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by CBIF on October 10, 2009

1/05/2010: Congratulations Ms. Courtney Hodges our new Executive Director for Children’s Body-Image Foundation.  Ms. Hodges replaces David Wilson who will remain an active member of the Board of Trustees.

12/23/2009: Charity Bash (Party) at The Goat Tavern in The LifeStyle Communities with DJ Michael Mullins and his crew to help raise money for Children’s Body Image Foundation & Pediatric Cancer.

12/22/2009: We will be providing financial assistance/awards on Dec. 22, 2009 for: 1) Pediatric Healthy Weight & Nutrition 2) Pediatric Cancer Research 3) Pediatric Counseling 4) Juvenile Diabetes Research 5) Prosthetics & Orthotics for Children. We will also be providing TOYS (2 shopping carts full)for children who have to stay in the hospital for the holidays.

12/05/2009: The SAM BISH CHARITY AUCTION was held on Saturday, December 5th at 471 E. College Avenue in Columbus, Ohio at 1:00pm. Sam Bish is an 8 year old boy with osteosarcoma and just had his right leg amputated and now must have surgery on his lungs for tumors. Children’s Body-Image Foundation presented a check for $500 to the Bish family. For more information or to make a donation for little Sam call (614) 419.8438

12/03/2009: CBIF sent $500 to children of abuse, neglect, and violent homes through the Amethyst program for this holiday season.

12/02/2009: Children’s Body-Image Foundation $480 to sponsor 12 children for The Franklin County Children’s Services Fill a Holiday Wish Program. Get involved, contact Franklin County Children’s Services for more information 614.275.2525

11/27/2009: We support Healthy Choices for Healthy Children Coalition, for more information please visit: http://www.healthychoiceshealthychildren.org/

11/21/2009: Please don’t forget our foundation when you decide to make your end of year charitable contributions, we are a nonprofit 501c3. Thank you.

11/14/2009:  We celebrate the life of Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, father of the Ponseti Method, a revolutionary nonsurgical means of treating clubfoot in babies.  He passed away in October at the age of 95. http://www.ponseti.info/v1/

10/16/2009:  Six months after helping to create and launch this chairty I never imagined that it would have grown to this level and be embraced by the public like it has.   I want to take a moment to thank everyone involved and hope that this foundation continues to grow and is able to help as many children as we can. -Dave Wilson (CBIF Board Member)