CHRIST'S STARFISH RECEIVES MDRT FOUNDATION HIGHEST AWARD
Carldon Lahey, founder and president of Christ's Starfish Foundation was awarded a $25,000 Quality of Life Grant by the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Foundation for outstanding community service.
The MDRT Foundation's Quality of Life program, which was created in 1990, recognizes MDRT members for their community involvement. This year, 22 recipients were selected for the award. A total of $100,000 was donated by the MDRT Foundation to charities in the name of 22 MDRT member volunteers. In June 2010, six members received the largest grants. The awards included three $5,000, two $10,000, and one $25,000 The awards were presented at the annual meeting which was held in Vancouver BC.
The Million Dollar Round Table is the Premier Association of Financial Professionals. Founded in 1927, MDRT is an international, independent association of more than 35,000, or less than 1 percent, of the world's best life insurance and financial services professionals from 491 companies in 87 nations and territories. MDRT members demonstrate exceptional product knowledge, strict ethical conduct, and outstanding client service. MDRT Membership is recognized internationally as the standard of excellence in the life insurance and financial services business.
The MDRT Foundation was created in 1959 to provide Round Table members with a means to give back to their communities. Since it's inception, it has donated $23.2 million to more than 1,600 worthy charities around the world. The majority of these funds was raised by MDRT members from MDRT members. Some of the organizations that have benefited from MDRT Foundation grants are: Make-A-Wish Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and the Salvation Army.
Christ's Starfish Foundation feels extremely blessed to be this years recipient of the highest award granted.
Welcome
Christ’s Starfish Foundation is a 501(c) (3) Christian organization that helps hurting children and their families in the Jacksonville, Gainesville, and Pensacola, Florida areas. We do this by providing two services. First we provide support to the child life specialists for all of the children at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, at Shands Hospital, Gainesville, and Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola. One of the biggest ways we do this is to provide Christmas presents to the children who are in the hospital on Christmas Day.
We also provide support to the families of children with non-cancer illnesses. There are two organizations that provide support to the families of children with cancer; Tom Coughlin’s Jay Fund and a child cancer group started by parents of children who have cancer. The hospitalization of a child requires that at least one parent be with them during their stay. This often results in missed work and no pay. Examples of expenses we may help with would include rent or mortgage payments, electric bills, phone bills, gas expense, and food.
What’s in a Name?
Some people ask about our name. Have you ever heard the story of the little boy picking up starfish on the beach? He picked them up one by one and threw them back into the ocean. A man who had been watching from far off approached him and said, “Son there are hundreds of starfish on the beach, you will never be able to save them all.” The little boy stooped down,picked up a starfish and with a grin on his face, tossed it into the ocean. He then turned to the man and said, “I made a difference to that one.” At Christ’s Starfish Foundation that is all we are trying to do. We are trying to make a difference, one hurting family at a time.
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Helping hurting children and their families in the name of Jesus Christ.
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