National Child Awareness Month

Focusing The Attention Of Our Nation On The Most Critical Issues Facing Children Today

National Child Awareness Month brings diverse charitable organization together for a common goal.
Under the umbrella of National Child Awareness Month, a wide array of organizations can set aside their individual agendas to focus on the bigger picture of children in America today, and what is being done to address their growing challenges and needs. Our nation’s attention has been diverted away from the one resource that guarantees greatness in the future – our children. NCAM will help redirect needed attention back to children.

Programs

Youth Ambassador Program
The National Child Awareness Month Youth Ambassador Program was a three year collaboration with Festival of Children Foundation and Youth Service America. Each year, a Youth Ambassador from all 50 states and Washington, D.C. has been selected, trained, and commissioned to raise awareness for children's charities and create projects that help save critical issues facing their community.

Stats

18K
Youth Volunteers Engaged
1.78M
Individuals Impacted by Service Projects
70K
Volunteer Hours
315
Media Stories
NCAM Challenge
Festival of Children Foundation partnered with indi.com, an innovative social media platform and launched the NCAM Challenge in 2016. The campaign is a call to action during National Child Awareness Month for the public to raise awareness of their favorite children's charity in a fun and relevant way. Everyone was invited to create a short video, call out their favorite children's charity, upload it to indi.com, and challenge two or more friends to do the same. Festival of Children Foundation incentivized participation with challenge grants to the charities that get the most visibility during the campaign.

Charity Participation

5.5M
Impressions
266K
Page Views on site
95K
Unique Users
426
Videos Created
106
Participating Charities

NCAM Grants $202,500

$50,000
4 Paws for Ability, OH
$50,000
Autism Society of America, MD
$20,000
Jessie Rees Foundation (NEGU), CA
$10,000
Global Genes, CA
$5,000
Orange County School of the Arts, CA
$5,000
Chuck Jones Center for Creativity, CA
$5,000
Learning Tree, AL
$5,000
Truly Thrive, LA
$2,500
Children’s Miracle Network, UT
25,000
Best Day Foundation, CA
$5,000
Grace Centers of Hope, MI
$5,000
Operation Warm, PA
$5,000
Kulture City, AL
$5,000
Make-A-Wish OC & IE, CA
$1,000
Global Collaboration Laboratory Network, DC
$1,000
CASA of Santa Barbara, CA
$1,000
4 Paws for Ability, OH
$1,000
Youth Consultation Service, NJ
$1,000
Connecting Hands OC, CA

Contact Us

For inquiries on charity participation in NCAM:

Eileen Daniher

Director of Programs

Email: edaniher@festivalofchildren.org

Phone: (714) 438-3286

Media inquiries and information regarding corporate sponsorships and giving opportunities:

Cassady Taylor

Executive Director of Marketing and Public Relations

Email: ctaylor@festivalofchildren.org

Phone: (714) 438-3205

For government officials:

Tom Wilson

Government Relations

Email: twilson.wilsonadvisors@cox.net

Phone: (714) 393-5523

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