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We All Know A Chair

Updated on February 9, 2022

Written by Amy Breen, a patient of The Feingold Center for Children We all know a chair. We’ve encountered that chair various times. I know I have, sometimes to get good news, and sometimes to get bad news. I’ve laughed in the chair. I’ve cried in the chair. My first surreal encounter in the chair […]

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Dr. Catherine Nowak, Clinical Director of The Feingold Center for Children

Dr. Catherine Nowak’s Reflections on 2021

Updated on February 9, 2022

The Pandemic Impacts All of Our Children The COVID pandemic continues to impact the children and families cared for at The Feingold Center for Children. The kids have adapted to wearing masks and seeing masks on the faces of those around them. Families are so grateful that their children have remained healthy or generally recovered […]

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Charlotte with a feeding tube

“Everything Seemed Fine.”

Updated on February 9, 2022

Charlotte Couldn’t Feed Without Choking When Jenna gave birth to her second child, Charlotte, in September 2014 at Lowell General Hospital, “everything seemed fine,” she explained. However, Jenna discovered that Charlotte had difficulty feeding once they were home. Charlotte would cough and choke while drinking milk, so Jenna wondered if Charlotte was allergic to milk […]

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Meet some of our inspiring patients.

Make A Gift, Change A Life

Updated on February 9, 2022

Today is Giving Tuesday, the global movement that raised $2.4 billion last year for nonprofit organizations to help transform our communities. After another unprecedented year living amidst a pandemic, we hope that you and your family remain well. It is through our donors unwavering support that we can continue to provide compassionate, wraparound care for […]

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Bella and George

“She’s Fine, She’s Just Skinny.”

Updated on February 9, 2022

“She’s fine; she’s just skinny,” was what the pediatrician told Rachel Burton when her daughter, Bella, was two-and-a-half years old. Bella’s “failure to thrive” diagnosis meant that her height and weight were significantly below average for children her age. Still concerned, the Burtons took Bella to see a pediatric gastroenterologist. Unable to come up with […]

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Happy Thanksgiving & Get Ready for Giving Tuesday

Updated on February 9, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! Last week, we discovered that $2.4 billion was donated in 2020 on Giving Tuesday from 75 different countries. To understand the sheer scale of how big one billion is, we discovered that one billion golf balls would fill Grand Central Terminal, the largest train station in the world. […]

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Did Someone Say, “Super Bowl”?

Updated on February 9, 2022

Did someone say that the Super Bowl is coming up? You thought that was in February, not in November. For nonprofit organizations, the equivalent of the Super Bowl is Giving Tuesday – the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. $2.47 billion were raised on Giving Tuesday in 2020, a 25% increase versus the prior year! 2.47 billion is an enormous […]

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Global Partners Completes Shell Giving Pump Campaign, Donates Proceeds to the Genesis Foundation for Children

Updated on February 9, 2022

Waltham, Mass – Global Partners has wrapped up Shell’s 2021 Giving Pump Campaign, donating $1,800 to the Genesis Foundation for Children. Global has been a longtime supporter of The Genesis Foundation for Children, funding their programs and services that treat patients with rare diseases and genetic disorders from conception and pregnancy through childhood and adulthood. The […]

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Shell Gas Stations Fuel A Good Cause with The Giving Pump

Posted on August 16, 2021

Shell is giving back to kids, now through the end of September 2021. When you fill up your tank at The Giving Pump, Shell will donate a portion of your purchase to The Genesis Foundation for Children. Fuel up for a good cause, and help fund The Genesis Foundation for Children by going to The […]

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