DuPage Community Foundation Awards $15,000 Grant to Marianjoy Pediatric Continuing Ca...(difficulties have discouraged parents fr...),Health

"We are so appreciative of the DuPage Community Foundation's generosity, as it will allow us to help reduce the tuition fees for a child during a one-year period," explains Girten. "Families will be required to pay the first $80 fee for a class session and then will only be required to pay a reduced fee of $25 for the following sessions, with the fund covering the remaining registration fee."

In addition to the 15 classes that are continually offered, Marianjoy also offers support groups for its patients and families. For more information on Marianjoy's Pediatric Program and its pediatric classes, please call 630/909-8542 or visit the Web site at www.Marianjoy.org.

The DuPage Community Foundation, established in 1986, is a publicly-supported 501 (c)(3) organization to which contributions are tax deductible. It was created to benefit the people of DuPage County and receives contributions and bequests into a permanent endowment from individuals, corporations, organizations and foundations wishing to make lasting contributions to the people of DuPage. The earnings on these funds are then used, in accordance with donor wishes, for the Foundation's grantmaking and community leadership activities.

The DuPage Community Foundation seeks to raise the quality of life throughout DuPage County by fostering philanthropy, connecting donors to area needs and building community partnerships. Based on the American virtues of volunteerism and philanthropy, the Foundation fosters a legacy of support for the people of DuPage County by making grants to not-for-profit organizations working in the arts and culture, education, environmental affairs, health, and human services. Since its inception the Foundation has awarded more than $8 milli
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