The Izzy Foundation

06/01/2026

🥨🍪🧃Help us brighten the days of families and pediatric patients at The Izzy Foundation! We are in need of yummy snacks, juice boxes and food containers to keep our Family Room stocked and ready to support those in need. We pride ourselves to bring smiles and creature comforts of home to our patients and families.🥨🍪🧃

Every donation counts and your contribution can make a HUGE impact! We could never continue to do what we do without the community so THANK YOU for all of your support through all of these years. YOU are the ones that make this possible! 💖

📦 WE DO NEED YOUR HELP! You can ship goodies directly to us by shopping our Amazon Wish List. Click the link below.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/33MY5UW31J7T1?fbclid=IwY2xjawRA2EdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFHTFVnSlBTeGhlOUJQU3dIc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpgPgdqOvt5gHHo0Eo-SyiIdFK7EJ3RUDfXNEevdfWmXNdt2LfS_MkiIydyF_aem_xeCGOcOMXEshHEoAFvXQvQ&content_source=fb&fb_content_id=Q9-wBQGzwppX7mJBSg-Xzd26c7uogQV8c66iLZUnsee2K3EfFt8m8jAkMALWsMcvDA&channel_type=fb

📍 Ship to:
The Izzy Foundation
151 Broadway, Suite 200
Providence, RI 02903

Contact Carla at [email protected] with any questions.

05/28/2026

💜ATTENTION ATTENTION! LAST CALL FOR IZZY GALA COMMITTEE MEMBERS!💜

We are doing ONE MORE ASK for Committee Members for this year's Gala for The Izzy Foundation which takes place on October 24th at our exciting venue of Gillette Stadium!

We are planning a meeting very soon and you do not want to miss being a part of this fun evening. We have different sub-committees this year and you can pick a committee that aligns with you! We would love if a few of you would like to help us in the planning!! 🦒💜

Contact [email protected]! Operators are standing by!☎️

05/27/2026

Today is the day you want to run on Dunkin'!! 🩷🧡

Today only, $1 from every iced coffee and cold brew sold at participating Dunkin’ locations nationwide will be donated to Dunkin' Joy In Childhood Foundation , helping bring joy to kids battling hunger or illness across the country.

Together with their unwavering support we are helping families to continue to Live, Laugh, Love and Play during unimaginable times.

05/20/2026

EXCITING NEWS!! THANK YOU, NAVIGANT CREDIT UNION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION!! 🌟💜

Navigant Credit Union Charitable Foundation awarded us a $15,000 grant for our Family Meal Program. These grant funds will directly support the Izzy Family Room Meal Program, helping us provide healthy meals to inpatient pediatric families, along with daily snacks, beverages, and essential comfort items.

Their support also funds fun monthly activities like crafts, comedy nights, yoga, and other special events, bringing moments of joy to families when they need it most.

A big thank you to Eliza Lavergne, Jonathan Roberts, Kathleen Orovitz, and Tim Draper for your unwavering support and for presenting us with this generous check! 💜

05/19/2026

We are so proud of our Inaugural Izzy Icon of the Year Class of 2026! We celebrated these amazing Icons in style at the Finale where we named our Izzy Icons of the Year Winners, Brad and Mary Artery who raised over 18,000 during their ten weeks. All of our amazing and selfless Icon of the Year candidates collectiveky raised $46,000 to help support our patients and families in our Mission to LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE and PLAY!💜🦒

Congratulations again to our 2026 Icons:

💜Brad and Mary Artery
💜Daniel Fonteno
💜Talia Santomaro
💜Max Shepherd
💜Rachel Terceira
💜Jennifer Wheland

Thank you again to our emcee, Shannon Hegy! We cannot wait to share all of the videos and pictures very soon! Thank you to Brenna Griswold for capturing these special moments and more to come!!

05/19/2026

The Love Your Melon team at Providence College has shown their support for The Izzy Foundation in an extravagant way all year long! They have had so many incredible and IZSPIRING events during the entire school year to support our patients and their families and helped to raise much needed funds to help in our mission to LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE and PLAY!

The Love Your Melon crew always finds a way to outdo themselves every time and we are always so IZSPIRED by all of you! This year they raised an INCREDIBLE $9,000.00 and we were so happy they were able to visit us in the Izzy Family Room! 👏👏

These funds will make such an meaningful impact on our patients and families. THANK YOU!! You are all IZSPIRATIONS!💜💛

05/18/2026

The 2026 Inaugural Izzy Icon of the Year Campaign came to an incredible finish on Friday night at our Finale which took place at the beautiful Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick (Airport) Hotel. Family and friends came out to celebrate the efforts of these incredible selfless Icons! ⭐️🦒

Over the course of TEN WEEKS, this IZSPIRING group of six Icons raised an UNBELIEVABLE $46,000.00!!! This is truly amazing!👏👏👏👏

Congratulations to our FIRST EVER IZZY ICONS, Brad and Mary Artery who raised over $18,000 during their campaign!!!! 🏆🏆

We want to congratulate and applaud all of our Icon candidates who knocked it out of the park. All of their hard work, dedication and heart they put into this campaign is going to make such an incredible impact our patients and families and helping to support The Izzy Foundation. 👏✨️✨️💜

Thank you so much to all of our 2026 Icons! - Brad Artery, Mary Artery, Dan Fonteno, Talia Santomaro, Max Shepherd, Rachel Terceira and Jennifer Wheland who gave such dedication, heart and selflessness in their efforts. We did crown our Icon of the Year but in our eyes, you are all WINNERS!⭐️🦒💜

We want to thank everyone who made this such an incredible event. These Icons received such support from family, friends and all of you. Thank you so much to our Icons, Sponsors, Dessert Sponsors, Donors, our incredible speaker Grace Duffy and our Finale emcee, Shannon Hegy - WPRI for making this evening so amazing.⭐️

Video and photos coming very very soon!!!!!!📷🎥

05/16/2026

05/12/2026

What a beautiful Mother's Day celebration we had last Friday in the Izzy Family Room 🌸💐 We spoiled our Moms with a hot lunch, delicious mocktails, incredible desserts and we followed it up with Chair Zumba!! Huge "THANK YOU" to Kristis Krafttails, Marti's Cupcakes and Michelle DiDomenico Calise ! You all made it such an amazing day! Thank you to Dunkin' Joy In Childhood Foundation for being the sponsor of this amazing day!🌸💐🦒💜

05/12/2026

We are so grateful for our amazing community partners like TryAngle Foods! 💙💛 They continue to support The Izzy Foundation in so many ways!! They provide meals to inpatient families at Hasbro, sponsor our events and rally their team to give back!!

Now it’s time to have some FUN together! 🎳

Join us for TryAngle Foods’ Annual Bowling Fundraiser benefiting The Izzy Foundation's Family Meal Program.

📍 Olindy’s Bowling Lanes – Candlepin
170 Quincy Ave, Quincy, MA

📅 Wednesday, May 20, 2026
⏰ 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Bowling: $50 per person
Izzy Spectator: $25 per person

Come bowl or cheer everyone on and help support families who rely on our meal program during difficult times. We can’t thank TryAngle Foods enough for hosting this special event!

For tickets and more information, click the link below

https://mailchi.mp/b5168086c5fc/the-2nd-annual-izzy-bowl-2026-lets-bowl