Health & Education for Vietnamese Youth

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A non-profit organization that would provide health and education benefits to disadvantaged children living in Vietnam. Once identified, “Mr. All told, “Mr.

We seek to identify children who would benefit from medical treatment and the opportunity to advance their education The idea for Health & Education for Vietnamese Youth began shortly after the death of Joe Bodanza. “Mr. Joe,” as he was called, started and ran Child Medical Connection for many years until his death at age 88. Child Medical Connection’s main function was to identify Vietnamese children who had severe burn or Orthopedic problems that were untreatable in Vietnam. Joe” would sponsor the child and a family member (usually the mother) to come to the US for medical treatment at the Shriners’ hospitals. In his later years, Joe also provided many Vietnamese children with educational assistance. Joe” helped many, many hundreds of Vietnamese youth receive medical and educational assistance that was unavailable to them – Joe changed hundreds of lives. During this time, Thuy Trask, Tom Mathers and Glenn Hartmann, along with many others, were occasional volunteers with Child Medical Connection. These volunteers got together and created Health & Education for Vietnamese Youth, in part, to continue the good work of “Mr. Joe’s” Child Medical Connection.

12/26/2025

12/23/2025

Ben and his sister Hana have made more Christmas cards for HEVY.

12/21/2025

Thank you Kim for the lovely Christmas Card.

12/19/2025

Christmas Greetings from Ben

12/19/2025

Merry Christmas to you and your family Thien.
I hope to see next summer

12/19/2025

Thien thank you for your Christmas picture.

Address

312 Fuller Street
Florence, MA
01056

Telephone

+15082249640

Website

http://hevy4u.org/

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