A donation to the Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association can make a difference in the life of a baby, child or young adult affected by hemiplegia or pediatric stroke.
Ways to Donate
Donate online using PayPal
Donate online at the CHASA Crowdrise Page
Donate online at the CHASA Firstgiving Page
Mail a check to:
CHASA
4101 W. Green Oaks, Suite 305, #149
Arlington, TX 76016
Make a Memorial Donation
A CHASA Memorial Donation offers you a thoughtful, caring way to remember a loved one while contributing to our vital mission to help little pediatric stroke survivors and others who have childhood hemiplegia. If you would like to make a donation in memory of someone, please include the following information with your donation: the name of the person you’re remembering and an address so that we may send a letter to the family to notify them that you have made this donation in memory of their loved one.
Make a Tribute Donation – Celebrate a Birthday or other Special Occasion!
A CHASA Tribute Donation offers you a thoughtful way to celebrate a special person or occasion while contributing to our vital mission to help little pediatric stroke survivors and others who have childhood hemiplegia. You can also use this program to raise money by asking others to give to CHASA in lieu of gifts for birthdays, graduations, weddings, anniversaries, and other special days.
How does CHASA use your donations?
Your donations help families of children who have hemiplegia or pediatric stroke. A few of the projects sponsored by CHASA, listed in no particular order, are:
- Foot Orthotic and Hand Splint Grants: These grants provide financial assistance to the family of a child who needs a foot brace or hand splint.
- CHASA Cares! CHASA will send one of our cute Kandu penguins (stuffed of course – not a real penguin!) to a child with hemiplegia or pediatric stroke who is having a rough time - in the hospital, facing medical tests or maybe being bullied at school. Nominations are taken for this program. We hope to one day be able to give a Kandu penguin to every child with hemiplegia who needs some cheering up.
- Research Support: Support of researchers who are investigating hemiplegia and pediatric stroke – causes and treatment of related disabilities. Support of innovative pilot programs that we hope will lead to larger research studies.
- Annual Family Retreat and Retreat Scholarships: This gathering of families of children who have hemiplegia provides an opportunity for attendees to visit with experts to learn about the most current information on medical, therapeutic, and educational issues. There is also the opportunity for parents and children to meet and visit with other families who have been affected by hemiplegia. This importance of this popular event can be summed up by the words of an eight year old girl who has hemiplegia, “I know that I’m not alone. There are other kids just like me.” Your donations underwrite some of the expenses of this event and also provide scholarships for families.
- College and Trade School Scholarships: These scholarships are available for students who have hemiplegia or pediatric stroke.
- Athletic Scholarships: These scholarships are available for students who have hemiplegia or pediatric stroke.
- Education: Development of informational fact sheets, awareness and early identification of stroke brochures, websites, medical conferences, speaker programs, and other means of providing families, the public, and the medical community with information about hemiplegia and pediatric stroke.
- CHASA Local Support Groups
- Pediatric Stroke Awareness Day Events
- Regional Retreats: Families in different regions in the US gather for a weekend of support. CHASA funds different aspects of these retreats.
- Speakers for Local Groups: CHASA pays honorariums to professionals who speak at local parent meetings
- Exhibit Booths at Medical and Healthcare Conferences to provide information and awareness about pediatric stroke
- Outreach: CHASA informs professionals and the public that Kids Have Strokes, Too and also provides information about our online and local groups
- Information: Your donations help fund a phone line where parents and professionals can call for more information about support resources.
Nonprofit Status
- CHASA is a 501 (c)(3) Public Charity and your donation is tax deductible as allowed by law.
- CHASA was awarded tax exempt status by the IRS in March 2000.
- CHASA incorporation and non-profit status
