The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Awards $25,000 Grant to the Light of Healing Hope Foundation

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2012 "We are sincerely grateful to the Cafritz Foundation for its generous support," said LHHF founder Alexandra de Borchgrave. "The grant will enable us to expand our program of providing comfort and healing to patients and their families who are suffering."

The Light of Healing Hope Foundation has distributed thousands of books of hope, with poetry and beautiful artwork, as gifts to patients in hospitals such as Johns Hopkins, NIH, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Sibley Memorial, and George Washington Katzen Cancer Center.

Dr. David Sidransky, a top oncologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital, remarked, "The poems fill a patient's inner void with hope, which contributes significantly to the overall healing process."

If you would like more information on The Light of Healing Hope Foundation, please visit: www.lightofhealinghope.org.

Contact: Alexandra de Borchgrave
Email: [email protected] 
Phone: 202.333.1737

About the Light of Healing Hope Foundation
The Light of Healing Hope Foundation is recognized by the IRS as a public charity organized under Section 501 (c)(3) of the IRS code. LHHF is dedicated to providing books of hope as gifts to hospitals to comfort patients and their families at a time of adversity.  www.lightofhealinghope.org.

About The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation is the largest private, independent, local Foundation focused exclusively on the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The foundation is committed to improving the quality of life for residents of the Washington, D.C. area in Community Services, Arts and Humanities, Education, Health and the Environment. www.cafritzfoundation.org.

SOURCE Light of Healing Hope Foundation

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