Children’s Health Fund Unites with Clorox in New Program, “Check-In For Check-Ups”

Karen B. Redlener speaks about a new program for the Children’s Health Fund that will bring critical healthcare to families across the country.

One in five children in the U.S. live in poverty and millions of children do not have access to regular checkups and timely health care visits when sick. As a result, simple childhood health problems, like ear infections and toothaches, can lead to lifelong health issues as adults. That is why this summer, Clorox and The Children’s Health Fund (CHF) – a non-profit organization committed to providing health care to the nation’s most medically underserved children and their families – are teaming up to bring ongoing care to disadvantaged kids in need of checkups. All you have to do is check-in your healthy habit.
For each check-in made at www.checkinforcheckups.com, Clorox will donate 10 cents, up to one million check-ins, to CHF, helping support their goal of providing half a million health care visits across the country. They encourage everyone to share as many of their healthy choices or choose one to commit to over the summer, like drinking more water, walking the dog or disinfecting hard surfaces to help prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses. More check-ins mean more essential services provided – services that families like Stacey and her son Thomas depend on.
Stacey and her four year old son Thomas participate in perinatal groups at a Mobile Medical Clinic that would benefit from the check-ins. Stacey says the lessons she learned at the health center have supported her and helped women and their children rise above their circumstances. She feels the CHF group encouraged her to show her son physical affection and have improved their quality of life in many ways.
And Stacey and Thomas’ story is just one example of how the Check-in for Checkups program can help make a difference.
Helping to oversee this program, are CHF pediatrician Dr. Delaney Gracy and Executive Director, Karen Redlener. Of note, Ms. Redlener has a more than a 35 year career dedicated to improving access to health care for some of the nation’s most disadvantaged children. Her passion inspired her to create over 50 mobile medical clinics CHF has across the country.