Kids and Hope

About Kids-N-Hope

American Heritage Credit Union set forth on an exciting new path when, in 1996, it became the first credit union in the country to form a charitable organization, named the Kids-N-Hope Foundation. The desire to start Kids-N-Hope was inspired by American Heritage CEO Bruce Foulke’s visit to the Children’s Seashore House of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

Kids-N-Hope donated its first “ray of hope” in the form of a music therapy program to CHOP. This afforded CHOP the ability to purchase musical instruments and hire a full-time Music Therapist for the program.

To date, Kids-N-Hope has donated over $4 million to local hospitals and not-for-profit organizations, including CHOP. The mission of Kids-N-Hope is to enhance children’s health and life services by supporting music therapy programs, children’s centers, and after school music programs at hospitals and not-for-profit organizations.

Benefits of Music Therapy

Kids-N-Hope believes every child undergoing medical treatment has the right to receive music therapy as an integrated component to their medical care.

Music therapy enacts positive changes in the psychological, physical, cognitive, or social functioning of those experiencing health or educational problems, in addition to having positive effects on:

Motor skills
Heart rate
Anxiety reduction
Mood regulation

A specially trained music therapist will assess their patient’s emotional and physical health, cognitive abilities, and social and communication skills. Based on these assessments, a tailored music therapy program will be applied to target the clinical goal areas with music-based strategies to promote positive health outcomes.

$4M Raised Funds

90 Events Held

8000 Kids Helped

Making a Difference in the Lives of Local Children

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