Smilezone Foundation USA
Smilezone Foundation USA is a 501(c)(3) charity, with a goal of bringing smiles to kids faces!Our Mission: To make tough days a little brighter for kids receiving treatment in hospitals and healthcare facilities. We do this by creating fun and engaging “Smilezones” that harness the uplifting power of a Smile
Our Vision: Smilezone Foundation’s vision is to improve the lives of children receiving medical treatment at healthcare facilities across the USA.
Board Members:
- Adam Graves
- Scott Bachly
- Brian Richardson
- Jim Flanagan
- Rob Ingraham
- Rob Sabbagh
Every child deserves to smile!
Interested in making a donation? Please email jhames@smilezone.com
OUR SMILEZONES PROJECTS
Covenant Hospital - Saginaw, Michigan
Our Foundation transformed new Smilezones for kids and youth in the Emergency Department Waiting Room at Covenant Hospital. This Smilezones installation includes fresh paint, colourful murals, signed jerseys, iPad stations, sensory activities for kids, furniture, and more!
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center - Brooklyn, NY
Our Foundation transformed the Family Waiting Room at Wyckoff Heights Medical Centre for kids and families to utilize while accessing medical treatment. Features include fresh pain, murals, new TV, kids activity bench, furniture, and more!
White Plains Hospital – White Plains, NY
Smilezone gave the waiting desk space at White Plains Hospital a facelift with colourful, hockey-themed artwork!
Thank you to the Graves Family and White Plains Hospital Team for making this project possible!
WHEDco Youth Leadership Centre – New York (Bronx)
With the New York Rangers and the Garden of Dreams Foundation, Smilezone Foundation helped unveiled the renovated Youth Leadership Center in the South Bronx community.
The refurbished leadership center included a computer lab and lounge with new computers, chairs, a workstation along with new floors, painted walls, brighter lighting and a water fountain on the first floor. The second floor consisted of a library, a studio with a new sound system, an upgraded bathroom and bigger work space for employees.
COMING SOON – Smilezone Foundation USA will be bringing new Smilezones to Staten Island University Hospital in 2024!
Stay tuned for more details.
24-Hour Hockey Tournament
Hockey Helps Inc. hosts an annual 24 Hours of Hockey Marathon each Labor Day weekend to raise money for local charities.
Since its inception, the Marathon has raised over $4 million for local charities, including Smilezone Foundation USA, which embody the Hockey Helps mission “to help individuals struggling with addiction, mental illness, and cancer, and to provide support for children and youth facing economic disadvantages, illness, or related hardships.”
PwC is the driving force behind this event, along with the help of former NHL players such as Adam Graves, Stephane Matteau, Arron Asham, Benoit Hogue, Brian Mullen, Colton Orr and others.
"When PwC came up with this idea, I was excited" says Smilezone Co-Founder Adam Graves and two-time Stanley Cup Champion "For Me, just to see how many different groups of people and all the different people that are doing to benefit from people playing hockey, that is for me the great power for the game to grow - what it can do for the hockey community".
More Information on 2024 Tournament Coming Soon!
Thank you Northwell Health and PwC!
Newslinks:
https://scorum.com/en-us/nhl/@dddaniel/hockey-helps-marathon-a-24-hour-charity-hockey-game-with-former-nhlers
https://www.nhl.com/news/24-hours-of-hockey-marathon-adam-graves-stephane-matteau
https://www.nhl.com/news/adam-graves-raises-money-for-charity-with-24-hour-hockey-helps-maratho-299876202
More About Smilezone Foundation USA
Smilezone Foundation USA is a registered 501(c)3 charity committed to “putting smiles on children’s faces”. The charity established the overarching mission of assisting children, and their families, who are facing difficult times and health challenges. Smilezone’s mission is to create, build and transform areas (“Zones”) in hospitals, private treatment and development centres, and children’s clinics, in order to improve the lives of children facing illness, disabilities, and physical and emotional obstacles—ultimately putting a smile on their faces.
Download our Brochure: https://www.smilezone.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Smilezone-Brochure-2017.pdf
Download our Postcard: https://www.smilezone.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Smilezone-Brochure-2017.pdf
