About SHADE

SHADE® Foundation of America is a 501(c)3 non-profit orga­ni­za­tion. Tax ID #: 22 – 3879992

Mission: To erad­i­cate melanoma through the edu­ca­tion of chil­dren and the com­mu­nity in the pre­ven­tion and detec­tion of skin can­cer and the pro­mo­tion of sun safety.

Established: 2002 after pres­i­dent and founder Shonda Schilling’s very pub­lic bat­tle with malig­nant melanoma

Goals:
By 2012 reduce the inci­dence of skin can­cer by:

  • Creating 10 mil­lion hours of SHADE (100% accomplished)
  • Educating 100,000 chil­dren in sun safety (75% accomplished)
  • 306 mil­lion aware­ness impres­sions, one for every American

Impact:

  • 150+ SHADE cov­ers pro­vid­ing more than 20 mil­lion hours of SHADE
  • 82,000+ chil­dren edu­cated about sun safety through our nation­wide poster contest
  • 100+ trees planted
  • 25,000 + chil­dren have par­tic­i­pated to date in “Limit the Sun, Not the Fun”

Programs:

  • “Limit the Sun, Not the Fun” – provides free, sun safe indoor activ­i­ties for chil­dren dur­ing sum­mer months
  • National Poster Contest — in coor­di­na­tion with the EPA’s SunWise program 
    • National con­test for chil­dren to demon­strate their knowl­edge of sun safety
  • “SHADE Cover” – will pro­vide 12 com­plete shade cov­ers to schools this year, cre­at­ing over 12,000 hours of SHADE

Awareness:

  • Skin can­cer self exam DVD and 100 Questions and Answers About Melanoma and Other Skin Cancers book
  • Public ser­vice announce­ments to pro­vide sun safety aware­ness to chil­dren and the community
  • To date, have dis­trib­uted nearly 2 mil­lion sun­screen pack­ets to schools, non prof­its, and the gen­eral public

Notable Achievements:

  • Congressional Families Award
  • Helios Award
  • 2 Gold Triangle Awards
  • Passed leg­is­la­tion with Gov Janet Napolitano (AZ) to make Arizona the first SunWise state

Major Associations: Core mem­ber of National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention, United States Environmental Protection Agency

A 501(c)3 non-profit organization

Dedicated to erad­i­cat­ing melanoma through the edu­ca­tion of chil­dren and the com­mu­nity in the pre­ven­tion and detec­tion of skin can­cer and the pro­mo­tion of sun safety.

www.shadefoundation.org

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