Monday, April 7, 2008
Medical Care for Children Partnership
More than 46 million Americans have no health injurance. Ten million of them are children.
While the debate rages on at the national level and in the presidential campaign about what to do... Fairfax County has a piece of the solution.
MCCP has provided medical and dental care for uninsured children for 22 years. It's unique public-private parnership cares for an average 4000 children every year. Fairfax County provides the money for the staff to run the program, and Kaiser Permanente is primary the medical partner. It costs just $325 a year to provide care for one child. Dozens of other private physcians also provide service.
This past Saturday, the MCCP's Advisory County held its annual Gala and I had the honor of being the emcee.
The highlight of the evening was the Royal family. Pearl Royal was a single mother raising seven children when she moved to Reston in the 1980s. Several of her children had life-threatening asthma. Had they not received care, it would've meant missing school and definitely sports, and would have kept Pearl from work.
But Pearl found MCCP. It gave her children a medical home, and helped them stay healthy to excel in school and sports. She brought several of her children with her to the gala, including Eddie, one of the greatest wide receivers in the history of Virginia Tech Football!
Pearl stood up and gave a powerful from-the-heart talk, pointing to her beautiful grown children, saying, "Take a look, this is what you helped me do!!"
Then Eddie Royal came to the podium, pledged $350 himself to give a child coverage for a year, and asked everyone to join him. One after another, people put their pledge numbers in the air... it looked like lights going off there were so many!
Thanks to Eddie Royal, the Royal Family, and the MCCP.
While the debate rages on at the national level and in the presidential campaign about what to do... Fairfax County has a piece of the solution.
MCCP has provided medical and dental care for uninsured children for 22 years. It's unique public-private parnership cares for an average 4000 children every year. Fairfax County provides the money for the staff to run the program, and Kaiser Permanente is primary the medical partner. It costs just $325 a year to provide care for one child. Dozens of other private physcians also provide service.
This past Saturday, the MCCP's Advisory County held its annual Gala and I had the honor of being the emcee.
The highlight of the evening was the Royal family. Pearl Royal was a single mother raising seven children when she moved to Reston in the 1980s. Several of her children had life-threatening asthma. Had they not received care, it would've meant missing school and definitely sports, and would have kept Pearl from work.
But Pearl found MCCP. It gave her children a medical home, and helped them stay healthy to excel in school and sports. She brought several of her children with her to the gala, including Eddie, one of the greatest wide receivers in the history of Virginia Tech Football!
Pearl stood up and gave a powerful from-the-heart talk, pointing to her beautiful grown children, saying, "Take a look, this is what you helped me do!!"
Then Eddie Royal came to the podium, pledged $350 himself to give a child coverage for a year, and asked everyone to join him. One after another, people put their pledge numbers in the air... it looked like lights going off there were so many!
Thanks to Eddie Royal, the Royal Family, and the MCCP.
PLAY BALL!
Little League gets marching off to a great start! April 5, at 8 a.m., the Mclean Little League kicked off its season with it's annual parade. And the weather could not have been better! It's my son's fourth year playing on a MLL team.
Lots of the Little League parades went on Saturday... how was yours and how does your team look? My daughter plays soccer and her team has its first game Saturday.
As a parent, I know these days watching our kids play do not last. My husband and I try to be involved and spend as much time as possible enjoying this time in our family's lives before its gone.
Hope you try to do the same!
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