The Hope Foundation Awards $2,000 Gift to benefit seriously ill children
Youngstown, Ohio – The Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley has awarded a $2,000 grant to Flying Horse Farms to help underwrite the medical costs of up to five campers in 2016 from Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.
Flying Horse Farms provides transformative camp experiences for children with serious illnesses and their families – free of charge. Located on 200 acres in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, the camp hosts hundreds of children and families each year during weekend and weeklong camps. The children who attend camp have illnesses including cancer, heart conditions, rheumatoid arthritis, blood disorders, severe asthma, gastrointestinal disorders and craniofacial anomalies.
“Flying Horse Farms is treating seriously ill kids for free while giving them a lifetime full of memories,” said Anthony Spano, founder and executive director of The Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley. “We feel that camp can have a great impact on a child’s life, because it allows them to do things that they may not be able to do at home or in their community.”
The mission of The Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley is to improve the quality of life for the community’s chronically and terminally ill children and their families through charitable support.
Spano says that at Flying Horse Farms being sick takes a backseat to being a kid. “Campers participate in activities like swimming, boating, fishing, archery, high ropes and arts and crafts,” he remarked. Campers receive first-rate care at a world-class, on-site medical center, staffed 24/7 by medical professionals from children’s hospitals across Ohio and the Midwest.
Camper applications for 2016 open on January 4, 2016 at www.flyinghorsefarms.org.
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The Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley (H.F.M.V.) a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in 2007 after the increasing success and popularity of the Game of Hope Charity Basketball Classic. Our unpaid staff, volunteers and supporting individuals and organizations are committed to our mission. We improve the quality of life for our community’s chronically and terminally ill children and their families through charitable support. With money raised from donations and our signature fundraisers The Foundation provides grants up to $5,000. For more information about The Foundation please visit the website at www.HopeMV.org.
About Flying Horse Farms
Flying Horse Farms, which opened its gates to campers in 2010, is the first camp in the Midwest to become a member of SeriousFun Children’s Network (SFCN). Founded in 1988 by actor, philanthropist, and Ohio native, Paul Newman, the Network is a community of independently managed and financed camps and programs creating opportunities for children with serious illnesses. The Network has evolved from one camp in Connecticut to a growing global community touching the lives of 600,000 children and families from 50 countries, across five continents. Flying Horse Farms is an ACA-Accredited camp with the American Camp Association.
