{"id":43727,"date":"2016-02-01T16:59:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T21:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=43727"},"modified":"2016-02-11T11:25:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T16:25:06","slug":"better-to-give-flint-child-health-development-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2016\/better-to-give-flint-child-health-development-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Better to Give: Flint Child Health & Development Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here at UncommonGoods, it\u2019s our policy to use business as a force for good. Through our Better to Give<\/a> program, it\u2019s important to us that we connect our customers with charities that impact the world in a positive way. In the wake of the water emergency in Flint, MI, we have partnered with the Community Foundation of Greater Flint <\/a>to help raise donations for its Flint Child Health & Development Fund.<\/p>\n

On January 16, 2016, President Obama declared a federal state of emergency<\/a> in Flint, MI. The city has been afflicted with a public health crisis since 2014<\/a>, when evidence first surfaced that its potable water supply was contaminated with lead. According to USA Today<\/a>, Eden Wells, Michigan’s chief medical executive, has determined that “every Flint child under 6 years of age — 8,657 children, based on an analysis of Census data — should be considered exposed to lead.”<\/p>\n

The Flint Child Heath & Development Fund is dedicated to providing children affected by the city\u2019s water crisis with critical resources and interventions that support positive health outcomes. UncommonGoods has committed to donating at least $1,500 to the Fund. For every customer that selects this non-profit through our Better to Give page during checkout, we will donate $1 on your behalf.<\/p>\n

If you would like to donate directly to the Flint Child Health & Development Fund, please visit this link<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the most up-to-date information, you can follow the Community Foundation of Greater Flint on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UncommonGoods is supporting the city of Flint, MI during its water crisis by adding the Flint Child Health & Development Fund to our Better to Give program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":43923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[315],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43727"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44152,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43727\/revisions\/44152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}