Ann Costello, Director of the Golisano Foundation presented the Foundation’s 2018 Move to Include Award today to Rick Rader, MD, Director of the Morton J. Kent Habilitation Center at Orange Grove Center and Editor in Chief of the award-winning Exceptional Parent...
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Golisano Foundation Expands Giving to Agencies in Southwest Florida Serving People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The Golisano Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the nation devoted exclusively to supporting programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is expanding its giving to Southwest Florida. The Foundation was founded in...
Spread the Word to End the R-Word Day Pledge Activities
Today is the national day of awareness to Spread the Word to End the R-Word™. For the eighth year, a record number of organizations will join the Golisano Foundation asking people to pledge to take a stand against using the R-word, "retard" or "retarded," a word that...
2017 Media Award, Adele Carlson Advocacy Award, & Bronze Telly Award
Media Award Self-Advocacy Association of New York, Western New York Chapter Recipient: WXXI (Elissa Orlando, VP of TV & News accepted the award) Description: In recognition of the WXXI’s efforts in fostering inclusion and creating social change Adele Carlson...
Tom Golisano gives $5 million for new Pediatric Behavioral Health & Wellness Center
Critically-needed center will serve children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral needs Tom Golisano, philanthropist and namesake of UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital, has pledged $5 million to support construction of a new Pediatric Behavioral...
Golisano Autism Center to be Built in Rochester
Tom Golisano Makes $2.5 Million Challenge Grant – Golisano Foundation Pledges First $500,000 to Launch Capital Campaign – Innovative Collaborative Model will Serve Thousands with Autism Al Sigl Community of Agencies, AutismUp and CP Rochester announced today that they...
New Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida Opens with Community Celebration
America’s newest children’s hospital, Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida, debuted to the community during a grand opening Saturday, April 1, sponsored by Suncoast Credit Union. The new, child-friendly facility is located next to HealthPark Medical...
2016 Bronze Telly Award & New York Emmy Awards
Bronze Telly Award Telly Awards Recipient: Move to Include: Positive Exposure (Todd McCammon, Exec Prod. accepted the award) Description: Honoring excellence in video and television, Best documentary category New York Emmy Award The National Academy of Television Arts...
Lee Health Foundation raises $100 million to reach campaign goal for new Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida
Lee Health Foundation announced that $100 million has been raised to achieve the Campaign GOAL for Children, a five-year, $100 million capital campaign to build the new Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida to serve children and families from Lee, Collier,...