SeriousFun Children's Network Receives $1.5 Million Grant From Newman's Own Foundation

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SeriousFun Children's Network Receives $1.5

Million Grant From Newman's Own Foundation

PR Newswire

WESTPORT, Connecticut, July 10, 2012

- Grant Awarded as Part of Foundation's "30 Years of Giving"

Celebration

WESTPORT, Connecticut

,

July 10, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- SeriousFun Children's

Network is pleased to be the recipient of a

$1.5 million

grant from Newman's

Own Foundation, the independent foundation created by the late Paul Newman.

Newman's Own Foundation made the award to SeriousFun Children's Network,

formerly The Association of Hole in the Wall Camps, as part of an initial round

of grants totaling

$10 million

that the organization is making to kick-off its "30

Years of Giving" celebration, recognizing the 30th anniversary of the founding

of Newman's Own. The Foundation has committed to giving a total of

$30

million

to charity in 2012, a milestone that represents the largest amount of

money Newman's Own Foundation has donated in a single year.

"As a longstanding supporter of SeriousFun Children's Network, Newman's Own

Foundation has played an essential role in the growth and sustainability of our

global organization," said John C. Read, President and CEO of SeriousFun

Children's Network. "Our camps are independently managed and financed in

part because Newman's Own Foundation has challenged us to become self-

sustaining. Their funding, while small in comparison to the need, has been

critical to our continued growth. Ultimately it is the children and their families

who are the beneficiaries of Paul Newman's dream and the Foundation's

generosity."

SeriousFun Children's Network, which changed its name in

April 2012

, is a

growing community of independently managed and financed camps and

partnership programs that have come together with a common purpose – to

provide life-changing experiences to children with serious illnesses and their

families around the world. The funds are to support the organization's name

change, which will help it to reach and impact more children worldwide by

unifying the network of camps and programs, and elevating its global mission.

Newman's Own Foundation is focused on helping Children with Life-Limited

Conditions, one of the four "high impact areas" to which the Foundation will

make significant contributions in this 30th anniversary year. The other

areas include Nutrition, Empowerment, and Encouraging Philanthropy.

"Thirty years ago, Paul went against conventional wisdom by creating all-

natural food products and giving 100% of the profits to charity," said Robert H.

Forrester, President and CEO of Newman's Own Foundation. "Early on,

someone asked Paul whether a company that gives all of its profits away could

survive. Thirty years later, Newman's Own has not only survived, but grown

and, as a result, helped thousands of organizations make a difference in the

lives of others. We are proud to award SeriousFun Children's Network with this

grant knowing that it will be used to make the world a better place."

Since Paul Newman founded his food company, Newman's Own, Inc., in 1982,

Newman and Newman's Own Foundation have donated more than

$350 million

to thousands of charities worldwide. Newman established the Foundation in

2005, as a means of continuing his pledge to donate to charity all net profits

and royalties from the sale of Newman's Own products.

SeriousFun Children's Network is a growing global community of independently

managed and financed camps and partnership programs that have come

together with a common purpose – to provide life-changing experiences to

children with serious illnesses and their families around the world. Since 1988,

more than 384,700 children and their families have been served, including over

253,800 children from 50 countries. Today, SeriousFun Children's Network

includes 28 initiatives worldwide, all reaching beyond illness to help children and

their families discover joy, confidence and a new world of possibilities.

SeriousFun Children's Network and each of its member camps are independent

not-for-profit organizations dependent upon private funding and the generosity

of others to serve all children free of charge. To support SeriousFun, visit

www.seriousfunnetwork.org.

Media Contact:

Debra Kroszner

Associate Director of Communications

SeriousFun Children's Network

[e-mail]

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