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The Utah Valley Marathon is a Charitable Marathon
The Utah Valley Marathon, Half Marathon& 5K allocates 100% of their proceeds directly to two foundations that have big impacts on children’s lives. One charity we donate to is the Children with Cancer Christmas Foundation. This foundation donates 100% of their received money to help children with cancer. These children are located mainly in Utah Valley. Last year 90 children and their families were supported through this charity. The other charity we donate to is Deseret International. They help children in financially oppressed nations with corrective surgeries. We like being a charitable marathon, and we hope you will support us and our charitable cause.
The History of the Children with Cancer Christmas Foundation
The Foundation was organized in 1998 by a cancer survivor who saw the needs of a family with a child battling cancer around the Christmas Season. His desire to assist this family has blossomed into the opportunity to work with many other families in the same situation.
This assistance comes during the Christmas Season with gifts for the whole family and other items, and also throughout the entire year providing support to the families as well as the fun and memories created at their annual events. For the past nine years the Foundation has teamed up with the BYU basketball team. For news articles on this please see links below.
Children with Cancer Christmas Foundation Mission Statement
Children with Cancer Christmas Foundation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, more specifically:
- To bring cheer, encouragement and goodwill to children with cancer
- To collect and distribute gifts and funds for children with cancer and to their families
- To lighten the burdens the children and their families bear
Children with Cancer Christmas Foundation is a Utah nonprofit corporation operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
To learn more, visit their website at www.ChildrenWithCancerChristmasFoundation.org
News Links about the Children with Cancer Christmas Foundation
- KSL - The Cougars Volunteer For Children With Cancer Christmas Foundation
- BYU Cougars - Fans Can Help Children with Cancer
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CharityVision International
A subsidiary of Deseret International Foundation, CharityVision is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with a focus on empowering local physicians in the developing world and creating sustainable solutions to the worldwide blindness epidemic.
We work with skilled local physicians and provide them with the surgical equipment and supplies they need to be successful. They provide their talent and time at not cost. We supply them with whatever it takes to restore sight to people in their own communities. The result is a network of developing health systems that perform charitable surgeries free of charge.
Since 1984, we’ve provided over 350,000 free surgeries to people suffering from needless blindness and other debilitating health problems. We average about 30,000 new procedures a year. Our average cost of one sight restoring procedure is a mere $25. Every dollar donated turns into over $100 in medical services provided. We’re extremely efficient. But most importantly, we change lives and empower others to help their fellowmen.
- Over 39 million people in the world are blind.
- Over 90% of the blind live in developing countries.
- Over 80% of blindness can be cured.
- Every minute a child goes blind.
The need is great. Please join us. Your donation WILL change a life. See how you can get involved at: http://www.restoretheirvision.org/
The Real Bottom Line:
1. A truly cost-effective and efficient medical charity.
2. As a U.S. charity based in Utah, we represent our country and culture to the world.
3. The cost to "gift" a major surgery through Deseret averages only $25per procedure.
4. Our overhead expenses during the last five years have been less than 5 percent.
Deseret International is a Utah nonprofit foundation operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
To learn more, visit their website at http://www.deseret-international.org/
