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Children of Bellevue is a non-profit organization founded in 1949 to initiate, fund, and develop special programs and to act as an advocate for children and their families within Bellevue Hospital Center. Children of Bellevue has a number of committees that help advise staff, oversee operations, raise money and plan for the future. The Board of Directors of Children of Bellevue (“CoB”) oversees the management of a ~$1.2 million budget annually, represents Children of Bellevue in the community, and helps raise discretionary funds to support the existing programs. We actively seek Board members who represent the diversity of New York City - socially, geographically, and economically. We also want Board members who can represent the concerns and interests of the communities we serve. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for board membership without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.Expectations of Board MembersMembers of the Board should provide governance to the organization, represent it to the community and accept the ultimate legal authority for it. They should be prepared to: Fundraising and Community DevelopmentParticipate actively in fundraising helping raise a minimum of $10,000 over three yearsMake a meaningful personal contribution to the Annual AppealAttend and promote the Toast to the ChildrenProvide at least 3 new contacts per year Provide introductions to organizations with which they are affiliated Board Qualifications CoB seeks Board members with experience or skills in one or more of the following areas: Deep philanthropic capacity, strong networks, and make an investment in our mission Interest in the issues of health and
About Children of Bellevue, Inc.
About Children of Bellevue For over 60 years, Children of Bellevue has been dedicated to funding the development and sustainment of innovative programs that improve the health and well being of pediatric patients at Bellevue Hospital Center, America’s oldest public hospital. Each year, more than 25,000 children and teens from all five boroughs of New York City come to Bellevue for urgent medical treatment, psychiatric care, routine medical and developmental care, and child abuse intervention. Bellevue Hospital has been leading the way in child advocacy and compassionate care with the opening of the nation’s first children’s clinic in 1874. Children of Bellevue, a nonprofit organization, advances this legacy by raising over one million dollars annually for ground breaking programs that have proven, life changing results: Child Protection: Protocols developed and established at Bellevue, are now fundamental to protocols used nationwide in the identification and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Child Life: Field of pediatric medicine created at Bellevue and is now the standard of care in Pediatrics nationwide. Helps children cope with the pain and fear associated with illness, medical treatment and hospitalization. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: Children 3 to 18 years of age receive comprehensive mental health care within In-Patient and Day Treatment settings. First to establish a public school within a public hospital. Recently opened Psychiatric Emergency Room for children and adolescents is state-of-the-art and unique in the city. New psychiatric wing to open in 2012. “Reach Out & Read”: Second RO&R site in the nation. NYU/Bellevue study proved success of program and fostered program’s growth with close to 4 million families now served nationwide. Program promotes literacy as a component of pediatric primary care, strengthens critical bonds between parent and child, increases language development and school readiness. “Video Interaction Project”: Program to emp
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