healthcare | Tariq Farid - Founder of Edible Arrangements ® and Entrepreneur

One of the great advantages of living in the United States is the access we have to excellent healthcare. Unfortunately, in some parts of the world people still needlessly die because of lack of vaccines for diseases that have been eradicated here.

For example, approximately 1.5 million children die every year from diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and polio that are preventable with vaccines.

Take polio, for example. This horribly debilitating disease attacks the nervous system and can cause muscle weakness, paralysis and even death. While eradicated in the US in 1979, polio has recently reemerged in areas that had been polio-free for years and is currently endemic in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. Angola, Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are also experiencing a resurgence in polio cases.

That is why I am excited to announce that The Tariq Farid Foundation is joining forces with the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign to fight polio in developing countries.

Specifically, the Foundation is making a contribution to Shot@Life that will provide 10,000 polio vaccines to children.

As Shot@Life Director Devi Thomas said in announcing our contribution, the world is close to eradicating polio. It is my hope that our support will play a role in putting us that much closer.

The mission of the Shot@Life campaign is to educate, connect and empower Americans to help protect children in developing countries from vaccine-preventable diseases, as well as provide life-saving vaccines to children in need. If you would like to learn more about Shot@Life or to donate, fundraise or advocate, I encourage you to visit the organization’s website by clicking here.

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In keeping with the mission of the Tariq Farid Foundation to alleviate suffering by providing for the basic needs of food and healthcare, and to improve lives through the support of education and skill development opportunities that enable individuals to reach their full potential, I am pleased to announce our support of four additional organizations.

Tommy Fund is an organization that helps low-income families with children who have cancer.
Wallingford-Meriden Chrysalis is a shelter for women and children who are victims of domestic abuse.
Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence is a shelter that provides services to over 7,000 victims of domestic violence and their children each year throughout the Greater New Haven, Greater Naugatuck Valley, and Shoreline communities.
Bloom Again Foundation is an organization that provides help and resources for low-income women with serious medical illnesses.

I am truly grateful that we are able to help these very worthwhile organizations.

As I have written before, one of the pleasures of realizing the American Dream is that it creates opportunities to share that success with others, especially those who may not be as fortunate. I hope you will join us in supporting worthwhile organizations in your area.

Following is a current list of organizations supported by the Tariq Farid Foundation and the Farid Foundation, with links to each if you would like to learn more.

TARIQ FARID FOUNDATION

Bloom Again Foundation (California) – provides financial support for low-income working women who are facing serious illness.
Community Soup Kitchen (New Haven, CT) – soup kitchen.
Fresh Air Fund – at-risk youth summer camp.
Hands on Hartford, Manna Food Pantry (Hartford, CT) –food pantry.
House of Bread (Hartford, CT) – soup kitchen.
Hubcap Wallingford (Wallingford, CT) – co-working space, business incubator.
Master’s MANNA (Wallingford, CT) – soup kitchen, food pantry, free medical services and more.
Meriden Soup Kitchen (Meriden, CT) – soup kitchen.
Meriden-Wallingford Chrysalis – women’s shelter.
St. Vincent de Paul (Middletown, CT) – soup kitchen.
Integrated Immigrant and Refugee Services (IRIS) (New Haven, CT) – resettlement, cultural and social acclimation services for newly arrived refugees.
Salma K Farid Academy (Hamden, CT) – Islamic elementary school, day care and community center.
Salma Khatoon Hospital – provides free healthcare for 33,000 people annually.
Solar Youth (New Haven, CT) – at-risk youth programming.
Tommy Fund for Childhood Cancer (New Haven, CT) – provides financial support to lower income families of children newly diagnosed with cancer.
Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services
United Moslem Mosque (Waterbury, CT) – Muslim house of worship and food pantry.
West Haven Community House (West Haven, CT) – sponsorship of annual walk and health fair.
Youth @ Work (New Haven, CT) – youth employment program.
YMCA Wallingford (Wallingford, CT) – financial assistance fund.

