Pati Jinich of PBS’ Pati’s Mexican Table will be hosting a book signing/shopping event at Calypso St. Barth in Georgetown to benefit Hope for Henry, Washington’s own nonprofit, reinventing how hospitals care for sick children in the Washington/Baltimore regions. 2-4 p.m. Ten percent of all proceeds will be donated to Hope for Henry. https://capitolfile-magazine.com/Calypso-St-Barth-Chef-Pati-Jinich-Book-Signing-Shopping-Event
The Washington Capitals are teaming up with the National Hockey League Oct. 24 through Nov. 18 to educate the hockey community about cancer through Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness Month. Hockey Fights Cancer is a league-wide initiative founded by the NHL and NHL Players’ Association and is dedicated to raising awareness for national and local organizations...
Global Business Leader Connects American Pediatric Patient-care Nonprofit with Boxing Champions and Charities Washington, DC – September 10, 2016 – Salvador Briman, Mexican businessman and philanthropist has been elected to the Board of Directors of Washington, DC-based Hope for Henry Foundation. Briman, CEO of World Champions for Hope, has a charitable career mentoring and supporting at-risk...
Makeup artists and manicurists took over for doctors and nurses at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, giving their youngest patients a little pampering. It isn’t every day you see Cinderella in the hallway, but Thursday, she was just one of many princesses at Sinai’s Children’s Hospital. Lizzie Gardner got a new look at the “SuperGirl SuperFun Pamper...
BALTIMORE – Superheroes stormed the Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai Wednesday morning for the Lenny “Batman” Robinson Hope for Henry Program kickoff party. The foundation sponsors parties and events, and gives kids with cancer and other serious illnesses gifts tailored to their interests. The program was founded in 2003 in honor of Henry Strongin, who...
Hope for Henry Founder Laurie Strongin is included in Washington Life’s annual list of Men & Women of Substance and Style. Click here to read the full page story: http://issuu.com/washingtonlife/docs/wl0416_digital/51?e=0
One year after losing their son Henry to a rare genetic disease, Laurie Strongin and her husband, Allen Goldberg, spent what would have been their son’s eighth birthday coming up with a plan to carry on his remarkable spirit. “We had been thinking about what we were going to do on that day, given that...
Tom Anderson, Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) vice president of health services, and chairman of Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Bethesda Chapter’s “A Night for the Children” gala, is a firm believer in the importance of corporate philanthropy. FedPulse sat down with Tom to discuss the value of giving, and why he and SAIC chose...
Hope for Henry—a non-profit set up to offer children with cancer a more normal living situation (with fun and games, too) at Children’s National Medical Center and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital—held a Oct. 27 bowling benefit at Pinstripes on Wisconsin Avenue. Along with VIPs and the Georgetown Cupcake sisters, newcomer Sid Mashburn pitched in, too—and...
