We are humbled and honored to have such big hearted & generous supporters who believe so wholeheartedly in our mission! ❤️
THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts- WE DID IT!!!
In celebrating 15 years of empowering young people - YOU raised $15,000 through our FB and online campaigns!!
Onto empowering even more deserving kiddos in 2021!!
We are so excited and honored to say that 2020 marks our fifteen year anniversary of inspiring and empowering children nationwide. In such a crazy, unpredictable year, it feels awesome to have something to celebrate. Although we have had to postpone and modify many events this year, we still THANK YOU for your incredible support and for helping us continue to actualize our mission and empower kiddos all over!!
Because of YOU, we were able to kick-start our year-end giving campaign with an amazing #GivingTuesday in which we were able to raise over $2,000 in one day! YAHOOO! However, our work isn’t over; we want to finish off 2020 and ring in 2021 with a BANG! In order to commemorate our 15 years of Count On Me, our goal is to raise $15,000 for 15 years! Help us continue to empower and spread smiles to all children and DONATE NOW!
Join us in helping the brave medical professionals on the frontlines of this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic! To contribute to the purchase and shipment of urgently needed personal protective equipment to Southern California hospitals in need, click here! For more information on Count On Me Foundation’s partnership for this effort, visit www.socaltechforsocalhospitals.org
Supporting and Enriching the Lives of Children
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We completed an AMAZING Holiday Shop season across the country in 2018, reaching almost 1,000 young patients with our empowering pop up shopping experience! To learn more about our Holiday Shops or how to sponsor the program, visit the How We Help Programs page.
2018 Holiday Shops
Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Scottish Rite
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Who We Are
The Count On Me Family Foundation was formed in October of 2005 as an avenue for Shannon Mora and husband at the time, Jim, to give back to the community and focus on a passion for and dedication to helping children.
Shannon was involved with Special Olympics at an early age when she and her family cheered on her older sister, Whittney, at local competitions. Whittney's joy in participating was contagious, and Shannon became hooked on helping empower children.
Having had the opportunity to live many places throughout her life, Shannon recognized the need to help under-served youth that is within every community. Inspired by Whittney’s journey and her own aspiration to give back with a powerful and meaningful platform, the Count On Me Family Foundation was created with the goal of helping all children realize their potential and achieve their dreams. Whittney’s passing in late 2108 reinvigorated Count On Me’s motivation to honor her legacy.
Count On Me provides joyful programs that empower and inspire children, no matter their circumstance. To Learn about Our Team and our Board of Directors, please visit our Who We Are page.
How We Help
Count On Me Family Foundation's passion is to enhance the lives of children in need whether they are medically fragile, economically disadvantaged, or developmentally challenged. With this in mind, the Foundation has developed individual unique programs that reach children directly and positively impact their lives.
Our flagship program, the Count On Me Holiday Shops, delivers a pop-up shop in children’s hospitals so that children who spend their holidays hospital bound have the opportunity to “shop” for gifts for their loved ones. The Count On Me team of staff and volunteers transforms a room at the hospital into a winter wonderland to provide a one-on-one, empowering shopping experience as kiddos pick, wrap, and decorate gifts from a wide array of items. Children are encouraged to express their creativity and make their own decisions - something that is often taken from them when hospitalized! To learn more, visit our Holiday Shops page.
Count On Me Family Foundation believes in partnering with non-profit organizations that improve the lives of children. Through these partnerships we create a synergy which allows us to do more to assist children in need and at risk. From our signature partners like Special Olympics and Boys & Girls Clubs to smaller children's charities, we have found that when we work together we are able to accomplish greater goals that empower even more children.
Get Involved
If you are interested in making a difference through the gift of your time or a financial contribution, please let us know.
Nothing is quite as special and fulfilling as volunteering your time or resources towards helping children!
For the latest news and updates on 0ur foundation, please follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, @countonmeff!
Our current spotlight, Caley Versfelt : cultivator of kindness, keynote speaker, actress, and founder of Tides of Kindness.
Caley Versfelt is a long-time Count On Me community member and has spoken at many of our events over the years! We are proud to know that she proclaimed getting her start in public speaking by her very first public speaking gig at The Count On Me Celebrity Golf Classic in 2014!
Over the last 6 years, Caley’s career has skyrocketed as she has started a t-shirt company (Tides of Kindness), created an impact by serving on the Board of Directors for Special Olympics, and is a Global Messenger. Caley is a Global Ambassador for Best Buddies, and serves on their Los Angeles Advisory Board and she is has been instrumental in promoting hiring for people with Special Needs in two major campaigns - in the Easter Seals Disability Film Challenge, she demonstrates people with disabilities can work in acting and in production. And for the Entertainment Industry Foundation, she is the front dest administrator, and is one of the faces for their Delivering Jobs campaign. You can find Caley on the blue carpet interviewing celebrities at the Media Access Awards and at the Reel Abilities Film Festival. Caley is also a successful actress and keynote speaker. Caley started Tides of Kindness to promote “Kindness is Contagious.” Caley is passionate and influential in spreading acceptance and inclusion wherever she goes because she believes everyone should be valued and treated with dignity.
Needless to say, our Count On Me family is extremely proud to have such wonderful person in our community and we are thrilled we were able to be a part of helping to expand her career and mission to cultivate kindness across the U.S.
Get your Tides of Kindness shirt here, www.caleyversfelt.com, and learn more about Caley’s fascinating accomplishments - because “KINDNESS IS COOL!”
“By believing in me, Count On Me helped me overcome shyness, and gave me my start as a public speaker at their golf tournaments. This encouraged me to become an advocate for people with disabilities, which has led to my amazing life representing many organizations. I love how [Count On Me]creates opportunities for children to experience new things, and bring joy to those that are hospitalized. [Count On Me] unites us, and shows us that all people are valuable, and dreams are possible.”
-Caley Versfelt