FARID FOUNDATION DONATIONS

2013

Aid to individuals in Connecticut and throughout the United States in need of financial assistance.
American Legion Auxiliary #45 (Meriden, CT)
Connecticut Burns Care Foundation (Milford, CT)
Family Services of Waterbury (Waterbury, CT) – aid for abused women and children.
Integrated Immigrant and Refugee Services (IRIS) (New Haven, CT) – resettlement, cultural and social acclimation services for newly arrived refugees.
Masjid Al-Islam, (New Haven, CT) – Muslim House of Worship.
Salma K Farid Academy (Hamden, CT) – Islamic school, daycare and community center.
Salma Khatoon Hospital (Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan) Provides free healthcare for 33,000 people annually.
United Moslem Mosque (Waterbury, CT), Muslim House of Worship and Food Pantry.

2012

Aid to individuals in Connecticut and throughout the United States in need of financial assistance.
Alex Rolon Cancer Fund (Connecticut), donation to a local family whose child had cancer.
Catholic Relief Services (Baltimore, Maryland)– Haiti earthquake relief.
Cheshire Academy (Cheshire, CT) – education.
Columbus House (New Haven, CT) – Homeless shelter and services for the homeless.
Connecticut Burn Care Foundation (Milford, CT) – support for burn unit in Bridgeport Hospital.
Connecticut Hospice
C.R.E.W Relief to Rebuild Alabama – community revitalization efforts in Alabama, a project of Lyman Hall High School in Wallingford, CT.
Family Services Of Waterbury (Waterbury, CT) – Aid for abused women and children.
http://www.imancentral.org/ – donation for a health fair which includes encouraging healthy eating habits among youth and to provide low-income youth backpacks for the upcoming school year.
Integrated Immigrant and Refugee Services (IRIS) (New Haven, CT) – resettlement, cultural and social acclimation services for newly arrived refugees.
Islamic Association of Southern CT – Islamic community based organization.
Islamic Center of Wallingford (Wallingford, CT) – Muslim house of worship.
Masjid Al-Islam (New Haven, CT) – Muslim house of worship.
Medina Academy (Windsor, CT) – private elementary, middle and high school.
Meriden Soup Kitchen (Meriden, CT) – soup kitchen
Milford Youth & Family Services (Milford, CT)
Miss Connecticut scholarship fund
Norton Elementary School (Cheshire, CT) – elementary school.
Orange Visiting Nurses Association (Orange, CT)
St. Baldrick’s Foundation – California-based organization fighting childhood cancer.
Salma K Farid Academy (Hamden, CT), Islamic elementary school, day care and community center.
Salma Khatoon Hospital (Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan) – provides free healthcare for 33,000 people annually.
United For Change (New York, NY) – poverty relief.
USPAK (Ellicott City, MD) – youth leadership organization.
Yale University, School of Medicine, Pediatrics (New Haven, CT) – childhood cancer research.
Zaytuna College (Berkeley, CA) – tuition assistance for needy students.

2011

Aid to individuals, in Connecticut and throughout the United States, in need of financial assistance.
Columbus House (New Haven, CT) – Homeless shelter and services for the homeless.
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen (New Haven, CT) –soup kitchen
Get Inspired, Inc. – California-based arts and sciences program.
ICNA Relief USA – New York City organization supporting shelters for abused women.
Inner-City Muslim Action Network (Chicago, IL.) – donation for a health fair which includes encouraging healthy eating habits among youth and to provide low-income youth backpacks for the upcoming school year.
Islamic Center of Wallingford (Wallingford, CT) – Muslim house of worship.
Meriden Soup Kitchen (Meriden, CT) – soup kitchen
Muslim Coalition of Connecticut (West Hartford, CT) – promotes social responsibility through educational and outreach activities.
Oman Charitable Organization (Oman) – Somalia Relief Fund.
Salma K Farid Academy (Hamden, CT) – Islamic school, daycare and community center
Salma Khatoon Hospital (Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan) Provides free healthcare for 33,000 people annually.

2010

M.J. Petretto Foundation (Wallingford, CT) – support for Gaylord Hospital Traumatic Brain Injury Unit.
USA Edhi Intn’l Foundation (Pakistan) – social services such as medical, child welfare, abused women safe houses, and other services.

EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS / EDIBLE CARES

American Red Cross
Breast Cancer Society of Canada
International Franchise Association (Washington, DC) – support for advances in technology in franchising.
Multiple Sclerosis Society.
National Breast Cancer Foundation (US)
VetFran (Washington, DC)- business education and support for veterans.

For more about the Farid Foundation, I invite you to visit www.FaridFoundation.com.

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