SHADE Foundation is com­mit­ted to pre­vent­ing skin can­cer by pro­tect­ing chil­dren and com­mu­ni­ties from dan­ger­ous ultra vio­let radi­a­tion.  SHADE has pro­vided over 150 schools and orga­ni­za­tions with the means to shade their com­mu­ni­ties which has resulted in over 10 mil­lion hours of shade, pro­tect­ing tens of thou­sands of people.

Win a SHADE Cover for Your Community

Enter your essay in the Sun Proof Your Community Contest to win a sun shade cov­er­ing for a school, park, play­ground or com­mu­nity space in your area by going to the Choose Skin Health  Facebook page and click­ing on the CSH Contest tab at the top of the page. www.facebook.com/chooseskinhealth

The Neutrogena® Choose Skin Health national edu­ca­tion cam­paign,” Sun Proof Your Community” con­test, in part­ner­ship with the SHADE® Foundation of America, is designed to help pro­tect com­mu­ni­ties nation­wide from the harm­ful effects of the sun.  Sun Proof Your Community is a key ele­ment of the ongo­ing Choose Skin Health ini­tia­tives aimed at fight­ing the skin can­cer epi­demic by edu­cat­ing peo­ple on how to make pos­i­tive changes in their sun behav­ior – from wear­ing sun­screen daily to seek­ing shade – 365 days a year

Killer Shade/SHADE Foundation of America Partnership

Beginning in September 2008 Killer Shade and SHADE Foundation of America will team up on a pro­gram enti­tled Caleb’s SHADE Covers to bring twelve shade cov­ers to val­ley schools and pro­vide UV pro­tec­tion to nearly 10,000 chil­dren. With skin can­cer rates in Arizona among the high­est in the world, it is truly of utmost impor­tance to pro­tect as many of our chil­dren as possible.

Killer Shade has so far installed 3 SHADE cov­ers at Valley schools! These three cov­ers will pro­vide mil­lions of hours of pro­tec­tion for thou­sands of kids in the com­ing years!

Watch the 3TV video on AZFamily.com

The first school to recieve a Caleb’s SHADE Cover was Gateway Pointe Elementary School in Gilbert. Pima Elementary School in Scottsdale put their Caleb’s SHADE Cover over their play­ground equip­ment and Desert Star Elementary School in Goodyear put their SHADE over their pick up and drop off area so the stu­dents now have a safe place to be before and after school. More instal­la­tions to come this year! Thanks a lot Killer Shade!

“The shade has been absolutely great for the stu­dents here at Gateway. Not only has it helped with keep­ing our stu­dents cooler and away from the harm­ful rays of the sun, we have also been able to use it as a focal point for par­ent pickup and other gath­er­ings allow­ing us to keep stu­dents safe from the poten­tial dan­gers of a busy park­ing lot. Not to men­tion the pos­i­tive effect that the shade has had on the com­mu­nity. Killer Shade did an amaz­ing job with its con­struc­tion. I do not believe that struc­ture will ever suc­cumb to the elements.”

—Principal Murray of Gateway Pointe Elementary

The SHADE Cover Program is con­stantly evolv­ing and is depen­dent on the resources SHADE is able to acquire. SHADE needs more sup­port from com­pa­nies like Killer Shade. Please con­tact SHADE at (602) 424‑7190 to be a part of our SHADE Cover Program and make a dif­fer­ence in the lives of children.

Download SHADE Covers Presentation