
"These ten projects are large and small, from big cities and smaller cities. What they all have in common is the dedication and enthusiasm of the people involved-adults, teens, younger kids. We call them our Gold Star projects.
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